Full Freeview on the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 920,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Sandy Heath transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Sandy Heath transmitter?
BBC Look East (West) 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Cambridge CB4 0WZ, 29km east-northeast (65°)
to BBC Cambridge region - 4 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
ITV Anglia News 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Norwich NR1 3JG, 119km east-northeast (60°)
to ITV Anglia (West) region - 5 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (East)
How will the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1965-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 12 Feb 2020 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | K T | K T | W T | W T | ||||
| C6 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C32 | com7 | ||||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C35 | _local | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C39 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C43 | _local | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C51tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C52tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 30 Mar 11 and 13 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 1000kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.4dB) 180kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-7.7dB) 170kW | |
| com7 | (-13dB) 49.6kW | |
| com8 | (-13.1dB) 49.1kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 20kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-20dB) 10kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sandy Heath transmitter area
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Friday, 19 February 2016
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martyn dimmock9:26 AM
Northampton
there is no FREEVIEW signal on any of the TVs at 31 cedrus court NN2 8EU. Are you aware of any problems.
martyn dimmock
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martyn's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb384:05 PM
martyn dimmock: If your aerial system is fitted with any type of powered booster / splitter check that the power supply to same is intact, if it is, then check the operation of the booster itself by temporarily bypassing it, as no faults are seen listed against the Sandy Heath transmitting station.
The only reason for mentioning the booster being that you reside in a particularly bad area for reception.
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Ralph8:42 PM
We are only receiving the C24 (498MHz) and C27 (522 MHz) channels, quality 10. We used to receive C48, C51 and C52 (also qual 10) but now we can't scan them at all. Has anything changed? Postcode MK45 4.., receiving from Sandy Heath.
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MikeP
9:32 PM
9:32 PM
Ralph:
A full post code is needed to narrow down the variables that can affect reception.The partial you have given covers many square miles and much can change across such a large area.
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Saturday, 20 February 2016
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jb3812:04 AM
Ralph: Although the MK45 4 area would appear to cover areas from around 10 - 14 miles away from the Sandy Heath transmitter, in the interests of accuracy a full post code is required, as indeed has already been said by MikeP.
However, purely for information purposes, as of 23.55hrs this evening the channels referred to are being received around normal levels in the Stamford area located at approximately 37 miles away from the Sandy Heath transmitting station.
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Wednesday, 24 February 2016
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Einen 1:43 PM
Hello my indoor aerial thar cost me 70 in 2013 has broken they don't sell it anymore I used to get 80% quality on it I'm wondering if someone here could advise me on another good one like this one I have . I have looked and there doesn't seem to be any like it . Before I got it I tried loads of aerials that's never worked or picked up a poor signal .
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Einen 1:45 PM
There is one I may try but I'd like to know if it'll work it's the one for all super flat aerial 25 pounds from argos
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Maurice Bayes3:22 PM
Does anyone know if there is a signal loss for the Kettering area?
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MikeP
11:13 PM
11:13 PM
Einen:
We need to know where you are before we can advise. A full postcode will show us which transmitter would be best and what the reception might be like. Indoor aerials are rarely much good unless you are quite close to a transmitter.
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MikeP
11:14 PM
11:14 PM
Maurice Bayes:
My Uncle lives in Kettering and reports no signal problems at his location on the south side of the town.
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