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 25/11/2024 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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Tuesday, 27 February 2018
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MikeB2:21 PM
John: Its an eight year old PVR - could be that the software just doesn't allow it. My old Sony PVR's EPG has stopped working, and I suspect its a software problem that cannot be resolved. Might be time to just upgrade.
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John4:45 PM
MikeB:
But they have all been working with COM7/8 this has only just started to affect our PVR's all over the country and I believe Panasonic were affected as well so I am told. From my point of view because I do not use COM7/8 I am happy to just carry on because it has been a very good PVR. Something strange has happened and it is a shame that so many users have been affected.
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Friday, 30 March 2018
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Jari8:04 PM
Has anyone tested are you able to get good or even decent signal with good indoor antenna in Cambridge?
I live in rental apartment close to Cambridge city central and we don't have outdoor aerial antenna at all and landlord doesn't allow to install one.
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Tuesday, 3 April 2018
MikeP
2:45 PM
2:45 PM
Jari:
It is highly unlikely that you will get any reliable reception in Cambridge using an indoor aerial (in the same room as the TV). You are simply too far away from the Sandy Heath transmitter. An external aerial mounted on the roof or chimney stack is needed.
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Wednesday, 11 April 2018
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Shaun mundy 11:36 AM
Dear sir, I am the area manager of some residential sites in buckden and some of the residents are having issues with their signal on HD channels and on some non HD channels the local transmitter is sandy heath which has shown no issues on their website.
Please can you advise as we have a new satellite dish and transmitter both working fine?
Please can you email me or call me on 07889230897
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MikeP
12:23 PM
12:23 PM
Shaun Mundy:
This website has no staff to do as you request. We contributors are purely voluntary wishing to assist people having reception difficulties.
Sandy Heath has no reported engineering work at present. So your residents need to contact an aerial contractor to check their systems - or you could do it for them as you are the area manager and have a responsibility to assist them.
You don't saywhether they all use a communal system. If they do then it is the management that is responsible for correcting any faults.
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Saturday, 28 April 2018
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Linda Greenway5:06 PM
We keep getting 'no signal message' around 5.00pm everyday.
Is anybody else getting this.
Leighton Buzzard.
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StevensOnln16:01 PM
Linda Greenway: If it's happening at the same time every day, the most likely explanation is that you're suffering from electrical interference being generated by something operating on a timer (probably something with an electric motor such as a central heating pump).
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Wednesday, 23 May 2018
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J Knights10:19 PM
Wisbech
Any reason for poor reception on C24 ITV Channel 4 Channel 5? Picture breaking up. Good reception for BBC 1 and BBC 2. Post code PE13 5LB. Roof top aerial.
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Thursday, 24 May 2018
MikeP
6:51 PM
6:51 PM
J Knights:
Look at the digitaluk trade box below your post (or look at Coverage Checker - Detailed View which is the same) and you will c=see that some multiplexes are rated as variable, so weather, etc could well affect them. Please check all your aerial cables and connections to ensure they are making good contact throughout.
Note that the 6 June retune will require a change to a wideband aerial unless you already have a good one fitted.
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