Full Freeview on the Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) transmitter which serves 30,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) mast?
Bromsgrove transmitter - Bromsgrove transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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)
The Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Bromsgrove 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)
The Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Bromsgrove transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 18km northeast (41°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 18km northeast (40°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | K T | |||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C23 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C26 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C29 | _local | _local | |||||||
| C30 | -BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C41 | +SDN | ||||||||
| C44 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C47 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB |
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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 2.8kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-8.5dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux D* | (-17.5dB) 50W | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C* | (-20.5dB) 25W |
Local transmitter maps
Bromsgrove Freeview Bromsgrove DAB Bromsgrove TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bromsgrove transmitter area
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Wednesday, 14 March 2018
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StevensOnln16:05 PM
Maggie Rickards: Which UHF channel are you currently using for RF2 on your Sky box?
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Thursday, 6 December 2018
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Paul Evans4:56 PM
I can't find BBC World Service, Ch 710 on the list of channels - is it not transmitted from Bromsgrove?
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StevensOnln111:33 PM
Paul Evans: BBC World Service is broadcast on the PSB1 multiplex from every transmitter. Are you missing any of the other BBC national radio stations?
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Saturday, 20 April 2019
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frank allen6:11 PM
I have suddenly lost channels (either no signal or broken picture etc ) on com 5 arqa. have the broadcasts changed frequency?
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Friday, 28 June 2019
Saturday, 29 June 2019
MikeP
7:54 PM
7:54 PM
Susan:
It is likely to be due to the very hot weather we are currently experiencing. There is no cure as it is not a fault and DO NOT RETUNE.
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Sunday, 27 October 2019
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Steve 10:01 PM
Hi I live at B601AR postcode and I noticed the last few months the hd channels have been breaking up at times very annoying! I've pulled out all the connections and back in.is there a problem in my area? I pay my tv licence I do expect a good service
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Chris.SE11:58 PM
Steve:
I presume you mean the HD channels on the BBCB/PSB3 multiplex ie. BBC1,2,ITV,Ch4,Ch5 HD etc. as you are unlikely to get any HD channels from the COMs 7 & 8 multiplexes from any transmitters.
Is the problem continuing or has it cleared up now?
You should have no problems with reception from the Bromsgrove transmitter, there are currently no faults or engineering but there was some last month as you can see from posts before yours.
If you are getting your signals from Bromsgrove, your aerial should have the rods vertical and be pointing a fraction N or NW (321deg.), but I note that there is predicted reception at your location from the Wrekin transmitter which requires an aerial with rods horizontal pointing at 318deg. at your location, which uses the SAME UHF channels for the PSB multiplexes !!!
It can happen that signals have their polarisation altered by atmospheric and other conditions by the time they reach a receiving aerial so interference might be possible, but I would have expected you to see issues with other SD channels as well. I also think it's not very likely unless your aerial has moved or is not positioned precisely. Just have a look at it and check.
If however you are getting your signals from Sutton Coldfield, aerial horizontal pointing roughly NNE (27deg.) then there is some Planned Engineering with "Possible weak signal".
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Monday, 28 October 2019
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Chris.SE12:01 AM
Previous post should have read "your aerial should have the rods vertical and be pointing a fraction N OF NW (321deg.)", not N or NW !
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Monday, 27 July 2020
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Jeni Price5:25 PM
I can't get any tv channels with heavy pixelation issues or the programme dropping out. I've moved into a rented barn conversion in Hanbury.
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