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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter._______
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?
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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, 24 February 2011
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R Callan3:59 PM
West Bromwich
Hi Briantist,
Yes It Is a SONY tv with a built in HD decoder and i have tried a manual add on channel 34 with no results.
Regards
Bob.
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R Callan: OK, I would check Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Friday, 25 February 2011
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R Callan9:44 AM
West Bromwich
Hi Briantist.
Did a retune last night and bingo 4 HD channels were there in the guide turned to them and the pictures are there but breaking up badly and freezing.
It was a nice clear day yesterday and i presume this makes the signal i recieve stronger.
It proves the TV is O.K.
Is the Sutton Transmitter on reduced power for the HD channels at the moment.
Regards
Bob
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Dennis11:15 AM
Tamworth
Your HD signal is not coming from Sutton Coldfield,at the moment,its from Hints near Lichfield,and is on very low power 4KW and directional.
Come digital switch over,ref Sutton Coldfield,in September this year,the HD service will move to the Sutton transmitter,and the power will go up to 200KW.
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R Callan11:47 AM
Hi Dennis,
Thanks for that info that explains a lot
thanks again.
Regards
Bob.
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Saturday, 26 February 2011
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Lee11:46 PM
Walsall
Hi,
Ive been watching hd channels from walsall. 2 days ago all HD channels have totally gone, tried a retune and cant find a thing? any ideas?
Lee
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Sunday, 27 February 2011
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Leicester Lad10:02 AM
Hi. Can anyone help me. I live in the LE5 area of Leicester and I recently purchased an Icecrypt T2200 Freeview HD box but when searching I can't find any of the HD channels. All other channels are found fine. Both the freeview website and digital websites confirm that freeview HD is available in my area and this is the reason I bought the box in the first place. I've carried out a manual search on channel 34 but still nothing. I have a full HD tv and a new aerial which was put in 2007, so I'm sure it's not because of those. As I last resort i was going to buy an aerial booster but I thought I would ask for advise before I spent more money. Thanks.
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S Martin4:07 PM
Hi, until 2 weeks ago our TV was receiving approx 50 digital TV channels, overnight the signal appears to have disappeared. We can now only receive CBeebies, BBC Parliament and BBC 4
Help!!!! (52.9556,-1.2846)
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Leicester Lad: What is your full postcode? Which ITV and BBC local news do you get?
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