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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Sutton Coldfield transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C43 (650.0MHz)433mDTG-200,000W
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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
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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),

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 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C45 (666.0MHz)433mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C39+ (618.2MHz)433mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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

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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
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Dave Lindsay
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4:24 PM

KEVIN GARDINER: Al Jazeera Arabic is on COM7, which is the new quasi-national multiplex which carries HD services. It is available from 30 transmitters only, at lower power than other multiplexes.

At your location it is only likely to be available from Sutton Coldfield. Brierley Hill and The Wrekin do not and will not broadcast it.

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Saturday, 1 March 2014
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Stuart
1:07 PM
Arbroath

It's been reported on a forum that the BBC have put an audio stream of BBC Radio WM on Brierley Hill so presumably the whole Sutton Coldfield group. Just an audio stream, no LCN.

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Sunday, 2 March 2014
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KEVIN GARDINER
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

12:32 PM
Stourbridge

I do a channel re-tune at least once a month to see if there's any new carriers for any new and up-coming tv or radio channels. After performing a re-tune, I quickly scanned through the new channel line up, and I can safely say that the reported rumour that there was a audio stream of BBC radio WM on the Brierley Hill transmitter is false. The only new channels to appear in the last week are for the local tv channel and Bonanza on channel 64 and local tv temp position on ch 791.

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Pete Silvester
1:18 PM
Wolverhampton

KEVIN GARDINER: Hi I have tuned all free view channels in but the only ones with A poor or no signal at all are all the BBC including BBC News channel on 80. Please can you help.

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

3:20 PM

KEVIN GARDINER: From the report at Read this: a516digital: BBC local radio spotted testing on Freeview in West Midlands | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice the audio stream doesn't have any EPG data, so you won't see it without "test equipment".

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Thursday, 13 March 2014
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Mark Stafford
5:48 PM

Getting poor recrption currently on arqa. All others fine. Aerial in loft. Looks like a transmitter issue as signal gradually degraded.

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KMJ,Derby
sentiment_satisfiedGold

9:00 PM

Mark Stafford: More likely that the high pressure is causing signals on C39/42/45 from Tacolneston and/or Hannington to travel further than normal into the Sutton Coldfield coverage area thereby blocking reception on the COM muxes from S/C for some viewers.

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Thursday, 20 March 2014
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KEVIN GARDINER
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

1:55 PM
Stourbridge

I performed one of my monthly re-tunes to see what is new on Freeview, and today, the local tv test card has been replaced for the time being by children's tv channel " POP" on channel 75 in standard Freeview line-up. Both pop and Bonanza on ch 64 are temporary channels on the local tv com8 multiplex till June, when the local tv channel is launched between Easter and June this year, and the second channel slot is believed to be going to the ABC shopping channel.

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Monday, 24 March 2014
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anne
11:33 AM

Having serious trouble with channel 85 (RT)
If I tune to this channel my PVR keeps switching itself off and back on again.
It doesnt happen at all on any other channel and I have tried tuning to ones
supposed to be on the same "mux box" I tried music,viva Film4 etc

why would onlyu this channel be doing this does anyone know

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Tuesday, 25 March 2014
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js
sentiment_satisfiedGold

3:27 PM

anne: The only unusual thing I can see about RT is the mapped MHEG stream for IP-TV.

These all have the stream mapped to them:

LCN -SID TYPE SERVICE NAME
022 6540 SDTV Ideal World
045 69E0 SDTV Film4+1
047 6A20 SDTV 4seven
085 6B40 SDTV RT
040 6CC0 SDTV Rocks & Co 1
035 6E80 SDTV QVC Beauty
225 6EA0 DATA VISION
226 6EC0 DATA CCTV
227 6EE0 DATA Sports
231 6F00 DATA Racing UK
229 6F20 DATA Propeller TV
239 6F40 DATA Sonlife

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