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 15/04/2024 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, 8 September 2011
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samantha1:46 PM
Redditch
Following yesterday's re-tune I am now missing BBC 1 ,2 and 3 anyone else in the Alcester area having difficulties?
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samantha's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Gemma Haran: If you are missing those channels:
First, try this - My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
Second, you may have too much signal. If you have a booster or amplifier, remove it from your system, if you don't you might have to fit an attenuator, which cost about five pounds.
Third, there is an outside chance that you have a box that does not support the 8k mode. If you do you will need a new box.
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gbhall2:17 PM
Ref Briantist
on this page, where you list the frequency changes from 1950, you omit to fully describe the period from 5th to 21st September 2011, where there were channel changes on the 5th - the principle one for Sutton Coldfield is BBCA to C43 apparemtly - virtually impossible to find out, but I did find it in Wikipaedia of all places once, and cannot find it again !
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Paul Kelly2:19 PM
Thanks again Mike & Briantist for the clarification, I shall thumb twiddle 'til the 21st, then hopefully Arqb shall return & HD shall(finally) be mine.
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gbhall: There is ONE change for digital and it's listed above next to yesterday's date: "BBCA starts on C43".
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Bec3:20 PM
Regarding the Hints transmitter, everyone (I assume) in Tamworth has their aerials pointing at Hints, Sutton Coalfield is in the opposite direction, and I've never seen an aerial pointing that way.
When I put my postcode into the Freeview checker it says Sutton Coalfield, just as the man on the end of the phone said, but that's plain wrong ... Maybe Hints is just a relay transmitter, and if so, does that need upgrading?
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Dennis3:35 PM
Bec,if you live in Tamworth your aerial should point towards the Sutton Coldfield mast,this has always been the case.
If you get Freeview now the signal comes from Sutton,NOT Hints/Lichfield,the only TV transmissions from Lichfield now are low power HD and the old analogue channel 5.
On the 21st of this month,there will be no TV at from the Lichfield mast,trust me that is true,Lichfield is not a relay,or a local mast for Tamworth. The Sutton Coldfield mast covers some thirty miles,or so from that site.
Once again if your aerial is pointing at the Hints mast,its looking the wrong way.
If you get Freeview ok, its because it just happens to pick up Sutton,because the capture angle of you aerial allows this.
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Bec: That transmitter will be no longer in TV service in 13 days, no it not a relay, never was, only carried channel 5 on analogue, before that it was the ITV VHF transmitter.
As it never provided 1, 2, 3 and 4, it is impossible for you to have used it for those channels.
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Dennis3:45 PM
Bec,just thinking about this,I am in Tamworth,my aerial pointing at Sutton,butI would only have to turn it by about fifteen degrees to point at Hints/Lichfield. So I feel you think it's looking at Hints,when,in fact,its locked on Sutton.
This is certainly the case if every TV aerial around you is pointing the same way as yours,they are not all going to be wrong.
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ezrapound4:03 PM
GBHALL I recon 2 Analogue and 2 digital changes happened on the 7th :-
BBC2 Analogue on channel 40 Turned off permanently
ITV-1 Analogue on Channel 43 moves to Channel 40
MUX-1 Digital on Channel 41 moves to Channel 43
MUX-A Digital on Channel 47 Moves to Channel 41
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