Full Freeview on the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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 |
Local transmitter maps
Sandy Heath Freeview Sandy Heath DAB Sandy Heath TV region BBC Cambridge Anglia (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sandy Heath transmitter area
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Saturday, 5 February 2011
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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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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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Monday, 7 February 2011
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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: The stronger signals will probably be effected by the trees.
It's a shame, £60 would have gone a long way to getting a dish put up for Freesat.
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Peter5:06 PM
Thanks Brian, that may be the next step, we already have a Sky+ service but I may need to upgrade to a 60cm dish as the signal is not always the greatest, I need to run two more cables from the LNB to the study and the bedroom.
As they say, easy come, easy go!
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Peter: A 60cm dish is the right size for your location. £60 would have got you two more cables installed.
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Wednesday, 9 February 2011
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Russ2:55 PM
Spalding
Steve in Spalding, at last another person here who gets signals from Sandy Heath.
I have always used Sandy Heath in Spalding and get excellent reception on all 6 multiplexes with just a little time taken getting the alignment correct, so as to reject the Waltham multiplexes which share the same frequency,Ch 42 and 45.
I have been told that reception here is not possible because of the hills!!!!!!!!!,the transmitter is out of sight and I must be mistaken as to which services I receive.
No mistake,I am in the Anglia ITV and BBC East region.
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