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?
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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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Saturday, 22 October 2011
Paul and Ryan: You might find Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice useful.
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Ryan: The work on the transmitter at the moment relates to analogue radio only.
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Sunday, 23 October 2011
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Billy1:31 PM
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STEPHEN
Saturday 22 October 2011 3:03PM
22 hours ago Belper
Paul and Ryan.
I live 32 miles from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter in Belper. I have a class 2 aerial on the roof. the quality is 10 for all transmissions and the signal strength for all of them is about 60%.
So my point exactly, a right mess.
If you had your system done some years ago, not bad, if has done in say last 1 to 2 years, tough luck, ouch.
I said it was massive and very robost.
So all those had the hi gain awesome aerials outside and masthead amps and boosters suddenly find, over kill, especially if live say within 20 miles of sutton.
When I said tough luck, not mean me, not being nasty, I feel for you all.
I mean, likely the attitude of many, even if not cowboy, installers, if truthful should have said, by the way you may have trouble again in the future when they switchover.
But of course not going to get that, or they then get put off having it.
Those that got it weak to medium and no amps, now find what is the fuss all about quote 'I cannot understand why people are complaining about their signals'.
So of course, if you did not do it, and not sure how to buy and fit an attenuator you do what, call out the installer again, yeepee, they laughing and making loads more money, be shocked if this is not happening big time.
Anyone any good will be booked, so looking for someone (desperate) who is not, risks the cowboys, who must be relishing all this the last few years in different areas and still got Crystal Palace, south east way to go yet, oops.
A complete mess, as usual, like it always was from the start with OnDigial.
Satellite 8 out of 10
Freeview 4 out of 10.
Others, who knows 6 out of 10 maybe.
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alans6:41 PM
Wolverhampton
Hi, Since last thursday 13/10/11 tv picture qualitity was good, then started to get green ghousting even on dvd play-back. any ideas please. regards Alan
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alans's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 24 October 2011
alans: What type of connecting lead is used to connect the DVD to the television set?
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011
J
Jordan New12:28 PM
Belper
is there an eta on when the transmitter will be working properly again?
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Jordan's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Jordan New: The works are only done during "office hours", the services should work perfectly well during the evening.
Work is shown on a week-by-week basis by Digital UK.
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011
K
Ken9:31 AM
Alcester
Hmmm
I have had poorer reception from SC during certain westher types (Really wet weather recently). Is this normal and what weather will degrade reception? I am on poor reception area and have a masthead amp and wideband antenna.
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