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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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) mast?

Sandy Heath transmitter - Sandy Heath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Sandy Heath transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)291mDTG-180,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Cambridge, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)291mDTG-180,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Anglia (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Anglia east),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C21+ (474.2MHz)291mDTG-180,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Cambridge, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -0.2dB
C33 (570.0MHz)291mDTG-8170,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -0.2dB
C36 (594.0MHz)289mDTG-8170,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -0.2dB
C48 (690.0MHz)289mDTG-8170,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
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
regional news image
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?

1965-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-1312 Feb 2020
VHFA K TK TK TW TW T
C6ITVwaves
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCBBBCB
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C32com7
C33SDN
C34com8
C35_local
C36ArqA
C39C5wavesC5waves
C43_local
C48ArqBArqB
C51tv_offSDN
C52tv_offArqA
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

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Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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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

Oct 1959-Feb 2004Anglia Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Comments
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
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Chris.SE
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3:57 PM

Mr peachey:
StevensOnln1:

Quite a few people are encountering these nag screens which seem to be popping up on the channels on the ArqA & ArqB multiplexes (but not SDN) between LCNs 25-55.

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Saturday, 14 November 2020
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Callum west
3:24 PM

Hello I'm using Freesat built in.

I'm having issues with pixelation especially during rain.
The SD channels mainly have 100% signal strength and 100 quality with only pixelation during rain.

The HD channels BBC one and itv etc have pixelation during normal weather but gets worse when rains.
I have a sky zone 1 mini dish.
The signal on the EU band. CNN HD. Etc has a signal level of 66% quality and 100 % strength. But during rain this drops to 30% quality even to 0% in heavy rain.
I have ordered a satellite inline amplifier but I'm wondering if this will solve the issue or if I need a complete new satellite dish installation

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Chris.SE
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:12 PM

Callum west:

I would be getting LNB Skew and Dish alignment checked in case things have moved in some of the high winds or even wasn't 100% originally.

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Monday, 23 November 2020
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John
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

7:26 PM

When is COM 7 going to end.

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Chris.SE
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:46 PM

John:

I refer you to my response to your previous query on COMs7&8
Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | free and easy

So the updated situation is that the Clearance programme was eventually completed in August. OFCOM have scheduled the auction for sometime in January 2021. The rest of the situation is as previously suggested, until the auction is completed, we won't know if any MNO will have bought the Centre Frequencies (allocated for SDL use), nor will we know what timescale will be involved for such a purchaser to commission such equipment to use the frequencies and so give any 3 month notice as stated in the current multiplex licence.

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Monday, 21 December 2020
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Ian
9:34 AM

Hello,

How up to date is the data here? Compared with what my TV is tuning I see a difference of one through the 30s and 40s, e.g. ITV3+1 is listed here as channel 33 but is 34 in reality (and on https://www.freeview.co.u…gs). I think that particular retune was quite a while ago?

The more recent shuffle of CCXTV and Dave Ja Vu etc (https://www.freeview.co.uk/help/channel-changes-7-Dec-2020) also hasn't been picked up here, but maybe that's just normal lag.

Thanks, Ian.

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Chris.SE
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

7:26 PM

Ian:

It's not up-to-date. The site owner doesn't seem to have had time to do all the updates resulting from the 700MHz Clearance program, nor any of the recent channels shuffles that Freeview insist on doing!

See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels (&LCNs) are on which multiplex.
Sandy Heath's channels are C27, C24, C21, C33, C36, C48, C55 in the order PSBs1-3, COMs4-7. Also note C35 is a Local multiplex for Cambridge from the nearby Madingley transmitter, which you may or may not receive depending on your location.

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Monday, 1 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

12:15 PM

SANDY HEATH transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 1 Feb 11:58. . [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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3:18 PM

SANDY HEATH transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 1 Feb 11:58 until 1 Feb 14:01. . [BBC]

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Friday, 5 March 2021
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GeordieLad
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9:33 AM

I haven't been getting your updates for some time (and don't recall having unsubscribed!). Whatever, I hope this post will restore service as before.

Keep up the good work.

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