Full Freeview on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter which serves 1,870,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) mast?
Sutton Coldfield transmitter - Sutton Coldfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/12/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Sutton Coldfield 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 15km south-southwest (200°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 15km south-southwest (201°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Burton (shobnall) | Transposer | 1 km W Burton-on-Trent | 60 homes |
| Coalville | Transposer | 18 km NW Leicester | 600 homes |
| Solihull | Transposer | Land Rover building | 400 homes |
How will the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | W T | ||||
| C4 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | ||||||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C36 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
| C39 | +ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C40 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C45 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C46 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C48 | _local | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C51tv_off | LB | ||||||||
| 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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 1000kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 200kW | |
| com7 | (-10.5dB) 89.2kW | |
| com8 | (-10.7dB) 86kW | |
| LB | (-20dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-21dB) 8kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
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Tuesday, 4 January 2011
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:43 today [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Owen1:35 PM
Warwick
Hi, Is anyone able to confirm that the CV35 area cannot get HD from Sutton Coldfield please? From the above, it looks as if it only comes from Lichfield at the moment and as my aerial points to Sutton Coldfield then that might explain "no channels found" when doing a manual search for HD on channels 50-54. Many thanks
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SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:43 today to 12:06 today [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:43 today to 12:06 today [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Dan9:24 PM
Hi everyone,
I've been unable to receive mux d channels for around a month, re-scanning occasionally makes them appear in the epg (but still unable to be tuned to) but more often than not they just don't appear.
Freeview reception has never previously been a problem for me and on all the other tvs in the house I can receive a full set of channels without issue.
Any ideas as to how I can fix this?
thanks
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Wednesday, 5 January 2011
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:43 yesterday to 12:06 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:43 yesterday to 12:06 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Louise7:50 AM
Hi Richard,
Did you have a response from the MP? I received one over Christmas asking for all the e-mails i have received off digital uk so they can investigate further. It's a joke now that we have not been able to watch what you want & when you want since October!!
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Louise9:23 AM
Hello everyone,
Chris Pincher (tamworth MP) holds a public surgery. I have just made an appointment for 11th February (1st one available) to discuss the reception problem. If anyone else wants to see him call Rob Pritchard on 01827312778. How do people feel about getting a petition going to give him when i see him?
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Richard10:28 AM
Hi Louise,
I feel we're becoming close friends here. lol
I didn't get any response at all from the MP. I'm glad you did though. At least we know they are looking into it. Great that you get a chance to speak to him too.
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