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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Sunday, 24 August 2014
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Daniel2:38 AM
I'm 15 . my mom and dad dragged me to this dump I hate it and all people seem to do here is hurt me . I can't understand why I know this is nothing to do with the TV but I really want an answer because I feel so alone and hated in life I've also got a chronic condition I'm in pain with I've had enough . maybe not all England is bad but why are people So mean to me
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Mark5:57 AM
Daniel:
Hi Daniel.
It's an unfortunate fact that human beings can be quite horrible sometimes. Hard to accept at the moment perhaps, but life can be great, through both good times and bad. Speak to your parents about any bullying or mistreatment and if you get no response, get help from the police.
As in the US, I assure you that not everyone in the uk is the same.
Although the UK can't offer the good weather that Florida can and life will be very different here, the UK is a beautiful place, steeped in history and with some amazing landscape and people in it.
If you are here for a while, I would try and find a club where you can meet people with similar interests. Whatever you decide to do, don't let any other person make you feel bad about yourself. Hope all goes well.
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Wednesday, 3 September 2014
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Ed peters10:55 PM
ArqA is down in Hitchin, it has been for a few days but the retune has wiped them out.
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Friday, 5 September 2014
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Rod12:00 AM
Hi...
..I find "Quest" is V. Weak on my TV. @ + 5% ......BBC/ITV etc are Fine.....@ 95%
Im Nr S. Walden (Henham) Any Help appreciated
NB ( Xtal-P. is Ok @ 60%).
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MikeP
8:59 PM
8:59 PM
Rod
We really need a post code (or one of a nearby shop) so that contributors can determine which transmitter your are using and whether there are any issues.
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Tuesday, 16 September 2014
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Nik4:05 PM
I have found that the Sandy Heath BBC one HD, BBC two HD, BBC 3 HD will sometimes drop signal at about 22:00 for a couple of hours.
I is not the fault of my TV as the signal is normally 84% signal strength and Quality 100%, but when it drops it all falls to 0% and bit error is up.
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Friday, 26 September 2014
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Ray Ellison5:53 PM
Peterborough
Maxey Peterborough PE6 9EE The new and moved BBC News channel on 130 keeps breaking up and coming up with No signal messages all other channels are fine its always bad on BBC why. It was fine on channel 80
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Ray's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb386:56 PM
Ray Ellison: If you receive Freeview from the Waltham transmitter, carry out a signal test on the news channel and make sure that Mux Ch49 is displayed and "not" Mux Ch27 which is Sandy, Waltham offering a more reliable signal than Sandy due to the signal path from the latter being blocked at two separate points along the way.
Further advice dependant on findings.
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MikeB8:55 PM
Ray Ellison: Following on from JB38's excellent advice - I'm in the PE area, and if your using Waltham, make sure that you havn't picked up Belmont by mistake (they are on a similar bearing), or of course Sandy Heath.
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jb389:44 PM
Ray Ellison / MikeB : Yes, Belmont is indeed another possibility, and in that case Mux Ch22 would be indicated.
However, the angles of the signals received from the three stations arent really that close, Waltham @ 22miles / 295 degrees - Belmont @ 47 miles / 6 degrees, and with with Sandy @ 37 miles / 172 degrees.
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