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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Wednesday, 30 May 2018
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Jerry Foley 6:14 PM
Dear UK TV
I have had no TV Transmitter signal since 28th May 2018 (over 48 hours)! Has Transmitter retuning been brought forward? If so, how long before normal service is resumed?
Ps I have already tried retuning my TV set, and internal diagnostics suggest that the TV Transmitter is switched off!
Yours sincerely J Foley.
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StevensOnln17:24 PM
Jerry Foley : The first frequency changes at Sandy Heath don't take place until 17th July (according to Digital UK) and there is no engineering work reported. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Retuning was a bad idea as you've now deleted all of your channels which were correctly tuned.
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Thursday, 31 May 2018
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Mr windler11:24 PM
Northampton
I purchased a dab alba radio and I was of course expecting it to be dab but it turns out it's dab plus . Why can I receive dab plus stations if it was stated it is dab . Also I paid very little for it .
Rather strange ?
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Mr's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln111:28 PM
Mr windler: Nothing strange, just a product that hasn't had it's full capabilities printed on the packaging/description. It will save having to replace in a few years if most DAB stations switch to DAB+ as some people are predicting will happen (no plans have been announced so this is just speculation).
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Saturday, 23 June 2018
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John10:12 AM
Do we know when the next major retune is due for Sandy Heath TX
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MikeP
3:27 PM
3:27 PM
John:
Look at the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker put in your post code and look at the details given. It will include information on the forthcoming changes.
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Tuesday, 10 July 2018
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Nicholas Walker8:28 PM
Our TV is showing a half frozen, pixelated picture or no signal. The same is happening to our neighbours in Dart Close in Newport Pagnell. OUr aerial is on the roof. Thanks.
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Sunday, 15 July 2018
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John10:34 AM
Sandy Heath TX. On the 17th July when the retune takes place will the Frequency C numbers change because I usually do a manual retune and leave out COM7 and COM8 as they are not used.
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MikeP
3:55 PM
3:55 PM
John:
Put your post code into the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker That will tell you what the channels being used are now and what they will be after and changes.
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Tuesday, 17 July 2018
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Dave1:02 AM
Well seems Sandy is down.
Quarter past midnight lost all channels, every single one!
Retune has done nothing, guess will go to bed!
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