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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) mast?
Sutton Coldfield transmitter - Sutton Coldfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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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Thursday, 6 October 2011
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lan from notts9:27 AM
Nottingham
billy
not seen the original post or reply but if you know which frequencies are causing your box to rescan itself, would 2 frquency blockers on 22 and 25 stop it doing a rescan?
just a thought mate
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Chris.SE9:48 AM
Jack: re Transmitter engineering - the date the information is posted is there, so "over the next week" usually means the current week when posted at the beginning of a week.
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Chris.SE10:10 AM
Keith Ratcliffe: If all your neighbours have the same lack of channels, it's probable that your distribution system is channelised, as your missing channels were not previously used at Sutton Coldfield, but do check with all your neighbours first to be sure it's not an overload problem of your set.
But also as you mention about channels in the 900's you really should do a full reset/new install with your set/box first. Follow the instruction from the link "Freeview reset procedure" in the yellow box below.
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Chris.SE10:20 AM
M Rawson: It is probable that you are suffering signal overload now that Sutton Coldfield is on full power (200Kw) on all the muxes, but do a full reset/new install first following the link "Freeview reset procedure" in the yellow box below.
If you have the same result, then remove any booster you have from circuit and see what results you get.
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KEVIN GARDINER3:41 PM
chris. se,
Re- Keith Radcliffe. He is situated 13 miles from Sutton Coldfield and the signal strength at his location at 10 metres outdoors is 65DB. This signal strength should not overload his tuner, as 65 - 70db is the recommended signal strength preferred by the BBC to obtain a stable signal at the tv. I believe that digital tuners should have a signal strength tolerance maximum latitude of 80db before signal overload would then effect the reception.
keith does'nt specify his set up at home. Does he have an amplifier, splitters etc.I think it's more likely to be his equipment that he needs to attend to to resolve his problem. (52.4471,-2.1045)
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steve8:06 PM
Coalville
hi i have lost all the channels and when i do get some they just mega pixall all the time my ariel is on the roof it runs 2 tv with a booster on as well but still no good do you think i need a new ariel many thanks
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jb388:44 PM
steve: As you are only 22 miles away from Sutton Coldfield you could be receiving a signal that's on the verges of being too powerful, so try a test by temporarily removing your booster, the symptoms of an over powerful signal being exactly the same as a weak one.
That said taking it that you are receiving Sutton coldfield and not Waltham @ 23 miles away.
To test which carry out a signal check on BBC1, if Sutton its Mux Ch43 / Waltham Mux Ch61.
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C Rickards9:45 PM
Reading
Since the change over (28 Sept 11) most of the free view channels appear to have lower power signal and hence we are suffering a lot of pixelation. Our humax PVR is struggling to record programmes. The HD channels are perfect (ch 50-54). Prior to the change over we received good free view signals. We receive our signals from the Oxford Transmitter. My old Pace PVR is not even picking up the EPG
The arial is situated in the loft.
I have retuned all my equipment on both 14 & 28 Sept.
Can you advise please
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pete10:21 PM
Birmingham
Hi i am on virgin cable with an aerial on roof which runs 2 tv's in 2 bedrooms which have no signal,cable runs the tv in lounge,which is fine. i have tried to retune tv's to no effect can you help thanx
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andrew dyke10:53 PM
Broseley
I run bt vison down stairs and the freeview u stairs thourgh a booster but last 6 weeks keep lossing bbc channls or poor siganl part pictures comming thourgh and tonight all main 5 channles the same
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