Full Freeview on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 52.600,-1.835 or 52°36'1"N 1°50'5"W | B75 5JJ |
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?
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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Thursday, 8 February 2024
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Chris.SE11:43 PM
Chaz Burton:
It's difficult to say what the cause of your issue is, you maybe in a spot that doesn't have good reception and without a full postcode we can't check predicted reception, B32 is a large area. It's highly improbable that it's a transmitter fault - the BBC haven't reported any faults for the transmitter, and there would be many other posts if there was a fault.
The transmitter is listed for Planned Engineering as in the post before yours, so there could be interruptions to service which are usually brief.
Have you checked that your aerial looks intact and is still pointing correctly? Check all your accessible coax connections may sure they are connected correctly with no corrosion or water.
I hope you didn't retune when you lost signal, as this will probably have just cleared all the correct tuning - you cannot tune to signals that are not there or can't be decoded, and you'll just have to retune again when your signals are normal.
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Monday, 12 February 2024
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
Sutton Coldfield transmitter - Sutton Coldfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/02/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 16 February 2024
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M Mitchell 7:30 PM
Hi what are the current HD multiplex Channel numbers for transmissions from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter please
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Chris.SE11:57 PM
M Mitchell :
As per the very top of this page, thr HD multiplex is on UHF Channel 40 (626Mhz) with a + offset. TV sets that tune by UHF channel automatically cope with the +offset If you have a device that has to tune by frequency, you may have to tune to 626.1666MHz.
The TV channel LCN (EPG) numbers for the HD channels are 101-107, 204 & 205.
SD channels 46 & 66 are also carried on this multiplex.
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StevensOnln111:59 PM
M Mitchell : The PSB3 multiplex carrying HD channels is broadcast on UHF channel 40 (with a +166KHz offset which won't affect tuning on most TVs).
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Monday, 19 February 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Sutton Coldfield transmitter - Sutton Coldfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/02/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 February 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Sutton Coldfield transmitter - Sutton Coldfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/02/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 4 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Sutton Coldfield transmitter - Sutton Coldfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 11 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
Sutton Coldfield transmitter - Sutton Coldfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 18 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Sutton Coldfield transmitter - Sutton Coldfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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