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.
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 |
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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, 27 January 2019
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Gordon5:51 PM
Fred:
You are not the only one with this problem.
As far as I am aware the Sutton Coldfield M/plexs 40 / 55 /56 now transmit using T2 transmission technology and if you have an older model TV which only has the T1 tuner then you will be unable to receive the 31 or so channels now transmitted in T2 (mostly HD channels).
Also, if your aerial / antenna is of the old grouped C/D type it will probably not be able to receive these channnels either and you will need to replace it with a 'wideband' or a group 'E' aerial.
So, you may have a TV receiver problem, an aerial type problem, or both.
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Sunday, 17 February 2019
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ntscuser4:01 PM
Sutton Coldfield has always been Group B so there's no reason why anyone would be using a Group C/D aerial.
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MikeP
9:29 PM
9:29 PM
Ntcuser:
There are many changes in the pipleine and one is to move multiplexes down the frequency spectrum. In addition, there are two temporary multiplexes, COM 7 and COM8, which are broadcast on channels 55 and 56, so Sutton Coldfield is no longer only a Group B service. To get those viewers need the ability to receive those channels that are in the Group C/D range so they need a wideband aerial as a Groupd B is not able to get all the channles and neither is a Group C/D aerial. The best solution is a wideband type or a log-periodic that can get all the current channels as well as those planned for the next several years.
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Tuesday, 9 April 2019
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Sean 2:22 PM
I know same both Sheffield and Birmingham problem Aerial TV Freeview Failed FreeSports Channel 64 been lost service center didn't work properly by Aerial both Television and Box last old Freeview Sony DVD Recorder nothing show like FreeSports Channel 64 is unavailable until further information please what's happening because my Freeview Sony DVD Recorder can fixed Aerial view missed one program. I don't understand cannot believed properly need important things live stream.
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StevensOnln14:21 PM
Sean : I'm struggling to understand your post, but I think you're having a problem receiving FreeSports on Freeview? Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Please provide a full postcode so that we can see which transmitters you're able to receive, where you are in relation to them and your predicted coverage etc.
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Friday, 3 May 2019
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David Smith7:34 AM
Derby
Over the last few days I have been experiencing signal problems from the Sutton transmitter on both Sky News and Dave. The signal keeps breaking up. My postcode is DE65 6DW.
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StevensOnln19:08 AM
David Smith: Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? You should be getting a strong signal at your postcode, so there is most likely a fault or some sort of interference at your end.
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Tuesday, 7 May 2019
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Joanne Ness9:44 PM
Hi. I am struggling with C4, ITV and C5 signal. I have retuned x4 times but the picture is intermittent and shows the message weak or no signal. Please help!
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StevensOnln110:41 PM
Joanne Ness: Stop retuning, it will never fix a weak signal as you're just deleting your correctly tuned channels and searching for them again. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Please provide a full postcode so that we can see which transmitter you're using and where you are in relation to it.
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Saturday, 11 May 2019
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James11:33 AM
Channel 4 are moving some channels on Monday 13th
Some Channel 4 channels are moving positions on Freeview on Monday 13 May 2019 | Freeview
Does anyone know if the frequencies are changing or is it just the LCN changing?
I ask because I have no access to my box at the moment, but if it's just the LCN changing I can fudge my PVR to keep recording until I get home.
But I suspect I'm out of luck...?
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