Full Freeview on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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?
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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Monday, 6 June 2011
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steve h6:18 PM
mike i would say sutton coldfield is too far away from bromyard to get a reliable digital signal, over 50 miles i would say. i know it is possible to receive signals from either wrekin or ridge hill transmitters and they have higher digital signals since last month as well
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Phil B8:38 PM
I'm having trouble receiving MuxD - I'm on the Fenton Transmitter, but am I right in thinking Sutton C is boosted by Fenton and that might be the trouble?
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Phil B: No, that's not even vaguely possible. Can you provide a full postcode please?
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Tuesday, 7 June 2011
mike: After switchover in September you will be able to get signals from Sutton Coldfield, Bromsgrove and Lark Stoke, but only Sutton Coldfield is predicted to provide you with the full six multiplex at the moment.
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H R FOX10:24 AM
What has happened to the HD channels ie BBC, ITV, CH4, CH5 this morning from Sutton Colfield transmiter? Just have a "no signal" message on screen. All other Digital channels are well received as normal ?
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H R FOX: Can you please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Nick6:49 PM
Nuneaton
Nick: Looks like after retuning, my TV's auto tuned into a weak ch26 Waltham signal instead of Sutton. Manual tuned into CH41 etc and reduce gain of amp a little. Seems a lot more stable now, but still occaisional pixcelation. onder if a tree is blocking my view of mast?
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Nick's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
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brett8:29 AM
I have pixilating picture and breaking up sound on mux d (film4). I am in stafford and have a wideband ariel with 2 amplifiers.
All other channels are ok.
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Jm F7:03 PM
brett:
Your TV may be picking up MUX B from The Wrekin transmitter (UHF channel 53) rather than Sutton Coldfield (UHF channel 55), which might explain the pixellation.
Check if you have any channels in the 800s, and see if Film 4 is one of these (and whether it gives a better picture).
If so, you'll have to re-tune manually for SC MUXs after clearing out what the TV has stored currently (default setting / factory reset / auto scan without the aerial plugged in).
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