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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Sunday, 23 January 2011
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sharon6:33 PM
Hi
I have extremely poor tv reception after about 5pm. the picture goes very fuzzy and unwatchable
Any help please I am in Walgrave northants
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Monday, 24 January 2011
Graham Williams: Please follow the instructions on the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Steve Bygraves11:56 AM
Help have lost freeview itv, channel 4 ect from my Sony Bravia and cant get them back from sandy heath had the same problem on an old philips digi box re booted it and now fine, tryed the same on sony no luck
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Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Steve Bygraves: Please can you see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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sharon: Please follow the instructions on the Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Leanne5:33 PM
Northampton
Ok, so no signal whatsoever since Saturday. Not funny anymore. In Overstone NN5, somebody must know what's going on?!
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Leanne's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Leanne: There are no transmitter problems, so I would suggest you look at Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Monday, 31 January 2011
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John11:29 AM
Chatteris
After the switch over on Sandy Heath March/April we will have to do a re-tune, there has been mention of another re-tune later on in the year, is there any info on this one and why.
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
John: As above " NOTE: The commercial multiplexes at Sandy Heath will remain on their pre-switchover channels and powers for a period after digital switchover. SDN will then temporarily move to channel 31 (at 20kW ERP) during the third quarter of 2011, before adopting its final allocation of channel 51 in mid 2012. Arqiva A will adopt its final allocation of channel 52 in late 2011. Arqiva B will temporarily move to channel 67 (at 20kW ERP) during the third quarter of 2011, before adopting its final allocation of channel 48 in late 2011. "
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Chris MJ11:08 PM
Northampton
have experienced very poor intermittant reception between 5pm and 6.30 pm for last month. No reception at all for much of tonight after 5.15pm. these comments refect exact same promlem from a recent post from someone in Walgrave which is 6 miles north of here. There is a post from Overstone (1 mile from here) about total loss of signal at the week end. It is beyond mathematic probability that these incidents are unrelated. If the Sandy Heath transmitter is ok, who do we contact to sort the problem? Chris Moulton Northants NN3 7TN
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Chris's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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