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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmitter._______
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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Friday, 7 February 2014
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MikeB10:16 PM
Jase: A postcode would be very useful - cant suggest much without it.
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Saturday, 8 March 2014
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mrdt9:38 AM
Hi I'm 16 I would like to try a indoor aerial before I get one installed I've tryed many but they never work I've found one I think mite this is its name Maxview Truvision Indoor Set Top TV Aerial it looks good so can anyone tell me if this will work and is 50% quality good . I want the full freeview service
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jb3810:52 AM
mrdt: Indoor (same room) aerials are seldom ever satisfactory except in cases where the viewer is located in a line-of-sight situation with the transmitter mast, and if not near to a window with the signal passing through only one wall of the house.
That said excludes loft aerials, as they can be perfectly satisfactory provided they are not installed facing into a water tank or where the signal being picked up has to pass through the separation walls of adjacent properties.
However its not possible to judge as to whether or not an indoor aerial is liable to work in your situation without your location being known, this preferably in the form of a post code or one from nearby, e.g: a shop / Post Office.
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Thursday, 13 March 2014
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dusty3:01 AM
As odd as it sounds I've retuned and found a few channels coming through at 100% quality and 60% strength from the Sandy Heath transmitter and I'm in North Wales!
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KMJ,Derby9:50 AM
dusty: Not that odd really, such events can be predicted by studying the position of high pressure on a weather chart. Tropospheric ducting allows the signals to travel much further than normal by being reflected back to earth instead of continuing into space when they reach the horizon. The William Hepburn Tropospheric Ducting Forecast gives a set of charts showing the expected likelyhood of this phenomenon over forthcoming days. As a matter of interest I noticed last night that I was receiving BBC Radio 1 loud and clear on FM from Tacolneston in Norfolk on my mobile phone here in Derby.
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Sunday, 16 March 2014
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coach8:45 AM
I'm having problems with picture break up on some channels such as ITV via Sandy Heath. Been like it several days. Is it high pressure? If so will it happen everytime we get good weather? 100% signal strength and quality on many other channels such as BBC 1. Post code CB25.
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Moo moo6:06 PM
coach:
Anyone having problems in Cornwall? Started half an hour ago...major interference on all channels except BBC. Have retuned TV and now no commercial channels whatsoever! Our ariel is in the loft and all equipment working fine...help!
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furkin
6:36 PM
6:36 PM
I'm on Redruth.
I have lost MUX-2 only.
2 TV's on separate antenna, coax etc.
It seems to be a regular thing - always mux-2.
Who runs the transmitters and how do we get hold of them ?
I'd like to know why I lose mux2 on a regular basis.
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Steph6:45 PM
Calstock
Moo moo: We are having the same issue - re-scanned channels, and only bbc was picked up. Can't seem to get an answer anywhere. We are in south east cornwall.
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Steph's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Ad6:49 PM
Moo moo:
Similar problems in Mid Devon, starting around the same. For us, BBC One & Two are OK, so are ITV2 and a few other channels. But no reception for ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5.
As I type this, they've all just returned! What about you?
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