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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Thursday, 3 March 2011
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andy 10:46 PM
Chester
Grumps, Roof mounted should be better.
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Friday, 4 March 2011
jane: Again, see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Jane9:36 AM
So would I have to get a better outside ariel as im in a ditch and cant pick up the fenton transmitter but do the coldfield transmitter. My ariel is on the roof or would a booster be better .
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jane2:07 PM
Stoke-on-trent
my poscode is
ST3 5TJ
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KMJ,Derby8:40 PM
Jane: The Digital UK postcode checker does not currently show any reception for Sutton Coldfield at your location so propagation must be better than expected if you normally have good reception.It is worth noting that after switchover the COM muxes from Sutton Coldfield will be co-channel with Moel Y Parc and reception of the PSB muxes is shown as becoming poor in 2012. The Wrekin is shown as giving good reception on the PSB muxes from 20th April 2011 and all muxes from 28th September 2011. Fenton is predicted as giving good reception on all muxes from 21st September 2011, although if you are unable to receive the analogue services at present it would suggest that this is over optimistic! You might find that any aerial installed now might need re-directing in the future.
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KMJ,Derby9:02 PM
Stoke-on-trent
Jane: Using the postcode ST3 5TJ rather than the one in the links gives a prediction of good reception on all muxes for The Wrekin from 20th april 2011
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Grumps9:49 PM
Solihull
The more I look at why I can't get an HD signal, the more confusing it becomes. Briantist suggested that I tune the best Ch5 analogue signal to obtain HD,but I couldn't improve it. The info on this site doesn't suggest that I can get Ch5 from Sutton Coldfield at my postcode B90 4XB but another site suggests I need a Band B aerial whereas I have a high-gain wideband loft mounted. Does anyone know if a change of aerial would improve things?
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andy 10:56 PM
Grumps
Your aerial is looking at Sutton Coldfield,but the HD transmission is from nr Lichfield,
It would seem that you have a hi-gain antenna,this would tend to limit the capture of signal,to a very narrow area, in degrees and miss the HD signal.
I am sure it will be fine,come digital switch over,when the HD multiplex moves to Sutton Coldfield on high power.
Take a look at the enclosed,it refers to ''analogue'' reception but gives the location of the Sutton and Lichfield transmitter sites.with reference to your location,
UK analogue TV reception predictor
(B904XB)
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Grumps11:06 PM
Solihull
Thanks Andy, I will take a look. If I don't want to wait 6 months, do you think that a new aerial will make a difference?
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