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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Saturday, 30 January 2016
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MikeB4:48 PM
Dexter: I've got the same box, and while you can use it to control volume as well (the box has its own volume control), I just change the channels with the manhatten, and change the volume with the TV remote. Its just much easier, and no, it doesn't seem to be universal.
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MikeB4:51 PM
coach: Just because your getting breakup, dont assume its 'weak signal'. Actually check your signal strength. My manhattan HD box is getting a little bit of breakup on BBC2 HD - when I check, the signal strength is at 80%, thats causing the breakup. Its only just reaching that point once or twice, but its enough. Thats on Waltham, but you might be getting the same problem.
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Dexter7:17 PM
Ok Mike I have another question about adding non freeaat channels can I add non freesat channels by auto tuning I notice there's an option to in non freesat channels mode .
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MikeB10:56 PM
Dexter: I have no idea, since this thread is about a terrestial transmitter, and therefore I thought you were talking about the Freeview HD box....
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11:30 PM
11:30 PM
Dexter:
Not knowing the box you have, but having used several different ones over the years, does your User Manual tell you anything about putting in a code to match your TV so that the remote can operate some of the TV functions?
I use an LG TV and a Sky HD box and the Sky remote takes the code given in the manual (there are several given for different TVs) to let me control some functiopns on the TV and the Sky box.
Note that even a 'universal' remote control needs to be set up to operate your particular equipment - there are no internationally agreed codings across all manufacturers so each remote has to be set up first.
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Wednesday, 3 February 2016
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John2:30 PM
I cannot get sky news etc on multiplex ch.52 after doing a retune doing the reset procedure. Even tried a manual retune and it shows no channels at all. Is there a problem out of Sandy Heath?
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Thursday, 4 February 2016
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John10:05 AM
UPDATE to the above. Problem solved, I did another reset and this time it got Multiplex CH.52 back.
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Friday, 5 February 2016
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Alex1:04 PM
Hi I have free view through a Sony box and have suddenly lost channels over the last few days. I had 151 channels and this has gone down to 34 after retuning. Aerial is outside facing sandy Heath. Read on one website weak signal for sandy Heath, do you know if this is correct, and if so when strength will return
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MikeB10:40 PM
Alex: You've retuned - so check that your actually tuned into Sandy heath, not Waltham or somewhere else (Sony's can be a bit sensitive). Then check your aerial lead - is it loose? And then check your aerial system, because if your losing channels, thats probably where the problem lies.
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Saturday, 6 February 2016
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coach12:40 PM
My reception on the mux carrying BBC1 HD channel has been up and down like a yo yo for two weeks. Other channels are fine. I assume it must be linked to the reduced power message. Lost the same channels last time Sandy Heath status was "possible reduced power"
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