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.
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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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-midlands-today.jpg)
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](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-central.jpg)
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, 21 September 2011
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Dennis1:13 PM
If you can find what RF channels your TV gets it should be possible to find out what transmitter it is tuned to.
Content from Sutton Coldfield,will now be on RF channels 39/40/42/43/45/46 sorry if you already know this.
Have to say though,you would better with an outside,aerial if you can,SC is a fair way from you.
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Steve1:20 PM
I've phoned a man, be here 9am tomorrow, got bored.
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Dennis1:22 PM
Ok Steve good luck with it,you have nice TVs so you may as well get the best out of them.
Let us know how you get on.
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Steve: General point - you MUST have Freeview HD ("DVB-T2") equipment to receive Freeview HD.
A "HD Ready" set, even if has built in Freeview ("DVB-T") will not even see the HD services.
See What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice please.
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John Townson1:46 PM
Bewdley
i have just tried retuning my bt vision and tv but all i get is bbc channels, no itv, 4 + 5.
any ideas anyone? I live in Bewdley
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Ryan1:48 PM
Thanks for the info Mike.
I notice on DigitalUK's site, Sutton Coldfield is deemed to have a poor signal, and there are no available channels. :|
I assume that's some kind of error, right?
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Ryan1:51 PM
Sorry, ignore that post above. I was checking for a friend what transmitter he is on, and from his end Sutton Coldfield isn't deemed a good transmitter to go on.
For me, it's deemed good. :D
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Dennis1:52 PM
John without looking into it,maybe your getting a relay,that has not switched yet,it will have done by mid afternoon I understand.
So try a re-scan,a little later.
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John Townson1:58 PM
Bewdley
cheers dennis, that could be it, as we are serviced by kidderminster which i believe is a relay from sutton.
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