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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Saturday, 1 January 2011
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simon wood6:52 PM
Hi,
for all the people in the tamworth area with reception problems i think we should all set a time and date visit the sutton mast and ask the tv news to come to and if we dont get the long over due answers and compensation for months of problems then we should cut all the signals to everyone so the understand hower frustration. let me know email me on simonfwood@gmail.com to arrange a visit.
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Sunday, 2 January 2011
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DS3:49 PM
I have been using a portable digital aerial for over 5 years, as never bothered with a roof Ariel (the builder didn't put one in) except for some occasional interference I had no problems, however since October 2010 this year, I have had nothing but trouble with a constantly poor signals, this is now beyond a joke, all i get from the BBC et al, is "THERE IS NO PROBLEM". someone is telling lies !
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Monday, 3 January 2011
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Steve Bones3:44 PM
I am experiencing the same problems as described above. Since October 2010 - ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 (digital channels) have been intermittent, at best, often No Signal at all, other times digital signal breaking up so badly as to make it unwatchable. Before this I have never had a problem.
I have just bought a new Freeview HD TV but cannot get any of the HD channels.
Can I get a refund of part of my TV licence? As this is a failure to deliver what I am paying for!
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Steve Blackwell7:37 PM
Halesowen
Similar problems - invested in a HD Freeview telly (join xmas pressie for me and the wife). Initially everything working great, but the HD channels on now showing a very weak signal, breaking up and totally unwatchable.
I live in the B62 area, 20 miles from Sutton, but only 4 miles from Brierley Hill. Is it worth getting on the roof and pointing my aerial to Brierley Hill? Will I be able to get the HD channels there? TIA :)
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Steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Steve10:08 PM
Tamworth resident back again after signal strength on ITV freeview stations for the past month has been high after earlier problems they sort of acknowledged being there fault.
tonight Signal strength now reading low on all ITV channels and picture started pixelating about 2115 tonight.
Hope Arqiva get this sorted quickly its dragged on long enough
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Steve10:10 PM
Tamworth resident back again after signal strength on ITV freeview stations for the past month has been high after earlier problems Arqiva sort of acknowledged being there fault.
Tonight Signal strength now reading low on all ITV channels (BBC Fine) and picture started pixelating on ITV about 2115 tonight.
Hope Arqiva get this sorted quickly its dragged on long enough
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Tuesday, 4 January 2011
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Richard9:13 AM
Steve, mine has been intermittently poor for the past few months now. I don't think it's going to be 'fixed' until the digital switchover in all honesty. Everything has gone really quiet again.
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Richard9:16 AM
Simon,
I don't think anyone is really giving much thought about it at all. I've tried the Tamworth Herald (and they did run a small piece but haven't followed it up). I've also tried the BBC, Arqiva, Tamworth Council. All to no avail.
We do need another way of making people realise there is a widespread problem. It's not just individuals affected and it's not the fault of the residents and it's definitely nothing to do with their aerials.
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Owen1:35 PM
Warwick
Hi, Is anyone able to confirm that the CV35 area cannot get HD from Sutton Coldfield please? From the above, it looks as if it only comes from Lichfield at the moment and as my aerial points to Sutton Coldfield then that might explain "no channels found" when doing a manual search for HD on channels 50-54. Many thanks
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Owen's: mapO's Freeview map terrainO's terrain plot wavesO's frequency data O's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Dan9:24 PM
Hi everyone,
I've been unable to receive mux d channels for around a month, re-scanning occasionally makes them appear in the epg (but still unable to be tuned to) but more often than not they just don't appear.
Freeview reception has never previously been a problem for me and on all the other tvs in the house I can receive a full set of channels without issue.
Any ideas as to how I can fix this?
thanks
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