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Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) Full Freeview transmitte
Wednesday 17 February 2021 3:07PM
Warwick

I have noticed over the last few weeks that the quality of HD transmissions from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter has been diminishing. HD channels became pixelated initially at the weekends only, but now pixelation occurs every day, meaning only SD channels can be watched.

I have just retuned, before writing these comments, with the following results in terms of signal quality:-
Ch39 = 1, Ch42 = 10, Ch43 = 10, Ch45 = 1,Ch46 = 5, Ch55 = 1
Having retuned, if I select BBC1 HD or ITV1 HD the screen displays a message stating that the channel does not exist. Prior to the reduction of signal quality I had noticed that for the above HD channels the signal quality = 7.

My postcode is CV35 9LX
Something needs to be done on the transmitter to return signal quality of the HD channels.

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Aerial is on roof on the longest pole providing maximum height without planning permission. CV35 9LX

Every mid-April the HD channel (40) loses signal strength and quality. Occasionally it will disappear altogether for a few days. This will go on until winter arrives when signal strength and quality will improve sufficiently to make the HD channels watchable.

Is there anything that can be done to keep the signal strength and quality at a watchable level.
Other channels measure a 10 out of 10 for signal quality and strength

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