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 |
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| 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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Wednesday, 31 July 2013
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Ian from notts7:26 AM
Alfreton
Paul- I am going back some years now to the start of freeview but I knew someone who lost his signal at 7pm every night. It turned out to be his next door nieghboors central heating coming on. lots changed since then but you just brought the memory back
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paul: To add to what Ian from notts says, another cause of such problems has been faulty street or "emergency" lighting.
It's clearly NOT 4G as that is on all the time.
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Friday, 9 August 2013
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Kevin Gardiner5:51 PM
Stourbridge
I perform a re-scan my Samsung smart tv to find out if any new tv channels have come on, or have carriers transmitting prior to switch on.
After my latest re-scan, I noticed that we now have 3 new channels on standard free view i.e. travel channel on 42 and film 4+ 1 on channel 45( not transmitting yet ) and true entertainment on channel 61.However, after going through all the available channels I've noticed that there's a film 4 transmitting on channel 791. At the top of the screen it reads, Film 4 is moving .If you can see this on channel 15,please retune your free view equipment, to ensure you continue to receive this channel. This can either mean that film 4 is moving to 791, or it's a temporary placement for it till they make room for it later on, which I believe they are trying to group channels for easier navigation for the viewer. Anyone have any idea what is being planned?
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Tuesday, 13 August 2013
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Andy4:18 PM
I am having some issues with reception on the COM 6 channels, mainly VIVA.
Some days picture is fine and then next day will be jerky, picture will pause but sound still plays.
Also have times when it looks like the signal just drops out for a fraction of a second every 30 seconds or so.
Any thoughts on this.
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Thursday, 15 August 2013
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Ian from notts7:33 AM
Nottingham
Andy- Where I live (North Notts/Derbys) S, Coldfield is a main transmitter of use, If not local, COM6 is general 1 of the weaker signals and its channels (VIVA) will be the first to show problems.
Do a signal check on all MUX's to see if they are general similar ?
Do you have a Booster/Splitter fitted or Distribution Unit?
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Friday, 27 September 2013
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Bob Chapman4:39 PM
I have a wireless Controlled Garage door that has worked ok for years but in the last week it will not work well. It works when I push the main none wireless control but will not work all the time with the hand held wireless control can you help please..Could it be the signal is affected by the mast.
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jb385:28 PM
Bob Chapman; The obvious question would be, have you tried another battery? as the frequency used by remote controls is no where near that used by Freeview transmitters.
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Thursday, 3 October 2013
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john10:28 PM
Hi I live in the out skirts of Leicester my aerial is facing the Sutton cold field transmitter as I can't have it facing Waltham I have a booster fitted to my outdoor aerial but over the past couple of weeks I keep losing channel 3 and 4 and 5 and it says weak or no signal then comes back with picture jerky soon popping and bangin squealing. When I went to work Tuesday morning picture was perfect on 3 etc came home in evening picture all jerky jumpy breaking up any ides anyone thanx
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jb3811:48 PM
john: Your problem you refer to is most likely connected with the engineering work that is taking place at the Sutton Coldfield transmitter, an engineering notice to this effect currently being in force warning of possible interruptions to the service.
Just out of curiosity, why cant you have your aerial facing Waltham? not of course that this would always help as engineering work is also taking place at Waltham.
By the way, a post code is really required for questions of this sort in order to enable a more accurate assessment to be made of the situation.
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Friday, 4 October 2013
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john7:43 AM
Hi than for replying I can't have my aerial facing Waltham cause I'm in a block of flats at the back and the bloke who put my aerial up said he had not got a pole long enough to point the arterial over the top of the roof to face Waltham by the way this aerial goes directly in to my flat and is not shared with anyone else
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