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.
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 22/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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?
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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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, 11 July 2019
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Chris.SE1:50 PM
Richard Harris:
Yes, there is a local mux from Sutton Coldfield. There's another on UHF36.
Put your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker to see what you are likely to receive.
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Friday, 12 July 2019
Chris.SE:
Okay so when is the channel/ mux information above going to be updated
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Chris.SE11:43 PM
Richard Harris:
I guess when the site owner has time to update it all. It's no mean feat keeping the information for all the transmitters around the country up-to-date. He's also found some bugs in some of his scripts which isn't helping!
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Thursday, 1 August 2019
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douglas page7:49 AM
Stoke-on-trent
what channel no: do I use for itv midlands today @6 pm . iam in the ST8 7dh area sot thankyou
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douglas's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Philip Silverman9:15 AM
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StevensOnln19:41 AM
Philip Silverman: Why post that in the comments? You're inviting spammers to pick up your new e-mail address.
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Friday, 2 August 2019
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Chris.SE7:47 AM
douglas page:
The trouble with your location is that it's on the periphery of the Central & Granada regions where the best reception is supposedly from the Winter Hill transmitter. ie not ITV Midlands Today at 6pm. and no reception from Sutton Coldfield according to the Digitaluk checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker
Whilst there is a Central region repeater (Fenton - low power & requires aerial with vertical polarisation) with "some very limited" predicted coverage at your postcode BUT other than the BBCB/PSB3 HD mux that coverage will disappear next year as other transmitters change channels as part of the 700Mhz clearance and this results in interference so the signals become unusable, so not recommended.
There are some areas to the east & west of you that can supposedly get Sutton Coldfield, from the information that I can currently see, you are in a slightly hilly area so it will depend on the precise geography surrounding you as to what you MIGHT get.
The D3&4 Mux (multiplex) that carries ITV might be receivable from several transmitters but may not be reliable from several. They are as follows (with UHF channel & approximate bearing) -
Fenton - C27 ~due S (179) low power 2kW aerial vertical polarisation
Sutton Coldfield - C46 ~E of S (160) high power 200kW aerial horizontal
The Wrekin - C23 ~W of S (208) med power 20kW aerial horizontal
Winter Hill - C59 (changing next year) ~W of N (337) high power 100kW aerial horizontal.
All the above transmit all multiplexes & you'll need a Group T or Wideband aerial to get all. If you are not bothered with the temporary muxes COMs 7&8 then if you particularly want Sutton Coldfield a group B aerial might be best and it's the strongest transmitter. You will clearly need to play around a bit with your aerial to see what you may get. HTH.
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Monday, 7 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:17 today to 11:18 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 11:17 today to 11:18 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 11:17 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 11:17 today to 12:00 today, Radio 4 FM Off Air from 11:17 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:17 today to 11:18 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 11:17 today to 11:18 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 11:17 today to 11:18 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 11:17 today to 12:00 today, Radio 4 FM Off Air from 11 [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:17 yesterday to 11:18 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 11:17 yesterday to 11:18 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 11:17 yesterday to 11:18 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 11:17 yesterday to 12:00 yeste [BBC]
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