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 04/11/2024 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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Saturday, 28 October 2017
MikeP
2:24 PM
2:24 PM
J Knights:
Please provide a full post code so that we contributors can examine the reception conditions where you are. Without that information, we cannot make any meaningful suggestions.
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Sunday, 29 October 2017
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DAVID12:28 PM
Dunstable
I'm at LU6 3DB
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DAVID's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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J Knights2:21 PM
Wisbech
PE13 5LB. Reception has been fine since but this was the second Saturday morning with problems.
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Monday, 30 October 2017
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David3:41 PM
Not fine for me ... I'm getting regular dropouts between 7pm and 9pm. Still strongly suggest local business radio (taxi, walkie/talkie or TETRA) interference.
Just invested in an SDR dongle so I'm aiming to investigate tonight.
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Richard8:38 PM
I used to visit Saffron Walden regularly in the 80.s and I became familiar with the name of this transmitter due to the loss of tv reception on all channels.Ross Close was where I used stay with friends and the locals used be complaing about Sandy Heath being out of action.
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Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Colin Gibbs: Hi....... recurring problem for years...... Peterborough Orton pe25rb can get the bbc itv bbc2 but can not get the low-end channels like blaze, rt............. TV is ok when the sun is out, but when its cold and misty November weather the signal is crap...... So only getting top end progs at the moment... Which direction should my areal be pointing exactly for sandy heath? south? Cheers.... Sandy heath looks a long way off to get a signal as it is nearly in Cambridge
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clive's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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J Knights7:35 AM
Wisbech
PE13 5LB
Awful reception last night over several channels - BBC1, Channel 4 etc. This morning no reception at all. Hope this isn't going to occur all winter.
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B Sadler8:32 AM
Cant seem to receive any TV programs at the moment signal keeps breaking up or is non existent. Is this a weather issue? or is their something wrong with the transmitter? We live in west Norfolk and seem to suffer poor TV reception, poor mobile signal and diabolical broadband signal yet we pay the same as everyone else!
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MikeB9:54 AM
clive Sinclair: Look at the links below for which direction Sandy heath is in - its pretty much south if your in Peterborough.
Your aerial could be pointing at Waltham (mine is), so check that your tuned to the right transmitter. And if the signal levels are very low (actually check each mux), then its most likely your system - check all cables and connections.
And then there is your aerial. If its falling apart, then your going to get a rubbish signal. Aerials dont last forever, and are the last refuge of the bodger.
The Ortons will be fine for either transmitter, and I have to kill my signal a little, they are certainly close enough.
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MikeP
6:37 PM
6:37 PM
Clive Sinclair, B Sadler, J Knights, et al:
From The Wrekin pages today
"This is very likely caused by the high atmospheric pressure affecting various parts of the country, causing lift conditions which allow signals from distant transmitters which cannot normally be received to interfere with the signals from the transmitter you normally use. Do not attempt to retune as this will delete all of your channels which are already correctly tuned. As this is an entirely natural phenomenon, all you can do is wait for the atmospheric conditions to return to normal."
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