Full Freeview on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
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Neil1:07 PM
mm ideas ive run out of apart from wait and see if it goes better on its own or.
digitaluk.co.uk
The site gives the freefone number 08456 50 50 50.
The Freeview address is:
Freeview,
DTV Services Ltd,
27-29 Cursitor Street
London
EC4A 1LT
I cant find the number to contact freeview? - Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers (EC4A 1LT)
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Billy1:12 PM
NOTE NOTE NOTE ********************
Trying to make it stand out, sorry.
Those people not getting channels they used to, may now have over load, massive increase in power.
Many over the years have had hi gain aerials and amplifiers and boosters and not been told that at switch over, with power increased it can be too much, too much can be as bad as too little.
Attenuator is what is likely now needed from places like Maplins.
ALSO Note, just because you have an HD TV does not mean the freeview it comes with is also HD, so likely some, many will find only 20 channels if on a relay.
Those on main transmitter like Sutton, once all this is sorted, should be fine.
Problems arise when on transmitters like Waltham, where BBC booms in on channel 61, but 57 not so, difference in 50,000 to 25,000 kws.
To be seems a right mess up, but there you go.
Alternatives:
If you know what you are doing, and perhaps cheaper than attenuators, though won't lose a lot, try adding connections and cables etc. This may also help, remove any boosters, so on.
I hope that helps.
With so many posting now, and not checking previous posts this might be missed, vital info, cause many of you are going to be upset, on finding suddenly what you had before you no longer have while others struggling now get them all solid.
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Dennis1:13 PM
If you can find what RF channels your TV gets it should be possible to find out what transmitter it is tuned to.
Content from Sutton Coldfield,will now be on RF channels 39/40/42/43/45/46 sorry if you already know this.
Have to say though,you would better with an outside,aerial if you can,SC is a fair way from you.
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Steve1:20 PM
I've phoned a man, be here 9am tomorrow, got bored.
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Dennis1:22 PM
Ok Steve good luck with it,you have nice TVs so you may as well get the best out of them.
Let us know how you get on.
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Steve: General point - you MUST have Freeview HD ("DVB-T2") equipment to receive Freeview HD.
A "HD Ready" set, even if has built in Freeview ("DVB-T") will not even see the HD services.
See What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice please.
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John Townson1:46 PM
Bewdley
i have just tried retuning my bt vision and tv but all i get is bbc channels, no itv, 4 + 5.
any ideas anyone? I live in Bewdley
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Ryan1:48 PM
Thanks for the info Mike.
I notice on DigitalUK's site, Sutton Coldfield is deemed to have a poor signal, and there are no available channels. :|
I assume that's some kind of error, right?
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Ryan1:51 PM
Sorry, ignore that post above. I was checking for a friend what transmitter he is on, and from his end Sutton Coldfield isn't deemed a good transmitter to go on.
For me, it's deemed good. :D
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