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, 24 August 2011
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jb387:49 PM
terry: Just noticed that you had replied to Grumpyoldman!
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Charles8:35 PM
Nuneaton
I get Freeview from Sutton Coldfield and have a digital recorder. I will be away from home from 5th to 9th Sept and want to what effect the frequency changes on 7th Sept will have on any timer recordings I may want to set.
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Charles's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby9:10 PM
Charles: Mux1 will be replaced by Mux BBCA on a different frequency (C43) and MuxA will change frequency (to C41+ which Mux1 will have vacated.) This will occur in the early hours of 7th September 2011. Unless your Freeview recorder automatically re-tunes at switchover, it will therefore be a waste of time setting timer recordings for Mux1 or MuxA channels after 6th September. Note too that all muxes might be off the air prior to 6am on 7th September.
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Mike Dimmick10:04 PM
terry: At that postcode, the two transmitters are pretty much bang in line.
Does the TV actually have the Freeview HD logo on it, the packaging or the manual? Does the manual list DVB-T2 alongside DVB-T in the specifications? If not, it's probably only "HD Ready". See What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for the difference.
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Thursday, 25 August 2011
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:45 on 23 Aug to 04:52 on 23 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:27 on 23 Aug to 06:50 on 23 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:22 on 23 Aug to 06:25 on 23 Aug [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 04:45 on 23 Aug to 04:52 on 23 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:27 on 23 Aug to 06:50 on 23 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:22 on 23 Aug to 06:25 on 23 Aug [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 06:27 on 23 Aug to 06:50 on 23 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:45 on 23 Aug to 04:52 on 23 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:22 on 23 Aug to 06:25 on 23 Aug [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 06:27 on 23 Aug to 06:50 on 23 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:45 on 23 Aug to 04:52 on 23 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:22 on 23 Aug to 06:25 on 23 Aug [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 04:45 on 23 Aug to 04:52 on 23 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:22 on 23 Aug to 06:25 on 23 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:27 on 23 Aug to 06:50 on 23 Aug [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 04:45 on 23 Aug to 04:52 on 23 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:22 on 23 Aug to 06:25 on 23 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:27 on 23 Aug to 06:50 on 23 Aug [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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