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, 19 September 2011
M W CARTER: The best thing to do is to replace the VCR with a Freeview+ or Freeview+HD box. Your VCR has no digital tuner, it will not operate after switchover.
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Ryan8:28 PM
Watching BBC 1 today and the picture broke up twice.
And with BBC channels on maximum, I hold out little faith that Freeview will run well now.
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herbie: She won't have any non-BBC channels until the retune is performed.
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Rick Homer: In addition to the other comments about the start of HD transmissions, please see What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Mike Dimmick3:01 PM
Ryan: You're about equidistant from Sutton Coldfield and Emley Moor. Before switchover, these transmitters used each other's analogue channels for digital, so you were stuck with interference from either.
When switchover completes tomorrow morning, the problem goes away as each transmitter adopts its former analogue channels for digital services. Signal strength is expected to be very good. If you've been using a booster, remove it. See Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
Your box might have decided to tune in the Ambergate relay as this is on lower frequencies than Sutton Coldfield. Check whether there is a more reliable version of BBC One elsewhere in the channel list, usually around 800. If so, see Digital Region Overlap.
Ambergate would provide East Midlands news, but it uses vertical polarization, is low power, and power is aimed more to the south-east of the transmitter than the north-east, though the restriction in your direction isn't that large. Digital UK's predictor gives a better chance of reliable reception from Sutton Coldfield, even with the right aerial pointing the right way.
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Nik 8:53 PM
Leicester
Just a quickie, I have a Sony bravia with built in freeview hd, aerial pointing at Sutton from le93an. On my epg, the HD channels are there, but no signal, I sometimes get a 1-2 second burst of picture. As I understand, the HD is currently broadcast from lichfield, which is being closed on 21st, does it then go onto Sutton and I'll get full glorious HD?
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Nik's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jordan9:01 PM
Wolverhampton
nik yes it will go on to sutton coldfield on full power and yes it will be in glorious HD
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James10:27 PM
Does anyone know what time this is happening this morning (21st sep?) All sites just say tomorrow. I have to help a few old folks and don't want to be there before it happens. Thx.
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Andy10:35 PM
James: this may help:
Digital UK - Relay transmitter switching times
6am for the main transmitter at SC
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Chris: It's not a problem with the transmitter, the output is the output and the user has to work with that.
I would wait until 6am tomorrow for switchover to complete and see what happens then (after you have retuned).
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