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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) mast?
Sandy Heath transmitter - Sandy Heath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/12/2023 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)
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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Monday, 12 November 2012
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Bryan2:00 PM
Hello - We live within about Half a Mile of the Sandy Heath Transmitter - I can see it out of the window looming over us all - & we have a couple of TVs with In Built Freeview. Is there anyone out there familar with the implications of the new 4G Service for those in close proximity to this Transmitter - in view of all the comments in the Press about Interference/Loss of Freeview Channel Access etc. & if this is likely to arise - & what is to be done in practice?
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KMJ,Derby7:37 PM
Bryan: The most likely scenario for problems from 4G signals is a weak Freeview signal being received in an area with a strong 4G signal. If the Freeview signal is then amplified with no steps being taken to reduce the level of the 4G signal the viewer will end up with a super strong 4G signal which is likely to overload the tuner. The problem is worse for viewers receiving C60 or C59 as filtering becomes more difficult. I don't know where the nearest 4G antenna will be in relation to your location, but as you are close to Sandy Heath, so unlikely to have any amplification and receiving frequencies away from those to be used for 4G you will probably have no problems to contend with.
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Bryan: In addition to the response from KMJ,Derby, 4G signals will be vertically polarised. Your Sandy Heath aerial is horizontal so this is another factor which makes you even more less likely to be susceptible to problems with 4G interference.
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Thursday, 15 November 2012
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dave macready9:11 PM
How come ALLL the channnels on my Sony TV, Toshiba and Panansonic HD recorders were missing this morning 15nov and I had toi do a re tune of each device to restore them please?
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Saturday, 8 December 2012
C
Carl1:01 PM
Hi Bryan
Newmarket CB8
Just moved in,cannot receive BBC channels,can receive ITV channels in one room,but tv in lounge receives them all but reception breaks into blocks occasionally particually at night.
outside aerial but it is different from neighbors,no reflector as in your picture on your web page.
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Carl: Log periodics don't have a reflector. Is it one of those?
Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
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Tuesday, 8 January 2013
P
PJB 11:44 PM
Any suggestions please?
Switched room 1 to HD PVR & TV and now seeing break up on various channels. Have an amp inline in th aerial feed that serves these 2 boxes, and a second (SD) PVR in another room. Only other thing is that the old TV was not on aerial as it was analogue only. Could the extra device (or the cable In place) be an issue,
Am testing removing the aerial cable for PVR to TV to see what happens, we mostly time shift, so it's not a big deal.
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Wednesday, 9 January 2013
J
jb3812:17 AM
PJB : Well its not really easy to advise on this without having knowledge of your location or at least one from nearby such as a shop, as the signal levels expected at your location cannot be assessed, but try a test with the aerial by-passing the in line amp and going either straight into the PVR or the TV, giving an update on results.
Although by being unable to assess the signal levels expected at wherever you might be located complicates the issue.
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Friday, 11 January 2013
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Peter7:40 PM
My Mum and Dad live in Langford and do not get channel 10, ITV3, or Quest channel 38. The ariel is a digital one and situated in the loft. Is the ariel in the loft to blame?
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Peter: They should try a manual scan of UHF channel 51 if there is a manual tune function. Having entered the channel number, but before pressing the button to scan, wait and see what the strength and quality on that channel is, if it gives such readings.
On the basis that they are only 5 miles from the transmitter they wouldn't be expected to have an issue.
The main possible thing could be too high a signal level:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | Digital switchover | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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