Full Freeview on the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmitter
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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 22/04/2024 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Sandy Heath 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)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Sandy Heath transmitter?
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
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?
| 1965-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 12 Feb 2020 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | K T | K T | W T | W T | ||||
| C6 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C32 | com7 | ||||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C35 | _local | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C39 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C43 | _local | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C51tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C52tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| 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 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
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Saturday, 27 June 2015
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Daniel5:22 PM
Will there be 4 g interference in my area . I'm on 4g now and get good signal but I'm worried in the near future. In nn4 area .
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jb387:44 PM
Daniel: If you are meaning that you use a 4G phone and the TV is not affected by it, then nothing is likely to change, that is unless another phone company decides to install a 4G base station in the area, as then you "might" be if its installed near to where you reside, the chances of experiencing interference being greater if its located near to the signal path between your aerial and the station you receive Freeview from.
However, if you have any worries on this, the best people to contact is a company called AT800 set up by the phone providers for the purpose of answering queries of this sort, as they have all the info on sites proposed for use by 4G, anyone who they consider as being at risk supplied with a 4G filter free of charge, said filter being installed into the TV or boxes aerial socket, the lead from the aerial going into the filter.
Contact us | Advice or general enquiries | at800
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Sunday, 28 June 2015
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Edward 3:41 PM
I'm confused on what setting to put my tv picture on its led and I cant seem to get it right .
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MikeB5:25 PM
Edward : We are going to need a bit more information than you've given in order to help you. Firstly, the make and model - each TV is slightly different, so we need to know what you have. A postcode would be handy if you want to know what channels you should get for tuning it the TV.
Next - what exactly is the problem? Settings can mean a lot of different things. Is it setting up/tuning the TV, or is it the settings on the panel itself - the brightness, contrast or the mode (dynamic, cinema, etc)?
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MikeB11:45 PM
Edward : That really doesn't help much. I'm guessing its a recent Sony TV, probably a W7 or 8, but it would nice to actually know the model.
What would really help is what you mean by 'picture setting'. Is it too bright, on the demo setting (and thus too bright, too much contrast, etc), or what. Tell us what you want to do or what you cannot do, or else we really cannot help.
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Monday, 29 June 2015
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Edward 7:49 AM
The picture seems to couldy and white . it's
Sony KDL42W706 42 Inch Full HD Smart LED TV.
I just want to know the best picture setting as ive tried to correct it but it just dont look right.
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MikeB6:57 PM
Edward : I'm not sure what you mean by cloudy and white, but there are several possibilities.
Firstly, do you actually get a picture on the TV? By that, I mean a proper picture, but perhaps just very pale, etc. If your just getting 'static' (which certainly is cloudy and white), you need to follow the steps in your manual, because almost certainly you've set up the TV to only use the analogue tuner, which is going to pick up nothing.
If the TV has a very rubbish picture, then check the manual and reset it to factory setting/first time install (or what ever the phrase Sony uses). This will take the TV back to the first time you turned in on, so go through the setup procedure carefully - plug in the aerial, etc.
If you've done that and the picture is still awful, then you might have a duff panel (it happens), you should just take it back to the people you bought it from (who was it?), and get them to test it. The W7 series is a very decent TV, and the panel gives a good picture, so you might have just been very unlucky. At least go back to the shop, perhaps having taken a photo on a phone, etc of the screen, so that they can see what its like, and make suggestions.
If your not sure how to set it up, etc, then get a professional to do it. Obviously people who deal with aerials etc can do it, but its probably easiest to get the people who sold you the TV to do the setup/install. EXpect to pay fifty to sexity pounds. This sounds a lot, but its easier than stressing and no being able to use the TV you've purchased, and I know that at the place where I work, they will wire it up, tune it in , and show you how to use it.
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Sunday, 5 July 2015
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Bruno10:38 PM
hallo ich habe nach England vor 3 Wochen Ich habe Probleme mit meinem TV-Signal bewegt.
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