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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) mast?
Sutton Coldfield transmitter - Sutton Coldfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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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Sunday, 11 September 2011
Matt: From memory, it's code for the BBC services are being taken from the backup satellite transponder and are not as well statmuxed, so whilst the number of bits remains the same, the perceptual quality can be down.
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Phil: You apply a negative ofset if there is a minus sign after the number, by convention.
The ofsets are shown at the top of the page, but they are rounded up or down to 0.2MHz.
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Geoff Hawkins7:46 PM
Stoke-on-trent
Since retune on 07/09 I can now get radio channels in 700 and also 800s did a full reset any ideas ?
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Geoff's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Martyn8:16 PM
I have a proline digital set top box and I have tried all the ways to retune including manual. I have even tried just tuning in channel 43 but every time my box after a short while just seem to retune itself and says it has added 7 new programmes or if I only tune 43 it sets up ALL channels, and then I cannot get any of the BBC programmes, except BBC1 seems to come and go. I am in B13 and tuning into Sutton Coldfield.
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jb388:34 PM
Iain: If you are referring to the first post code provided then it depends on where you are receiving the signal from, as if its Fenton ITV1 is on Mux Ch33, The Wrekin is Mux Ch23, or from Sutton Coldfield its Mux Ch44, however this is forecast as being poor for reception until the 21st of the month.
These channel numbers being given to enable a manual tune to be carried out "if" EPG3 is not being shown in the list, if it is then ITV1 might already be found up in the 800 channel ranges.
You can still use your VCR "if" the Freeview TV has output facilities via its scart socket, you would of course not couple the aerial into it.
What model number is the TV?
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Mike Dimmick10:06 PM
Geoff Hawkins: For the two weeks between DSO stage 1 and 2, the BBC radio stations - and also BBC Four, CBeebies, and BBC Parliament - are broadcast on both their new home on BBC A (C43) and on their old location on Mux B (C51).
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JH10:56 PM
I have no BBC1, 2 or 3 through set top box. All disappeared a week ago but are received OK on the other 2 TVs in the house (the other two are digital TVs not through set top). On the set top the missing channels only show the 'no signal' symbol but they are fully listed on the EPG. All signals come in via good new (last year) aerial, splitter and we have powered signal booster in loft as historically analogue reception was not good (DY7). I have reset,rescanned over and over, checked the selected channels but still can't get BBC1,2,3. All other channels coming in with perfect pictures. We've been digital here for ages and it has always been fine. Is there anything else I can do?
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Monday, 12 September 2011
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Paul whiston12:01 AM
Worcester
Hi. I live in worcester wr4 0jw.
I retuned on the 7-9-2011. My ariel is on the roof/chimney.it serves 4 tv's and has always been ok, even for digital stations before switch over.
After retune I have all chanels on all tv;s
BUT on one tv if I switch off and then on again I loose bbc1 and bbc2.the chanel shows it is there but the screen is black. If I retune again they are back untill I turn off again. Any advice would be great Thank You.
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dutchman
12:36 AM
12:36 AM
Hello all Pioneer DBR-TF100GB users (the best STB ever made).
I've been asking around and it seems we're all screwed after DSO. Attenuators won't help, changing aerials won't help. Pioneer are allegedly aware of the problem but aren't interested in helping due to the age of the box.
My guess is it's the combination of 8K and 64QAM which have screwed it. I have a more modern Alba box but it doesn't have the refined features of the Pioneer so I will sorely miss it (sniff).
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R.Anderson3:42 AM
Wolverhampton
freeview reception hss severe pixalation and intermitant ''no signal'' on the following channels: itv, channel 4 & 5, itv2, 4+1, more4, qvc, bid tv, itv2+1, e4, 5 star, 5usa, itv1+1, quest, tv has been checked and all is ok, all leads are ok, the ariel [externaly wall mounted] gives good reception on all the other channels, previous reception was good, is the problem due to the transmiters power output for these channels? if so do i need to change my ariel to one suited for a poor or very poor signal area? i have limited resources so don't want to spend if it can be avoided, can't diy as i'm disabled. thank you for your assistance. bob
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R.Anderson's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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