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 04/11/2024 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 |
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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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Thursday, 17 February 2011
Derek Fairburn: No, a rooftop aerial is still required to receive digital television after switchover.
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Sunday, 20 February 2011
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bernardsimkins7:13 PM
My mothers Panasonic Digital TV in Stourbridge was receiveing Freeview no problem and then it said new services were available do you wish to retune. So we did and have lost IV1 Channel4 and Channel5 but have BBC1,2,3,4 and ITV+1 etc
How can we get these three channels back/ I have tried retuning a number of times and nothing. The dates were the 19th and 20th Feb.
We get all the channels on a set in another room so it cannot be signal.
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bernardsimkins: You should do this - My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - to the TV.
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Monday, 21 February 2011
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Rustyboy7:38 PM
Evesham
The signal is low and I cannot receive all the channels correctly. When I tune the PVR into the Aerial downstairs connected to a Booster all the channels work fine including HD. I use the PVR upstairs and I do not receive the HD stations and other station like ITV4. If I purchase a second booster and plugged it in the aerial upstairs would that work. I do not know if having 2 boosters would?
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Rustyboy's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Rustyboy: Where is the aerial? Where is the booster?
If you swap the devices over, what happens?
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Rustyboy8:05 PM
Evesham
The aerial is a rooftop aerial, there are 4 connection points around the house. What I assume is the booster is downstairs. The main aerial plug into the input on it and the output cable connects to the PVR / TV If that box gets turned off then there is no reception across the whole house
I will test to see if putting the booster upstairs works. If it does and I purchased a second booster to use upstairs, it would still work with the other booster downstairs?
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Rustyboy's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Rustyboy: So the "4 connection points around the house" come from four outputs from the "box downstairs" that you assume is a booster?
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Rustyboy8:36 PM
Evesham
The 4 connection points are directly from the aerial. The aerial cables all has a direct connection to the aerial on the top of the roof.
The box downstairs just has 1 input from one aerial connection and one output that is plugged into the TV downstairs. There is nothing else connected to this box.
I tested the PVR that is used upstairs on that aerial lead and gave me all the channels including HD. Upstairs the signal is weaker.
About 6 years ago the aerial was changed and an additional 2 aerial points were installed at that time. There are 2 original aerial points downstairs and 2 newer aerial points 1 in the upstairs bedroom and 1 in the attic bedroom.
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Rustyboy's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Rustyboy: I'm wondering if the "box downstairs" is the power for a masthead amplifier.
This might be the case if turning it off causes the signal to go off for all the points.
The cable from the aerial to the "upstairs" point might have got damaged, or had some water ingress.
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Rustyboy9:05 PM
Evesham
So a booster connected to the aerial point may not work? Or would getting a second Masthead amplifier to fit upstairs work better. Or would everything just blow up.
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Rustyboy's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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