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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Sunday, 13 September 2015
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Peter long10:55 AM
When are the engineering works going to finish
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Peter long10:56 AM
When are the works going to finish please
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Monday, 14 September 2015
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Peter long3:00 PM
Again when are the engineering works finishing,we have no TV at all,this has been in going on over a week now
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Peter long: Where are you located? It is unusual for this kind of work to continue into the evenings over the weekends, even when it does go on for weeks.DId you retune?
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Wednesday, 16 September 2015
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P R Williamson7:43 PM
My sister rebooted as advised but cannot now receive MUX psb2 ,itv,ch4&ch5 etc.
please advise.
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jb3811:18 PM
P R Williamson: Advice on reception problems is totally dependent on a persons location being known, this info preferably given in the form of a post code or one from nearby, such as a shop/post office.
However, if your sister resides within the coverage area of the Sutton Coldfield transmitter? (your posting being under this heading) then please note that engineering work is presently taking place at this station, a notice warning of a "possible weak signal" having been posted on the engineering page.
If your sister "rebooted" her TV or box whilst the signal was down, (or weak) then this might possibly be the reason why the multiplex referred to was not captured by the tuner, therefore she should try carrying out another auto-tune in order to restore things to normal, that is unless its bad timing again!, the main thing being for her to try retuning at regular intervals until the multiplex is picked up again.
Should though by any chance you sister reside outwith the Sutton Coldfield coverage area, then please provide her location.
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Friday, 25 September 2015
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G7:10 PM
When will the Sutton Coldfield work be complete? It's been disrupted for MONTHS!!!!
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jb388:38 PM
G: Although engineering work has indeed been taking place at Sutton Coldfield, however, nothing to this effect is indicated on this weeks notice board.
If you are still experiencing problems with reception, have you ascertained if others in your area are being affected in a similar fashion?
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jb3810:40 PM
G: Further to that said, the reply given is based on you actually receiving Freeview from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter and "not" it's Brierley Hill relay, engineering work still in progress at this station, albeit that no problems with reception have been reported, as yet!
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Wednesday, 21 October 2015
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Jon10:33 PM
I am having real problems in Stafford. I get my signal from Sutton Coldfield according to Freeview website.
The reception keeps disappearing for 20 minutes at a time and the signal strength at times is only as good as 14%. Some nights I lose all channels that are tuned in and have to just mute the crackle and wait until something comes back on. This has now been going on for at least a week.
REALLY getting tiresome.
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