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, 15 June 2011
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KMJ,Derby3:24 PM
Scott: Reception of all muxes will be more reliable after switchover. There will of course be occasions when distant transmitters are received due to the inversion effect but disruption to viewing should be much less than that experienced when high power analogue services swamped the low power digital signals. Sutton Coldfield will also no longer be sharing frequencies with Winter Hill or Emley Moor, two of the transmitters with which the service area overlaps.
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Friday, 17 June 2011
Hi, I lost all the Freeview HD signal about 2 weeks ago and tried a factory reset and rescan and it didn't even find the channels at all as if they didn't exist. Standard Freeview channels also seem to be picking up more interference too although nithing has changed in my setup and the aeriel is fine. I live about 5 miles away from Sutton Coldfield mast... any ideas? (what really bugs me is i only recerntly purchasd the freeview HD box and its worked fine for about 2 weeks and then this).
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Saturday, 18 June 2011
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G Roger Howe11:44 AM
Is it possible to get BBC East Midlands from Sutton Coalfield?
Where we live in Derby the best signal is from SC but it does not give local news and weather,
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KMJ,Derby12:15 PM
G Roger Howe: The Derby relay which transmits from the FSHQ mast in Littleover village radiates towards Allestree, Chester Green and Chaddesden. Viewers with aerials set for Sutton Coldfield should find analogue BBC East Midlands on C48. This will become digital (still using C48) from DSO step2 at Waltham on 31st August 2011. Viewers in other parts of Derby would need to receive an East Midlands signal from Waltham, Kimberley (already digital only) or Little Eaton, which is analogue only until 17th August 2011.
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Sunday, 19 June 2011
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Andy6:09 PM
Nottingham
Hi, I don't know if anybody can help explain but for well over a week now we have had serious interferece on all Mux 2 channels and have now lost Mux D completely. We live in flats in Nottingham but receive from Sutton Coldfield. Have reviewed all the help sections mentioned but none appear to explain the issue (though I cannot check the aerial). Numerous resets & restores of factory settings have not helped. Any clues?
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Andy's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Doreen Brain10:38 PM
Since last week we have been unable to get channel 10 (ITV3), yet our friends in Kedderminster Worcs.are still receiving this channel on their freeview tv
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Monday, 20 June 2011
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Mike Dimmick2:29 PM
Doreen: Can you provide a full postcode, please? Reception depends very heavily on your exact location and can change quite a lot with just small changes in distance.
Does your box still show an entry in the Guide for ITV3 on channel 10? If you enter '10' on the remote, does it show NO SIGNAL, or just not change channel? If the channel is entirely missing, try retuning - some boxes retune automatically, and if the multiplex carrying ITV3 was off-air or at reduced power when this happened, it may have deleted the channel.
There is some natural variation in signal levels due to how the signal travels through the air, and over terrain and around buildings, which sometimes can cause drop-out due to either too low or too high signal levels, or higher levels of interference from other transmitters using the same frequencies.
Changes in reception can also indicate the start of a problem with your aerial system or cabling. Check that analogue BBC One is clear, or at least as clear as you remember. If not, get the system checked, although note that there is currently engineering work going on at Sutton Coldfield which may cause periods of low power and interruptions. We don't unfortunately, know how long this will go on for, as Digital UK only publish notice of works a week at a time.
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Tuesday, 21 June 2011
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Ron Henshaw3:05 PM
been having major problems with ITV channels and channel 4 and asociated channels E4 ect, over the weekend and up to now. getting very poor if any reception.
all TV's new with inbuilt free view.
all new cable.
booster boxes on every TV.
aerial new.
is there a problem with the transmitter, or work being done.
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Mike Dimmick8:00 PM
Ron Henshaw: Can you provide a full postcode so we can see the prediction?
You should not need boosters on any TV. It is always better to amplify as close to the aerial as possible if it is required, but unless you're in a particularly difficult location it shouldn't be. You should try to maximize aerial gain before adding amplification.
If you are splitting the signal, and some amplification is required to ensure that each set has enough signal after the split, just add enough to offset the insertion loss of the splitter and the losses in the cables.
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