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 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
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, 5 May 2011
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Ian Brown12:13 PM
Nottingham
P.S. I live in Nottingham, NG5 4NQ and my aerial is on the roof.
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DAVE FREEMAN2:36 PM
I have recently had to retune my freeview due to losing channels. I used to receive yesterday and itv4.Since the initial set up and countless retunes, I still cannot receive Channel numbers 12 and 24.
Any ideas?
Dave
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Daz3:15 PM
Hi All, Any help would be appreciated. I have lost all my HD freeview channels, I used to get all 4 with no problems whatsoever until a few days ago, I've tried to retune but although the channels are shown I get no program guide and when I select a HD channel I just get "no signal" warning. All other channels are being received as normal.
I live in leicester Le86hy but am tuned into Sutton Coldfield transmitter.
Thanks in advance.
Daz
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JESSIE P3:28 PM
Hey daz
same problem here i'm in Leicester but tuned to Sutton coldfield. turned out i neededed to go the Waltham transmitter. need to find a system engineering technical director of operations to go up to the roofes to get it all changed to that. gonna cost a few blueys but its my only option it seems.
try using the maps on here to see if you need to retune etc.
hope this helps
Jessie
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Mike Dimmick6:46 PM
Ian Brown: A longer run of cable will drop more signal than a shorter one. One TV might be more or less sensitive than the other one.
If you're going to split an aerial feed to more than one location, you should put the split as close to the aerial as possible. Don't run the cable to the back of one TV and split it there - you've already lost a significant amount of signal before it gets to the first point, and the cable run is likely to be longer than taking a second cable directly from the aerial.
Standard 'low-loss' coax cable is anything but. Use satellite-grade cable (dense copper braid over copper foil screening) to reduce the amount of signal lost in the cable.
Use proper splitters - don't just wire multiple cables into the aerial, because it will no longer be properly matched. If the cables aren't properly matched, you get reflections bouncing up and down the cable. There is some insertion loss just from using the splitter - if this is losing too much signal for one TV, you might need to add a small amplifier to offset this loss.
If it was working fine before switchover, and the non-working TV is on the shorter cable run, you could have too much signal. If you have an amplified splitter, try turning the amplifier down or removing the amp entirely.
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Mike Dimmick6:52 PM
James Mooney: Does BBC Four work? Before switchover, Sky Sports channels are carried on Multiplex B.
If you're north of Birmingham, or your aerial points in the same direction as the Emley Moor transmitter, you could be getting interference from Emley Moor BBC Two (analogue) when the weather conditions are right or at night.
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N Omara 7:49 PM
The hd freeview signal comes from Lichfield / hints at the moment and will transfer to Sutton coldfield only in September . Sutton does not have the digital signal I understand
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Friday, 6 May 2011
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Daz9:16 AM
Leicester
Jessie P / N Omara
Thanks for your responses. What I'm trying to understand is what could have changed when I've been receiving HD channels faultlessly for 5 months and now nothing at all, not a hint of a signal although all other channels are as before. My home setup hasn't altered. Aerial is on the roof and only recently fitted for freeview reception.
Thanks again
Daz
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SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - ton Coldfield Transmitter group works on 6 May 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30hrs and 18:00hrs on 6 May 2011 TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, MuxA, MuxB and MuxC will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:30. [DUK] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - ton Coldfield Transmitter group works on 6 May 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30hrs and 18:00hrs on 6 May 2011 TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, MuxA, MuxB and MuxC will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:30. [DUK] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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