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 |
| 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, 22 February 2011
Rustyboy: An amplifier won't help if the signal is not there in the first place, amplifiers will not recreate a non-existent signal and usually destroy a digital signal.
Yes, if you attempt to connect a second power supply to your masthead amplifier "everything [will] just blow up".
To help eliminate the problem, can you try the other two aerial points?
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Rustyboy11:01 AM
Thank you for your answers they have been helpful.
Just one final question.
I tested the Power supply upstairs and found that I got no signal at all. So the only place the power supply can be is downstairs.
I can receive all the stations on my TV upstairs it is just that the PVR connected to the same aerial does not get all the stations. So I tested the PVR downstairs and it picked up all the stations including the HD ones, so I know it is not a problem with the PVR.
So because of that I thought that if I got a booster to boost the signal a bit more I should receive the all the stations on the PVR as well. If I try something like this HQ 4-WAY Antenna Amplifier: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics or Philex 27812HS 2-Way TV Signal Booster: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics even if it does not work would it damage the aerial or masthead amplifier , just worried if I get one then everything breaks. (WR113EX)
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Rustyboy: You might as well try an amplifier on the point, given that the PVR works OK, but if there is a problem with the cable, such as water ingress, it won't be able to fix the problem.
I think you have already worked out to leave the power supply for the masthead amplifier where it is.
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Wednesday, 23 February 2011
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StevenB9:53 AM
Hi Brian, Is there no chance of receiving HD on C34 from Lichfield before September? I live in Ripley (DE53FW) Would Emley Moor be an option or as this looks to be low power would there be no point?
Cheers
Steve
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Mike Dimmick12:16 PM
Reading
StevenB: Digital UK's predictor reckons you should get as good a signal on the HD multiplex as you do from Mux B (e.g. CBeebies, BBC Four). However, it shows that a change elsewhere will pretty much wipe this out some time in April.
Emley Moor is too far away and on the wrong side of a couple of large hills.
If you're not getting the HD service now, it's probably because your aerial is an older B-type that doesn't have much response below C38. Do you get reliable analogue C5 from Lichfield, of the same quality as the other four analogue channels?
After switchover, the HD service from Sutton Coldfield will use the same channel that BBC Two (analogue) uses now.
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ian, notts7:35 PM
stevenB , ripley is mostly waltham (e/mids) on aerial. unless you live where s/coldfield is the main transmitter for you freesat may be a cheaper option to view hd before switchover? not checked which street you live.
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Thursday, 24 February 2011
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R Callan10:31 AM
West Bromwich
Hi can anyone help i have a Sony Freeview HD tv with a built in HD reicever and I tried retuning the Tv several times but cannot pick up the Freeview HD channels i.e BB1 HD,ITV1 HD etc. I am on the Sutton Coldfield transmitter and have a new wideband aerial installed on the chimmey outside and all the other channels i recieve are great and recieving a really strong signal.
Can anybody help.
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R Callan2:08 PM
West Bromwich
Hi Briantist
Yes I can.
Regards
Bob.
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R Callan: If this is the case you should have no problems with the reception of Freeview HD.
Just to check, you have got a Freeview HD set, and not a HD Ready set with Freeview?
Have you tried doing a "manual add" on the C34 frequency?
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