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, 25 November 2016
MikeP
3:21 PM
3:21 PM
Gill Wolstenholme:
You should be getting excellent reception from Sandy Heath. If you are not them you may have an equipment problem (if it were the transmitter then there would be reports of several hundred thousand homes not getting signals!). Check all connections and restart all your equipment.
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Friday, 2 December 2016
J
J Knights4:42 PM
BBC 1 and BBC 2 OK now but still very variable reception on ITV Channel 4 and Channel 5. Would like to know when this will improve.
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Matt6:16 PM
Had no stations at all a couple of nights last week. And theTrue Christmas station and others keep going on and off since last week and all this week too. Postcode pe380qe
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Friday, 23 December 2016
R
Rob Browning1:58 PM
COM5 appears to be down at the moment. Location near Bedford, within sight of the transmitter mast.
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Saturday, 24 December 2016
C
Coach5:52 PM
Having issues with some
Issues with some HD channels
for over a week. Bbc1,2 and Itv.
Any ideas. CB25.
Thanks
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MikeB6:21 PM
Coach: We need a full postcode, details of your system, and what you signal strength is.
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Coach6:27 PM
Cambridge
Hi Mike CB25 0PA.
Signal not stable. 75 to 85. Sigh quality 100
until picture goes.
BBC 4 HD and news OK. 95%
If we have issues it's always on much
carrying bbc1 hd. Thanks.
Assumed it was high pressure earlier
in week.
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Coach's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MikeB11:41 PM
Coach: Your about 42km from the transmitter (assuming its Sandy heath your tuned into). Thats not that far, and DigitalUK reckon your going to get a very good signal.
Signal strength is 75-85. 75% is right on the money, but 85% (depending on the tuner - Panasonic' and Humax's are known to be particularly sensitive) is heading towards breakup territory (see 'too much of a good thing' on this website). BCC4 and News are actually much weaker channels than BBC1 HD, as you can see for yourself.
Do you have a booster? Might be pushing signal strength too high.
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