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?
| 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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Wednesday, 13 April 2011
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Jetuk20009:00 AM
In B75 we have no analogue at all and only 14 digital channels such as Russia Today, Yesterday etc (nothing of much use!). How can we fix this?
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C. Welch12:54 PM
Dudley
I have lost all my BBC channels on my digital tv, tried, first installation tune and re-tuning etc., not very technically minded, so some of the solutions I have read seem very complicated, does it need to go back to the shop ???? My postcode is DY2 0DJ and my aerial is on the roof, this has been working perfectly before and nothing has been changed.
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C.'s: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick4:25 PM
C. Welch: It's most likely that you're using the Brierley Hill relay, where there is engineering work today. Wait until 6pm and see if comes back.
If you are using the relay, the aerial's rods will be going up-and-down rather than side-to-side. Brierley Hill is south-west of you, while Sutton Coldfield is to the north-east.
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Mike Dimmick4:26 PM
C. Welch: and if you are using Brierley Hill, you will probably need to retune again after 6pm, because your TV will now have forgotten where all the channels are.
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Paul Bertenshaw6:33 PM
Ashby-de-la-zouch
I live in Ashby de la Zouch LE65 post code and prefer East Midlands Today local news as it is more relevant than the local news from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter, ie:- mainly news from the West Midlands inc Birmingham.
Will we have the option of continuing to receive East Midlands Today from switchover in September, even though apparently we come under the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area? Do we to choose between receiving local news from an area that we don't live in & accept that the signal will be weaker, or choose the stronger signal strength but irrelevant local news option? If that is the case, what happened to free choice?!
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby7:54 PM
Paul Bertenshaw: If you currently enjoy good analogue reception from the Waltham transmitter you should still be able to receive the BBC East Midlands service after switchover. The Digital UK postcode checker currently shows Waltham as offering the best Freeview service, after switchover Sutton Coldfield has good reception for all muxes and Waltham good reception on the PSB muxes and variable reception on the COM muxes. If this gives any signal problems 2 aerials can be installed to receive all required signals.
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Bob8:34 PM
Dudley
I started having problems with freeview reception yesterday. Live in DY2 8AN (same area as C.Welch above and live in an apartment block with communal aerial) and have generally had around 70-75% signal strength and quality. Since I got home yesterday, signal strength has been 25-50% with a lot of errors, causing break-up of all channels (analogue worse as well). Got worse today and have re-tuned several times on 2 digital TV's and checked all cables, etc. After re-tune I am picking up Gloucestershire transmitter as well (normally just get "West Midlands") - which has lead me to suspect the aerial has moved, could this be the problem or is it the Brierley Hill transmitter engineering works ? Any help appreciated - thanks !
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Bob's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Bob: You are probably now in more than one digital region, see Digital Region Overlap | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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