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 27/11/2023 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, 12 July 2011
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:55 yesterday to 09:54 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 12:15 yesterday to 13:07 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:05 yesterday to 11:05 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:42 on 09 Jul to 12:46 on 09 Jul BBC TWO Weak Si [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, 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 08:55 yesterday to 09:54 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:26 yesterday to 05:53 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 12:15 yesterday to 13:07 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:05 yesterday to 11:05 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Si [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, 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 08:55 yesterday to 09:54 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:26 yesterday to 05:53 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 12:15 yesterday to 13:07 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:05 yesterday to 11:05 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Si [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, 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 12:15 yesterday to 13:07 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:05 yesterday to 11:05 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:42 on 09 Jul to 12:46 on 09 Jul BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:12 on 10 Jul to 13:15 on 10 Jul BBC TWO Weak Si [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, 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 12:15 yesterday to 13:07 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:05 yesterday to 11:05 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:42 on 09 Jul to 12:46 on 09 Jul BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:12 on 10 Jul to 13:15 on 10 Jul BBC TWO Weak Si [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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I retuned my box but now I have no mux d channels,itv4,film4 etc any idea why?
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SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:42 on 09 Jul to 12:46 on 09 Jul BBC TWO Weak Signal from 12:15 yesterday to 13:07 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:05 yesterday to 11:05 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:26 yesterday to 05:53 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Si [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, 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 09:42 on 09 Jul to 12:46 on 09 Jul BBC TWO Weak Signal from 12:15 yesterday to 13:07 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:05 yesterday to 11:05 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:26 yesterday to 05:53 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Si [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Mike Dimmick3:16 PM
Ian: If you're north or north-west of the transmitter, or if your aerial points in that direction, you may be affected by occasional interference from ArqB from Winter Hill, which uses the same channel (C55). Winter Hill's power level on this multiplex is restricted to reduce the problems, but some people are still affected.
Try rescanning during the day, if you last rescanned at night, or vice versa. Signal propogation - how it travels - varies depending on weather conditions and on temperature layers in the atmosphere, so some variation is normal and to be expected.
The problem will go away at switchover, as Mux D/ArqB will be moving to a new frequency that will not clash with Winter Hill.
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SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:05 yesterday to 11:05 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 12:15 yesterday to 13:07 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:42 on 09 Jul to 12:46 on 09 Jul BBC TWO Weak Signal from 05:26 yesterday to 05:53 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Si [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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