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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Monday, 9 January 2017
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MikeB3:17 PM
Marc Sterland: The website says their not - why do you think they are?
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Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Problems from Bromsgrove transmitter affecting ITV multiplex 23. Affecting hundreds of people.
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Monday, 20 March 2017
This transmitter does not work as well as it did(no ITV3 of Drama and others, think its channel 44),since the M5 Highways England improvement works to convert to all lanes running commenced last year, it maybe coincidence but the erection of new gantries and signals over a 16 mile stretch of carriageway cant be helping the transmission quality with the M5 proximity to the transmitter structure. If however they are working on it why has it not been publicised
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln111:33 PM
Mark Cowmeadow: Motorway gantries aren't going to affect reception unless they are directly in line between your aerial and the transmitter. It is far more likely that your aerial system has deteriorated rather than there being anything wrong with the transmitter. The last engineering notification for Bromsgrove transmitter was back in October so there hasn't been any work taking place since then.
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Wednesday, 1 November 2017
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John Smith4:40 AM
Why is the digital multiplex wasting power by transmitting the Comedy News Channel 'RT'?
This is surely a waste of UK Spectrum ?
Are OFCOM not monitoring the content of this British Broadcaster ?
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StevensOnln110:17 AM
John Smith: RT pay for their channel to be broadcast on a commercial basis, in accordance with their licence issued by Ofcom. If you think the channel is in breach of its licence, you can make a complaint to Ofcom. There is no power being wasted as the exact same power output would be used regardless of whether RT was being broadcast or null data was being broadcast in its place.
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Sunday, 26 November 2017
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Mike Richards 5:04 PM
I keep seeing posts for transmitter engineering. What exactly are they doing?
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MikeP
6:21 PM
6:21 PM
Mike Richards :
Various engineering work is carried out at all transmitters from time to time. Sometimes, it is routing maintenance but other times is is for correcting a suspected fault. In addition, work is done to prepare for future changes. Some work is required on a regular basis to check and replace the navigation warning lights ofn the mast and that requires either turning off the transmitter temporarily or reducing its power output for a short period, usually less than an hour so the engineers can climb the mast, do their work and get back down again. So there is not a single answer relevant to all of the over 1000 transmitters.
The work is carried out by engineers working for or on behalf of the transmitter operator, Arqiva.
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Mike Richards 11:08 PM
Thanks for the information MikeP.
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Wednesday, 14 March 2018
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Maggie Rickards1:13 AM
Bromsgrove
Transmitter engineering:
Hi
I live in Bromsgrove & since freeview update on 7th March 2018 I have had trouble with my sky magic eyes (TV eyes). The picture is snowy/fuzzy. The main TV in lounge has a perfect sky picture but the other tv's with the sky magic eyes are snowy/fuzzy.
Could you please tell me how I can sort out this problem as it worked perfectly before your freeview updated on 7th March 2018.
Has the RF2 channel changed? Do your new frequencies clash with the sky magic eye RF2 channel?
I live in B60 1HW. Can you recommend new RF frequency (lower?)
Thank you
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