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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Friday, 19 August 2011
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Toni Allison10:40 PM
Stourbridge
I have had a new Humax PVR 915T fitted by a TV engineer this week but he couldn't get ITV , Ch 4 or Ch 5 on the Sutton coldfield transmitter which is where my service comes from.Post code DY9 0GB, new digital aerial installed outside on roof.
My cheap box worked but picture bad and signal strength shown a very low, please advise what can be done.
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KMJ,Derby11:46 PM
Toni Allison: The Digital UK postcode checker does not make any prediction for reception from Sutton Coldfield at your location until after switchover. At this stage you might as well wait for DSO stage 2 on 21st September 2011, after which you are expected to have good reception of MuxD3+4.
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Sunday, 21 August 2011
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terry3:31 PM
Solihull
Hi I just got a tv with freeview hd.I can get all the freeview channels from the sutton coldfield transmitter but i cant get hd. do i have to wait untill the 21st of September to get HD or should i get them now.Can anyone tell me.thanks.
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jb386:16 PM
terry: You are basically correct regarding having to wait until 21st of September, as although Litchfield is presently operating a temporary low power HD service on Mux Ch34 (@ 4Kw) its doubtful if you will receive it, as many cant.
That said though, the trade predictor does indicate that you can, so try a manual tune on Mux Ch34 and see what comes up.
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Monday, 22 August 2011
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terry8:11 PM
Hi jb38 i have tride the manual tune on ch34 but no good so it looks like i may have to wait until the 21st of September.thanks for your reply.terry.
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jb389:12 PM
terry: Thanks for the update, which has somewhat confirmed what I suspected, as many complain of poor signals on Mux Ch34. (not necessarily all on this site either)
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011
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Grumpyoldman5:30 PM
Solihull
Terry: I live in Solihull and have been able to pick up the HD service from Lichfield for the past few months. I had to tweak the aerial direction to achieve that and you may have to do the same, if that is feasible. Whether you want to and potentially have to reverse that in a month is the choice you need to make.The Wolfbane site will give a simple compass bearing from your address.
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terry7:24 PM
Hi Grumpyoldman i will have a go at that in the morning if i can find out how to get the compass bearing from the wolfbane site. I ham no good at that.I have gone on there site but cant make head not tale of it.but thanks for your reply.Terry
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terry: Or you can put your postcode into the box at the top right of this page.
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011
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Grumpyoldman5:00 PM
Solihull
Terry:How did you get on? If you are still having problems with Wolfbane or Brian's suggestion, put up your post code and I will take a look.
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