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.
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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 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, 16 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
3:06 PM
3:06 PM
SANDY HEATH transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 13:00 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:06 PM
9:06 PM
SANDY HEATH transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 13:00 today to 13:19 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:28 AM
5:28 AM
SANDY HEATH transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 13:00 yesterday to 13:19 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 18 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
SANDY HEATH transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 13:00 on 16 May to 13:19 on 16 May. [BBC]
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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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J's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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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Wednesday, 30 May 2018
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Jerry Foley 6:14 PM
Dear UK TV
I have had no TV Transmitter signal since 28th May 2018 (over 48 hours)! Has Transmitter retuning been brought forward? If so, how long before normal service is resumed?
Ps I have already tried retuning my TV set, and internal diagnostics suggest that the TV Transmitter is switched off!
Yours sincerely J Foley.
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StevensOnln17:24 PM
Jerry Foley : The first frequency changes at Sandy Heath don't take place until 17th July (according to Digital UK) and there is no engineering work reported. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Retuning was a bad idea as you've now deleted all of your channels which were correctly tuned.
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