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.
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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)
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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Sunday, 13 August 2023
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paul 9:54 PM
Steve D,
yes I'd seen the other site, and the sheer number of transmitters being maintained,
suggested either there is a common summer/outdoor maintenance aspect, or, that a shared backbone link between transmitters - microwave ? fibre-optic ? is being worked on.
( guess that the companies paying for advertising on the impacted channels get reduced rates if no one can watch them. )
Thanks
Paul
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Chris.SE10:39 PM
paul:
The list of transmitters having Planned Engineering is not untypical. There are obviously fewer in the winter because mast and antenna work are frequently impractical in adverse weather conditions.
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Monday, 14 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Sandy Heath transmitter - Sandy Heath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/08/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 21 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Sandy Heath transmitter - Sandy Heath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/08/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 28 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Sandy Heath transmitter - Sandy Heath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/08/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 22 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Sandy Heath transmitter - Sandy Heath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/09/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 25 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Sandy Heath transmitter - Sandy Heath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/09/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 2 October 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Sandy Heath transmitter - Sandy Heath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/10/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Sandy Heath transmitter - Sandy Heath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/10/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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