Full Freeview on the Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) transmitter which serves 30,000 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 Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, 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)
The Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Bromsgrove 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)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Bromsgrove transmitter?

BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 18km northeast (41°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.

ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 18km northeast (40°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | K T | |||||
C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C23 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C26 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C29 | _local | _local | |||||||
C30 | -BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C33 | SDN | ||||||||
C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
C41 | +SDN | ||||||||
C44 | ArqA | ||||||||
C47 | ArqB | ||||||||
C48 | ArqB |
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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 2.8kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-8.5dB) 400W | |
Mux 1*, Mux D* | (-17.5dB) 50W | |
Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C* | (-20.5dB) 25W |
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Friday, 6 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
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BROMSGROVE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:21 today to 13:16 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
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BROMSGROVE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:21 yesterday to 13:16 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 8 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
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BROMSGROVE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:21 on 06 Sep to 13:16 on 06 Sep. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 10 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
BROMSGROVE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:21 on 06 Sep to 13:16 on 06 Sep. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:16 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
BROMSGROVE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:21 on 06 Sep to 13:16 on 06 Sep. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:16 today to 12:08 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BROMSGROVE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:16 yesterday to 12:08 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 12 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BROMSGROVE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:16 on 10 Sep to 12:08 on 10 Sep. [BBC]
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Sunday, 27 October 2019
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Steve 10:01 PM
Hi I live at B601AR postcode and I noticed the last few months the hd channels have been breaking up at times very annoying! I've pulled out all the connections and back in.is there a problem in my area? I pay my tv licence I do expect a good service
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Chris.SE11:58 PM
Steve:
I presume you mean the HD channels on the BBCB/PSB3 multiplex ie. BBC1,2,ITV,Ch4,Ch5 HD etc. as you are unlikely to get any HD channels from the COMs 7 & 8 multiplexes from any transmitters.
Is the problem continuing or has it cleared up now?
You should have no problems with reception from the Bromsgrove transmitter, there are currently no faults or engineering but there was some last month as you can see from posts before yours.
If you are getting your signals from Bromsgrove, your aerial should have the rods vertical and be pointing a fraction N or NW (321deg.), but I note that there is predicted reception at your location from the Wrekin transmitter which requires an aerial with rods horizontal pointing at 318deg. at your location, which uses the SAME UHF channels for the PSB multiplexes !!!
It can happen that signals have their polarisation altered by atmospheric and other conditions by the time they reach a receiving aerial so interference might be possible, but I would have expected you to see issues with other SD channels as well. I also think it's not very likely unless your aerial has moved or is not positioned precisely. Just have a look at it and check.
If however you are getting your signals from Sutton Coldfield, aerial horizontal pointing roughly NNE (27deg.) then there is some Planned Engineering with "Possible weak signal".
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Monday, 28 October 2019
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Chris.SE12:01 AM
Previous post should have read "your aerial should have the rods vertical and be pointing a fraction N OF NW (321deg.)", not N or NW !
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