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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 07/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Sutton Coldfield transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C43 (650.0MHz)433mDTG-200,000W
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1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C46 (674.0MHz)433mDTG-200,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C40+ (626.2MHz)433mDTG-200,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H max
C42 (642.0MHz)433mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C45 (666.0MHz)433mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C39+ (618.2MHz)433mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LB
 H -13dB
C48 (690.0MHz)433mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 31st October 2014: 7 Big Centre TV,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 15km south-southwest (200°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
regional news image
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)Transposer1 km W Burton-on-Trent60 homes
CoalvilleTransposer18 km NW Leicester600 homes
SolihullTransposerLand Rover building400 homes

How will the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-137 Mar 2018
VHFB E TB E TB E TB E K TW T
C4BBCtvwaves
C33com7
C35com8
C36LOCAL2
C39+ArqBArqB
C40BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves+BBCBBBCB
C42SDNSDN
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C45ArqAArqA
C46BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4D3+4
C48_local
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C51tv_offLB
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Sutton Coldfield was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
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john
9:01 AM

Ian from notts: just to add there are no 800MHz masts in the area yet and as Brian said you'd be pretty unlucky if you were to be affected. It depends on 3 things, proximity to dtt transmitter and its power, proximity to 4G mast and the frequencies your dtt transmitter uses.

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MikeB
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4:01 PM

Paul: Since both your TV and your very reliable PVR are both showing a problem, it sounds like your aerial connection, or possibly your reception generally.

If the repair guy says your TV has a main board fault, then thats fine, but its odd that both boxes have a problem picking up a signal. Try the PVR in your neighbours house - if its fine, then you have have to wonder about your setup.

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paul
11:32 PM

Cheers guys. Will have to get aerial checked out professionally, as it all seems fine to me. Also Humax PVR works fine until about 7pm, then it goes. Have also ordered a 4G filter to try as well.

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Wednesday, 31 July 2013
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Ian from notts
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

7:26 AM
Alfreton

Paul- I am going back some years now to the start of freeview but I knew someone who lost his signal at 7pm every night. It turned out to be his next door nieghboors central heating coming on. lots changed since then but you just brought the memory back

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

8:58 AM

paul: To add to what Ian from notts says, another cause of such problems has been faulty street or "emergency" lighting.

It's clearly NOT 4G as that is on all the time.

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Friday, 9 August 2013
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Kevin Gardiner
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

5:51 PM
Stourbridge

I perform a re-scan my Samsung smart tv to find out if any new tv channels have come on, or have carriers transmitting prior to switch on.
After my latest re-scan, I noticed that we now have 3 new channels on standard free view i.e. travel channel on 42 and film 4+ 1 on channel 45( not transmitting yet ) and true entertainment on channel 61.However, after going through all the available channels I've noticed that there's a film 4 transmitting on channel 791. At the top of the screen it reads, Film 4 is moving .If you can see this on channel 15,please retune your free view equipment, to ensure you continue to receive this channel. This can either mean that film 4 is moving to 791, or it's a temporary placement for it till they make room for it later on, which I believe they are trying to group channels for easier navigation for the viewer. Anyone have any idea what is being planned?

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Tuesday, 13 August 2013
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Andy
4:18 PM

I am having some issues with reception on the COM 6 channels, mainly VIVA.

Some days picture is fine and then next day will be jerky, picture will pause but sound still plays.

Also have times when it looks like the signal just drops out for a fraction of a second every 30 seconds or so.

Any thoughts on this.

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Thursday, 15 August 2013
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Ian from notts
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7:33 AM
Nottingham

Andy- Where I live (North Notts/Derbys) S, Coldfield is a main transmitter of use, If not local, COM6 is general 1 of the weaker signals and its channels (VIVA) will be the first to show problems.
Do a signal check on all MUX's to see if they are general similar ?
Do you have a Booster/Splitter fitted or Distribution Unit?

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Friday, 27 September 2013
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Bob Chapman
4:39 PM

I have a wireless Controlled Garage door that has worked ok for years but in the last week it will not work well. It works when I push the main none wireless control but will not work all the time with the hand held wireless control can you help please..Could it be the signal is affected by the mast.

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

5:28 PM

Bob Chapman; The obvious question would be, have you tried another battery? as the frequency used by remote controls is no where near that used by Freeview transmitters.

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