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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Friday, 4 February 2011
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John B11:05 AM
Shefford
Are there currently any HD test transmitions from Sandy Heath which can be recieved.
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
John B: No. There are no test transmission of any sort on any transmitter anywhere in the UK.
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Saturday, 5 February 2011
M
Marion7:01 PM
I am in the PE19 area and have just bought a new Sony TV and cannot receive BBC1, 2 or 3 or the BBC News The TV cannot find them on digital All other digital channels work fine The reception for BBC channels had deteriorated over last few days on my (previous) Toshiba TV Both TVs have freeview Can you help please
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Marion: Please can you see the Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page for help?
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Shaluka8:28 PM
Milton Keynes
I am in Milon Keynes. I dont get channel 41 and 42 EPG. I got BT vision and on 41 and 42 to they give sky sports 1 and 2. I have subscribed them.Do you know why I am not receiving these 2 channels on EPG. I get all the other channels ok. Using a high gain external areal
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Shaluka's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Marion9:01 PM
Thanks for the suggestion - the Sony TV still says no service for the BBC programmes so we've put the Toshiba back and it's working fine now - think we'll take the Sony back to the shop!
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Shaluka: If you have a BT Vision subscription problem I would contact BT.
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Shaluka9:35 PM
Milton Keynes
its not a subscription problem. the EPG doesnt come with channel 41 and 42. I am subscribed to them ok. box is not receiving 41 and 42. tried tuning with the TV built in freeview as well, but I dont get 41 and 42. Any reason?
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Shaluka's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 7 February 2011
P
Peter4:34 PM
Luton
Brian, thanks for your replies, I thought I would tell you the latest, I had a trusted local aerial company come out today (quite windy) and check my system, the only signals were on MUXB and no faults were found.
A second aerial was rigged but this suffered the same signal loss, it would appear that some fast growing conifers planted on common land behind our propery have become a barrier to all the lower frequency transmissions as the signal was fluctuating constantly in line with the trees blowing in the wind.
The aerial is already on a sixteen foot mast and cannot be moved into a position with a clear view whilst in the boundary of our property.
£60 worse off and no signal, perhaps the money would have been better spent hiring a chainsaw!
I can only hope the changes in March help, or if that fails have another go in 2012 when I can try the London signal.
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Peter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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