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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Monday, 29 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:33 AM
5:33 AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 03:02 on 27 May to 03:44 on 27 May. [BBC]
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Friday, 30 June 2017
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Phil Draper9:57 AM
Hi can you please advise , I have had to have my roof aerial reposition ed to Sutton Colefield from
Waltham but now I can't get BBC East Midlands news
My post code isDE73 7JY
Any advice would be welcomed I have fitted a amplifier
Kind regards
Phil
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StevensOnln110:17 AM
Phil Draper: Sutton Coldfield only carries West Midlands news on BBC/ITV. There don't appear to be any other East Midlands transmitter available at your post code, other than Waltham. What was the reason for having your aerial realigned?
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Phil11:24 AM
Phil Draper:
Thanks for the reply to my post, couldn't receive a few channels i.e. Drama Quest and a couple more
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Tuesday, 4 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
12:31 PM
12:31 PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:18 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 05:17 on 30 Jun to 15:04 on 30 Jun, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:36 today, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 03:18 on 30 Jun to 04:46 on 30 Jun, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal f [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:32 PM
3:32 PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:18 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 05:17 on 30 Jun to 15:04 on 30 Jun, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 02:12 on 30 Jun to 02:35 on 30 Jun, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 03:18 on 30 Jun to 04:46 on 30 Jun, R [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:31 PM
6:31 PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:18 today to 14:24 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 19:10 on 30 Jun to 10:04 on 01 Jul, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 03:18 on 30 Jun to 04:46 on 30 Jun, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 02:12 on 30 Jun to 02: [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:31 PM
9:31 PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:18 today to 14:24 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 03:18 on 30 Jun to 04:46 on 30 Jun, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 02:12 on 30 Jun to 02:35 on 30 Jun, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 21:10 on 29 Jun to 01: [BBC]
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Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
12:31 AM
12:31 AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:18 today to 14:24 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 19:10 on 30 Jun to 10:04 on 01 Jul, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 05:17 on 30 Jun to 15:04 on 30 Jun, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 03:18 on 30 Jun to 04: [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:18 yesterday to 14:24 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 19:10 on 30 Jun to 10:04 on 01 Jul, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:36 yesterday to 14:24 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:28 yesterda [BBC]
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