Full Freeview on the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 920,000 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 Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Sandy Heath 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Sandy Heath transmitter?
BBC Look East (West) 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Cambridge CB4 0WZ, 29km east-northeast (65°)
to BBC Cambridge region - 4 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
ITV Anglia News 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Norwich NR1 3JG, 119km east-northeast (60°)
to ITV Anglia (West) region - 5 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (East)
How will the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1965-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 12 Feb 2020 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | K T | K T | W T | W T | ||||
| C6 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C32 | com7 | ||||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C35 | _local | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C39 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C43 | _local | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C51tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C52tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| 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 30 Mar 11 and 13 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 1000kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.4dB) 180kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-7.7dB) 170kW | |
| com7 | (-13dB) 49.6kW | |
| com8 | (-13.1dB) 49.1kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 20kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-20dB) 10kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sandy Heath transmitter area
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Monday, 17 September 2012
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Suzy5:38 PM
jb38: i have to do a retune on the 19th :( as it has been saying on Really that some stations are changing on the 19th to different Numbers !!! so will let you know the outcome of that when it happens, but its been great to have all my stations back again, really, pick tv , Yesterday etc etc, no freezing or breaking up and weather has been sunny and rain and the picture on the tv hasnt change infact its a lot clearer than it was before , got a lovely picture ! let hope after the retune it all stays the same, wish i didnt have to do it, but if i dont i wont be getting those channels x
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jb388:12 PM
Suzy: Yes, sorry I forgot all about that event, maybe you could give an update on your findings after you have carried out the "dreaded" retune as I would be most interested know the outcome and which hopefully is favourable! or on the other hand maybe not as the case may be, and should be any remote chance it be the latter then carry out another retune about an hour or so later. Various things are happening then, but to my knowledge the main EPG channel moves are as below / Dave (from 19 to 12) Yesterday (from 12 to 19) Really (from 20 to 17) Gold (from 17 to 20) Food Network (from 49 to 48) Jewellery Channel (from 60 to 49)
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Wednesday, 19 September 2012
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Suzy12:32 PM
jb38: Hiya did my scan got all the station in the new order except Yesterday, no were to be found but i will try again later for that, but everything is all working ok :) all station are still working really well with a brilliant picture on all stations x
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jb389:44 PM
Suzy: I am unaware as to whether or not you have managed as yet to carry out a second rescan, but just purely for your info the other programmes that are also on the "same" transmitter as Yesterday (19) are Film4 (15) / ITV4 (24) / Ideal World (22) and Argos TV (55).
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Saturday, 22 September 2012
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Mick Shanley1:48 PM
St. Ives
I have performed retune (auto and manual)(Sandy Heath on 20 and 21.9.2012) and my BBC1 and 2 are now on Channel no 800 and 801; why?
Mick PE27 5QD
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MikeG2:04 PM
Mick I think the only way is to do a 'factory reset' and then a Manual tune of the 6 channels you need on Sandy Heath. The channels for that transmitter are 27, 24, 21+(HD), 51, 52, 48. If your equipment does not handle HD then you can leave out Ch21+.
I've had this nightmare with the retune this week too and Manual tuning is the only way round it. Hope that helps, Mike.
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Monday, 24 September 2012
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Ian Peel2:18 PM
Hi - I live in Buckingham and have had poor signal/no signal on a number of primary channels over the last few days. Doing an auto-retune has not helped. BBC1 and BBC2 are disrupted again this afternoon (of Monday the 24th September). Coverseley ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are fine. Any advice please? Many thanks!
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MikeG2:53 PM
Hi Ian,
According to the map you should be beaming SSW to Oxford and receiving your signals on Channels 53, 60, 57 (HD if required), 62, 59, 55. No reports of problems with this transmitter.
There's a chance that when you Auto retuned you picked up a different transmitter which may account for your weak signal on some channels.
Do a 'factory reset' on the unit and a Manual Retune to just those channels and all should be well. You may need to refer to your User Guide to do that.
Hope that helps,
Mike, retired Radio & Electronics Eng.
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Ian Peel5:58 PM
Buckingham
Hi MikeG (in the hope you are picking up)...
Many thanks for your reply. However, all the aerials on my estate in Buckingham point to Sandy Heath, more or less the opposite direction. I think Oxford is 3 or 4 miles nearer but, because of land mass and buildings, we've all found Sandy Heath to be the stronger signal. In my case, an engineer measured the signal strength on a couple of occasions. Any other thoughts? Again, many thanks.
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MikeG10:19 PM
Hi Ian, if you are on Sandy Heath you need to do a Manual Tune on channels 27, 24, 21 (HD if needed), 51, 52, 48.
I'm on Sandy too and there have been no problems that I've noticed, so chances are you've grabbed a few extra wrong channels instead; maybe from Oxford off the back of your aerial; not unusual. Hope that sorts it out.
Mike
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