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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Friday, 26 August 2011
Saturday, 27 August 2011
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Scott10:19 AM
So ive read all that but what i want to know is when sutton coldfield is on full power at switchover will this issue be fixed ?
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Mike Dimmick5:09 PM
Scott: Overlaps are likely to get worse with full power, not better. There is nothing to fix. Digital would actually require 100 times less power than analogue to cover the same area, if propogation - the way the signal travels from the transmitter to you - was consistent. Unfortunately, it isn't, it changes with weather conditions, so they have to use far more power to allow for that variation - about 20 times more power.
This means that for at least some of the time, the distant transmitters will come in loud enough for your box to detect and store.
Unfortunately older equipment wasn't designed to compare the quality or signal strength of whatever it finds, or to offer you the choice of what to receive. It just stores the first version it finds at the channel numbers advertised, then might store any other copies somewhere else (typically 800 onward).
You either have to tune in manually (and turn off any automatic retune feature), find a way to block the transmissions that you don't want (e.g. reduce signal levels with an attenuator, use a grouped rather than wideband aerial, add a filter) or replace your box or TV with one that actually asks which region you want to store.
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Monday, 29 August 2011
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kate9:00 AM
Stourport-on-severn
How do i find out which transmitter i am recieving? i live in stourport , am i on kidderminster or sutton? cheers
If Iam on kidder can i move my aerial to recieve sutton?
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kate's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby10:40 AM
kate: If your are receiving from Sutton Coldfield your aerial will point East and be mounted with the rods horizontal. To receive the Kidderminster relay the aerial points Northwest and is mounted with the rods vertical. If the aerial has a green plastic stopper in the end of the boom it will be a group C/D type, designed to work best on the frequencies in use at Kidderminster. In that event you would be best advised to have a replacement aerial for reception of Sutton Coldfield. You are predicted to have good reception on all muxes from Sutton Coldfield after 21st September 2011 (DSO stage 2), when using a suitable aerial.
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john attrill5:21 PM
Can anyone tell me why I can receive BBC news through digital but not other channels like sky news. It says no signal.
I have tried recanning and even rotating my ariel, but always the same, except in winter when I get a signal.
It is coming from the same transmitter at the end of the day.
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011
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Pete B1:36 PM
Hi,
I live in Coalville, Leics (served by Sutton Coldfield) and was hoping to be able to get East Midlands news after Sept.
Will this be possible?
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Pete B1:37 PM
Coalville
PS. Postcode is LE67 4RP
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011
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Billy1:23 PM
John possible, though not checked yet that the BBC ones are pushing more power than the Sky one, with water, can travel further, hence winter though likely perhaps trees losing their leaves in winter could also extend the range enabling you to get the Sky News one.
After switchover, when boost the signal like mad, you should be fine, the worry for many then might be too much power, but this can be reduced as many have said before at your end, and hopefully with them all being on same power won't effect other multiplex channels.
I hope that helps some.
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Billy1:32 PM
To John, (see previous post first :)
Okay, duh, lol, of course on this very page, signal power the same, thinking some years back when I know they were different, certainly Waltham was anyway.
Not sure applies to Digital as much Analogue ones, but notice BBC News on 41 and Sky News on 52, depending on antenna type, group or wide, the lower the frequency the better really.
However like I said in previous post, likely, as you said, giving the game away, that you get it in winter and not summer, that it could be trees causing a drop down in signal, have you tried a booster of sorts, not worth buying one if not already got one now, wait until after switch over.
But just a thought, cause unlike trouble I had many years back, glitch glitch, things have changed, and should be less prone to interference using such devices.
Hope that helps and you get sorted, but try, and I know it is hard, if like me, lol, being patient, waiting, time soon flies, nearly there now, see on 21st Sep 2011 if it picks up big time, likely then be complaining BBC one playing up, too much power, lol.
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