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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Sunday, 27 February 2011
Nigel: Please can you see Freeview modes | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice and you will also find Two frequency interference
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Wednesday, 2 March 2011
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Richard P10:21 PM
I have just done a re-tune on my free television (i am on the border for sudbury and sandy heath transmitter and my aerial is pointed to sudbury and is in the loft and i am fairly high up) and french freeview channels have appeared on Channels 21 24 27 which are the old sandy heath analogue channels.
I am an aerial installer and thought if this is not high pressure it may cause an issue as i am at least 45 miles from the coast.
fingers crossed its high pressure.
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Thursday, 3 March 2011
Richard P: Yes, there is high pressure and your loft mounted aerial is, as I am sure you know, especially susceptible to this kind of problem.
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RDD6:28 PM
Advice please. Stansted Essex. Sony set VTX D800u set top box, External (newish - 5 yrs) wideband aerial with mast head amp.
Currently tuned to Xtal Palace right on fringes of. Generally C25&C28&C34 OK,C32&C29 So/So, C22 Not existent. Switch over due April 2012.
Would I be better changing aerial direction to Sandy Heath after Digital switchover 13/04/2011? & would Xtal Palace after switchover 2012 be better reception than Sandy Heath 2012
Opinions please.
Thanks
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Friday, 4 March 2011
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Nigel1:28 PM
Wellingborough
Brian/Dom
Now sorted. had the aerial checked and the connections were badly corroded. Signal strength through booster was high 30s, straight off the aerial low 30s. Changed aerial and signal through booster now low to mid 70s. I haven't had a signal dropped since the aerial was replaced so looks like that was the problem.
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Nigel: I'm pleased to hear that you have found the source of the problem.
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RDD: "please provide a full (not partial) postcode (or preferably enter it in box at the top right)"
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RDD10:58 PM
Stansted
Hi. 7 year old Aerial. I think is a Televes 1044 wideband not Group A (one of the forks has fallen off). + 16dB on catalogue - Fixed on mast on gable end. Not keen of chimney fixings.
Masthead amp Televes 8127? stated as + 15dB
Two way power unit Televes 8203.
Question is whether I can just swing this round to Sandy Heath and then get all the freeview channels ( ITV etc.)
Problems with line of sight for Xtal Palace as there is a mass high trees circa 100m from the aerial AND a Police station relay mast at 75m in the same direction. Therefore even when XTal Palace switches over to full 200kW next year , will the line of site issues offset the increased power?
No obvious near obstructions facing toward Sandy Heath. Thanks again. RDD
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Saturday, 5 March 2011
RDD: I would not recommend it, your best signals are from Crystal Palace. You should raise the aerial up higher to get a better line of sight.
How about Freesat...?
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Wednesday, 9 March 2011
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Georgina7:46 PM
Rushden
ok a bit more research done, I am missing all of the mux C channels, I was wondering, will this be an aerial or receiver problem? If this is already covered elsewhere if someone could point me in the right direction I would be grateful.
Thankyou
Georgina
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