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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Wednesday, 4 May 2011
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Rod10:20 PM
Redditch
Oh PS. I live in Redditch. B97 6JP
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Rod's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Rod: You are not expected to receive multiplex 2/D3+4 until 21st September 2011, when full power transmissions start.
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Rod10:30 PM
Finaly. Some one who knows what they are talking about. Thank you. Why cant the Aerial companys just say this at the start!
Personal thank you to Braintist. You deserve a digital star of honour... Thank you again. Please keep up your fantastic work. Really helped me today. Cheers...
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Thursday, 5 May 2011
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James Mooney12:05 PM
Up untill 2 weeks ago I happily received ESPN (34) Sky Sports 1 (41) and 2 (42)from Sutton Coldfield transmitter through the sports package offered by TopUp TV. Now I have lost channels 41 and 42 completely, and on each retune of 3 different boxes and sets in the house they all perform the same jumping from Quest (38) to Gems TV (43. Sky News on 82 has also vanished, but ESPN on 34 works fine! What is happening? Top Up TV say they are broadcasting my Sky signal but Digital UK can comment on Sky, they say. Any help please?
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Ian Brown12:06 PM
I have two digital tvs running off the same aerial. One Tv picks up all Freeview channels perfectly, whilst the other will not tune in to any of the BBC channels or Sky news channel, despite using the same aerial, and retuning after clearing all previous channels. All the other Freeview channels tuned in fine though.
Digital reception appears to be excellent from the Kimberley transmitter, which is only 5 miles away.
I asked Digital UK for help, but they appeared baffled too!
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Ian Brown12:13 PM
Nottingham
P.S. I live in Nottingham, NG5 4NQ and my aerial is on the roof.
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Ian's: mapI's Freeview map terrainI's terrain plot wavesI's frequency data I's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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DAVE FREEMAN2:36 PM
I have recently had to retune my freeview due to losing channels. I used to receive yesterday and itv4.Since the initial set up and countless retunes, I still cannot receive Channel numbers 12 and 24.
Any ideas?
Dave
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Daz3:15 PM
Hi All, Any help would be appreciated. I have lost all my HD freeview channels, I used to get all 4 with no problems whatsoever until a few days ago, I've tried to retune but although the channels are shown I get no program guide and when I select a HD channel I just get "no signal" warning. All other channels are being received as normal.
I live in leicester Le86hy but am tuned into Sutton Coldfield transmitter.
Thanks in advance.
Daz
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JESSIE P3:28 PM
Hey daz
same problem here i'm in Leicester but tuned to Sutton coldfield. turned out i neededed to go the Waltham transmitter. need to find a system engineering technical director of operations to go up to the roofes to get it all changed to that. gonna cost a few blueys but its my only option it seems.
try using the maps on here to see if you need to retune etc.
hope this helps
Jessie
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