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, 16 April 2011
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chris2:33 PM
HI Richard
I get exactly the same results re aspect ratio on my Samsung tv watching BBC HD from Sandy Heath
Chris
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Sunday, 17 April 2011
carol osborne: Either you are using satellite or Freeview, you can't connect a dish to a Freeview box or an aerial to a satellite box.
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Jim3:23 PM
I am another who cannot get a decent signal on Sandy Heath channel 67 (ArqB) while everything else is fine. A search on Google shows I am far from alone and its only days since the problem started. Clearly someone is guilty of scandalously inept planning and/or implementation. Who do we write to complain? FYI my postcode is HP3 0xx.
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Robert Grice4:54 PM
Belper
I have no ITV 1, CHANNEL 4, or 5. The aerial is on the roof and the high gain digital type H position. The picture was perfect untill wed 13/04/2011. I retuned my sony tv and recieved all other chanells except the above mentioned. This seems like a scam as i purchased the tv and aerial 15 months ago and was told this would bo ok at switchover.
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Robert's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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chris8:02 PM
Are PSB 1,2 & 3 actually transmitting at 180kw now? my observations of signal levels at several sites suggest not.
I also believe CH67 at 20kw 64qam is not satisfactory.
Chris
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Monday, 18 April 2011
Robert Grice: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
If you have any boosters or amplifiers remove them from your system.
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Jim: Sorry, there is no one to complain to. You will simply have to wait until 14 Sept 2011.
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JohnB9:12 AM
Peterborough
See previous post Sat16Apr 0910hrs.
In desperation have unplugged Sky and Freesat dishes and plugged aerial direct to TV. Now get all channels (TV says 52) and can use ok with dishes plugged back in. ESPN shows in channel list, but SkySp1/2 don't. Should the also appear in list? Can then view ESPN ok on BTVision. As I plug Sky and Freesat back into mains or dish leads to wall sockets ESPN disapears, but still get all other channel, including 19-Dave. Only link of all leads is at wall sockets.(4leads from loft to wall sockets on seperate plugs in loft but two double plates at wall socket.) Should that be a problem?
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JohnB's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Geoff Bovingdon12:22 PM
Milton Keynes
Good afternoon, since the switchover and retuning several times I get all the channels but keep losing signal completely ( no signal message on screen) and pixilation keeps occurring. The pixilation used to happen in spring and autumn but not as bad as this before the switchover. My postcode is MK17 8SN. can you give any advice please?
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Geoff's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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