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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?

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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C43 (650.0MHz)433mDTG-200,000W
Channel icons
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
Friday, 22 January 2016
S
SueopaSet
12:59 AM

I don't unde stand. I have 3 tb's and all 3 stopped works nag yesterday (wed 20th 2016. Aerial always fine. My neighbor not having problems.

One tv has brison box attached and via that we could get freebies. Tonight that too has stopped and all I get is weak signal.

Is it me , what's wrong

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Monday, 25 January 2016
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chris
6:28 PM

Hi. For the last few days only the bbc channels have been working on our freeview box. I tried a spare with the same results. Have done numerous resets and deleted taped shows for space but we can only find 33 stations in total and as stated only the bbc channels will work. Have checked cables etc and all seem fine. We live in a communal appartment building and we seem to be only ones with issues. We are in the West Midlands area.
Any help appreciated.

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MikeB
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:39 PM

chris: If you've tried two boxes with the same result - its not you although its worth swaping round an aerial cable, in case its that). Could be a problem with the communial aerial system, but nobody else has noticed it yet (dodgy aerial lead, plus existing problem = far less channels).

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Sunday, 13 March 2016
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Matt
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

11:33 AM

I see that neighboring transmitter Waltham will have some frequencies reallocated to ones that Sutton Coldfield currently uses (C39, C42, C45). Are the reallocated from Sutton Coldfield currently known?

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Matt
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

11:36 AM

*** Are the reallocated frequencies from Sutton Coldfield after 2019 currently known?

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Monday, 14 March 2016
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KMJ,Derby
sentiment_satisfiedGold

2:49 PM

Matt: There are a number of considerations affecting the possible outcome of which frequency plan will eventually be adopted after 2018. Priority is given to allocating frequencies to the PSB muxes at the main transmitters. There is a suggested plan to allocate C22, C25 and C28 to each of the full service Freeview transmitters for the COM muxes to use as a SFN DVB-T2 network. This might prove to be too ambitious technically. There is also the question of what frequency allocation would be made for the displaced PSB muxes at Belmont as surrounding service areas would be using the other frequencies normally allocated for PSBs. Another question mark surrounds the allocation of frequencies for the Freeview lite relays. Arqiva has already suggested that there might not be enough frequencies to go round. Could this mean some relays could close if alternative signals are available or very few actually use them?

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Tuesday, 15 March 2016
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E. Boller
12:18 AM

Brierley Hill Transmitter information request.

The Brierley Hill channel 53 multiplex is used for Freeview HD transmissions. Before the BBC3 switch-off five HD channels were broadcast, i.e BBC1-HD, BBC2-HD, ITV1-HD, Channel4-HD and BBC3-HD/CBBC-HD.

Is it the intention to use what was the BBC3-HD slice of channel 53 multiplex to transmit BBC4-HD?

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Wednesday, 16 March 2016
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ntscuser
1:41 AM

@E. Boiler

Channel 5 has now been granted a Freeview HD licence and speculation is that they will be using the space recently vacated by BBC3HD along with LCN105.

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Thursday, 17 March 2016
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Matt
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

9:13 AM

@KMJ,Derby very informative thank you.

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E. Boller
3:39 PM

Thanks for the information re Channel5-HD. I understand that Channel5 declined an earlier offer of a Freeview HD slot due to financial reasons so BBC3-HD was substituted.

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