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.
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?
| 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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Thursday, 2 October 2014
Dave Lindsay
4:16 PM
4:16 PM
Brian: According to Digital UK it is at 89.22kW.
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Friday, 10 October 2014
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Stevey B5:40 PM
Is Sutton transmitter transmitting Motors TV ?
I live in the WV14 area and cannot receive Motors TV despite it now being on freeview ...
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Michael5:52 PM
Stevey B: MotorsTV (along with BBC News HD, BBC4 HD etc) is transmitting on the com7 multiplex which requires Freeview HD equipment to be received, and you may also need a wideband aerial if you have a grouped one currently. Try doing a manual retune on UHF channel 33.
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Sunday, 19 October 2014
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Keith Cockbill11:45 PM
I live very close to the Sutton Coldfield mast and usually have no problem. However for the past few days the picture quality on PSB2 channels is totally unwatchable while all other channels are fine. The only improvement I can think of making is to replace my ancient Group B aerial with a wide band one but should I then point it upwards (circa 30 deg) in order to 'point' it at the white sections near the top of the mast.
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Monday, 20 October 2014
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Steve Franklin12:47 PM
I live in Solihull area and have had picture breakup only on BBC 1 and 2 for last 3 weeks.
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Tuesday, 28 October 2014
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Paddy5:08 PM
Stafford
Having a bit of an odd one here with some of the DVB-T2 channels.
Ever since Motors TV was added we've been having problems with the following channels, which have stuttering picture or audio:
ITV HD
BBC News HD
Al Jazeera HD
Motors TV
Jewellery Maker
I'm struggling to see a common thread between them. All the other channels on the respective UHF channels are working great. And ITV HD is not even on the same mux as the others!
Having tried a signal booster which may or not be a placebo-type device (I dunno, but it definitely boosted the signal rating on the box, which now reads as very strong for the affected channels), I've still no solution.
Prior to the boost to COM7 a while after it first launched the same symptoms occurred, but when they switched it to full power the problems resolved. That's why I'm assuming this is a signal thing, but I can't really get my head around it.
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Paddy5:10 PM
Stafford
"Prior to the boost to COM7 a while after it first launched the same symptoms occurred"
Sorry, should clarify:
The symptoms only occurred on the COM7 channels like 4seven HD and Channel 4+1 HD. ITV HD etc was never affected.
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Paddy8:25 PM
Stafford
Sorry for the triple post, but having done some diagnostics with a different aerial that does not display the stutter on other devices, the PVR showed the same symptoms.
So it looks like it's the box - whether that's a technical fault or something to do with the way it deals with the incoming signal that might've changed when the new channels were added the other week.
I've seen people on some other sites with different devices complaining of sound issues since then too. However, as nobody here appears to have similar issues I'm guessing it's quite isolated. Will just have to make do with the SD equivalent channels for now.
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Thursday, 30 October 2014
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KEVIN GARDINER4:35 PM
Stourbridge
I am aware that engineering work is currently underway on the DAB radio multiplexes.However, I have noticed that although the TV multiplexes are not effected in any way regards to their ERP's, the sound on most of the HD channels is being effected. I'm not sure whether they are working on changing the sound configuration in some way, or whether its just a temporary alteration whilst they are working on the DAB multiplexes. The difference that ive noticed is that the sound level on broadcast is normal, but when you record a programme and play it back, the sound level is low and fluctuates both up and down. I've tested my soundcard audio settings on my laptop and they are fine as I can play all my previous recordings ok. and I can play back standard Freeview channels perfectly. As far as I can see, all the HD channels are effected except ITV1 and BBC3. And today, I tested out the standard channels and all were perfect both in audio and video recording a data stream just over 15,000 kbps, except today, when the data stream for the PSB2 multiplex was on reduced data stream of just under 5,000 kbps.
The above problem has been going on since around 15th October and although engineering work has to be untaken to ever improve the quality of our television reception, I believe that not all engineering work to be carried out is advertised to the public if it doesn't have any effect the reception due to decreased ERP Also, to make a comparison, I also tested reception from Brierley Hill, and exactly the same reception problems prevail. Has anyone else experienced, or are currently experiencing the same problems as myself?
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KEVIN GARDINER: I can't see how you would get any change to the DVB-T2 HD broadcasts because of the DAB system, they are unrelated.
However, the DVB-T2 system is backed up from the Intelsat 907 satellite. It could be that there are only stereo channels on the backup system.
The Intelsat 907 signals are only used when the bi-routed main fibre-optic feeds to the site are unavailable. It could be - and this is speculation - that there are power issues, or that the HD channels are being taken from 11495.00 on Intelsat 907.
Intelsat 907 (27.5?W) - All transmissions - frequencies - KingOfSat shows that the HD Multiplex feeds have ITV Central West HD so you wouldn't notice the "wrong region" problem that this backup system causes.
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