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Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) mast?

SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. Digital tick


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The symbol shows the location of the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter which serves 1,870,000 homes.

Other maps:Sutton Coldfield DABSutton Coldfield AM/FMSutton Coldfield regionBBC West MidlandsCentral (West micro region)

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

What do the colours on the map mean?

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.


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Which Freeview channels does the Sutton Coldfield 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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 horizontal max
C43 (650.0MHz)433m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		200,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 BBC Red Button 1, plus 12 others

PSB2
D3+4
 horizontal max
C46 (674.0MHz)433m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		200,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 Midlands ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 horizontal max
C40+ (626.2MHz)433m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		200,000W
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 303 BBC Red Button HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 horizontal max
C42 (642.0MHz)433m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		200,000W
Channel icons
10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 21 others

COM5
ArqA
 horizontal max
C45 (666.0MHz)403m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		200,000W
Channel icons
11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, 302 BBC Red Button 2, plus 9 others

COM6
ArqB
 horizontal max
C39+ (618.2MHz)433m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		200,000W
Channel icons
15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 22 others



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
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.

ITV Central News 2.6m homes 9.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 15km south-southwest
to ITV Central (West) region - 46 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)

Are there any self-help relays?

Burton (shobnall)Transposer1 km W Burton-on-Trent60 homes
CoalvilleTransposer18 km NW Leicester600 homes
SolihullTransposerLand Rover building400 homes

How will the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

years1950s~851984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-18
aerial groupVHFB EB EEB E KB E KW
C4BBCtv
600C33com7
C35com8
C39+ArqB+ArqB+ArqB
C40BBC2BBC2BBC2+BBCB+BBCB+BBCB
C41+1
C42SDNSDNSDN
C43ITVITVITVBBCABBCABBCA
C44+2
C45ArqAArqAArqA
C46BBC1BBC1BBC1D3+4D3+4D3+4
C47+A
700C50C4C4C4
C51+Blocal
C52+C
C55D

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 7th September and 21st September 2011.

  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Birmingham including Greater Birmingham area, part of Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Sutton Coldfield transmitter using C51
  • COM7, COM8 projected for 2013-16. COM7 and COM8 to operate as Bromsgrove,Sutton Coldfield, The Wrekin SFN.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 1000kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 200kW
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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent 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. Sutton Coldfield was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.


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Briantist
Wednesday 3 August 2011 12:15PM
Stuart O.: Antiques Roadshow is shown on Yesterday, and it was on Yesterday yesterday at 2pm and 11pm.
M
Mr Barry Muller
Wednesday 3 August 2011 6:34PM
Earlier today I was able to watch BBC1 AND BBC2 through a Freeview + digital box. At the moment these two stations are not available - 18-30 hrs. All other stations are working OK so there is no fault with the box. What is happening?
I am not all that convinced that the forthcoming digital switchover is going to be trouble free.
S
Stuart O.
Wednesday 3 August 2011 6:59PM Wrexham
Briantist: I know when Antigues Roadshow is on TV.
What I am saying is that BBC Midlands Today got interrupted with a weaker signal showing Antiques Roadshow and that wasn't showing anywhere else at that time.
So that may have been a pre-recording that BBC Birmingham played back by mistake or some other explanation.
Briantist
Wednesday 3 August 2011 7:24PM
Stuart O.: It's very odd if the source that was being cut to wasn't actually on air at the time. The BBC have extensive multi-layered backup facilities that have several levels of fail safe.
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 3 August 2011 9:40PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 17:47 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:52 on 01 Aug to 16:07 on 01 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 3 August 2011 9:40PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 17:47 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:52 on 01 Aug to 16:07 on 01 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 3 August 2011 10:45PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 17:47 today to 19:32 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:52 on 01 Aug to 16:07 on 01 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 3 August 2011 10:45PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 17:47 today to 19:32 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:52 on 01 Aug to 16:07 on 01 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 4 August 2011 4:43AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 17:47 yesterday to 19:32 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:52 on 01 Aug to 16:07 on 01 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 4 August 2011 4:43AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 17:47 yesterday to 19:32 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:52 on 01 Aug to 16:07 on 01 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 4 August 2011 11:33AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 17:47 yesterday to 19:32 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:52 on 01 Aug to 16:07 on 01 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:38 today to 10:43 today [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 4 August 2011 11:33AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 17:47 yesterday to 19:32 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:52 on 01 Aug to 16:07 on 01 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:38 today to 10:43 today [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
J
jordan
Thursday 4 August 2011 10:33PM
it might have been a sky box or somthing that has an rf output
Transmitter engineering
Friday 5 August 2011 4:37AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 17:47 on 03 Aug to 19:32 on 03 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:52 on 01 Aug to 16:07 on 01 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:38 yesterday to 10:43 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 5 August 2011 4:37AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 17:47 on 03 Aug to 19:32 on 03 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:52 on 01 Aug to 16:07 on 01 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:38 yesterday to 10:43 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 6 August 2011 4:35AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 17:47 on 03 Aug to 19:32 on 03 Aug Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:38 on 04 Aug to 10:43 on 04 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 6 August 2011 4:35AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 17:47 on 03 Aug to 19:32 on 03 Aug Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:38 on 04 Aug to 10:43 on 04 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
D
Dave
Sunday 7 August 2011 5:22PM Swadlincote
HI.
Can you recommend an aerial for loft installation.I believe a wideband aerial is the type I need.is this correct.
Many thanks.
Dave.
M
Mike Dimmick
Sunday 7 August 2011 6:31PM
Dave: You don't actually *need* a wideband for Sutton Coldfield, and with the imminent release of C61-C68 for 4G mobile phones, I would try to avoid fitting an aerial that covers that range. A grouped aerial is generally smaller for the same gain.

I would actually leave it until after switchover, you may find that your current aerial is sufficient, because the final digital power is so much stronger than current levels. If analogue pictures are clear or only slightly snowy, and if the Ceefax/Teletext test described at www.digitaluk.co.uk link icon 
Digital UK - The condition of your aerial is OK, you're likely to be fine.

If you only have an 'indoor' aerial at the moment, consider a 40-element Log-Periodic such as www.aerialsandtv.com link icon Online TV FM DAB Aerial sales . See www.aerialsandtv.com link icon Loft and indoor aerial installations for TV, FM and DAB and wrightsaerials.tv link icon http://wrightsaerials.tv/….pdf for some thoughts about loft installs.

Roof installations usually produce better results as the aerial is further away from electrical cables and reflections in the loft. I would advise a slightly smaller aerial, such as a 25-element Log Periodic www.aerialsandtv.com link icon Online TV FM DAB Aerial sales . Do remember that bigger is NOT better - you can have too much signal, overloading the tuner and causing distortion, which the box then can't decode.
Transmitter engineering
Monday 8 August 2011 4:45AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:38 on 04 Aug to 10:43 on 04 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 8 August 2011 4:45AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:38 on 04 Aug to 10:43 on 04 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 8 August 2011 9:40AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:38 on 04 Aug to 10:43 on 04 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 8 August 2011 9:40AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:38 on 04 Aug to 10:43 on 04 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
S
Stuart O.
Monday 8 August 2011 8:11PM Wrexham
Re: My Post dated Tuesday 2 August 2011 10:59PM

I contacted BBC Midlands Today last week and have had a reply today regarding my question.
Here's the reply I had from BBC Birmingham today:
"Hi

I saw this email earlier in the week via Paul Hunt - so I'm not sure who is replying to him.

In a nutshell, we had intermittent equipment failure on Tuesday, which caused Midlands Today to be switched to East Midlands Today a couple of times. The faulty switch has since been replaced. This affected 'analogue' services only.

Martin"
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Here was my Original Post:
I posted this on Digital Spy tonight (2nd August) but looks like no-one could help me:

Did anyone watch the on-air mistake on BBC (West) Midlands Today tonight?

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I was watching in Analogue on Sutton Coldfield and was wondering if all analogue, freeview, freesat and Sky viewers were affected with the same as what I saw:

A couple of times, the broadcast switched to a recording of Antiques Roadshow!
As no other channel was showing that at the time, it couldn't have been an engineering switching break or anything.

I'm guessing the production team at The Mailbox, Birmingham pressed the wrong button to switch out Midlands Today and start playing a VT of Fiona Bruce presenting Antiques Roadshow!

I'm just wondering if this was a mistake, whether the mistake went out on all platforms or just certain ones?

Hope some others who saw this can let me know and what platform (analogue, freeview, freesat and Sky) they were watching it on.
Thanks.
M
M Lee
Tuesday 9 August 2011 8:09PM
I have No tv signal at all from 6.8.11
Is there anything I can do?
I have unplugged digital freeview box
Scart sockets etc!!!
O
oldpaul100
Wednesday 10 August 2011 12:13AM
Where can I find the channel layout for Freeview on Sutton Coldfield after switchover is complete?
You don't seem to have it linked on this page.
M
Mike Dimmick
Wednesday 10 August 2011 1:29AM
oldpaul100: At present there are no new services carried after DSO that did not already transmit before DSO.

Although the BBC A, Arqiva A and B multiplexes do have more capacity after switchover than their pre-DSO equivalents, the same amount of SD capacity is lost by converting BBC B to DVB-T2 for HD broadcasts. 24Mbps gained, 24Mbps lost. The additional capacity on the Arqiva multiplexes after DSO is being matched by the BBC *before* DSO from the spare capacity on Multiplex B, after they closed all the services that won't fit onto post-DSO BBC A.

So far that's only Sky Sports 1 and 2, which you won't see above as they're encrypted (this site only shows free-to-air channels). The matched capacity on Arqiva A isn't yet in use, because some transmitters have switched over and converted Mux B to HD, but haven't yet converted Mux C to the higher-capacity mode (e.g. Sandy Heath, where this won't happen until 14 September, and Mendip on 28 September).

In terms of what goes where:

BBC Four, CBeebies, BBC Parliament and the BBC radio stations move from Mux B to BBC A at DSO 1 - for the two weeks between step one and step two, they are carried on both multiplexes;

Sky Sports 1 and 2 move from Mux B to Arqiva B.

Brian will update this page at each stage of DSO. For example, the Sheffield and Chesterfield pages both already show PSB1/BBCA in place of Mux 1, with all the BBC channels.
P
Perfinian
Wednesday 10 August 2011 10:35AM
M Lee: If your neighbours do not have a problem you just need to set up your freeview box and re-tune. Your existing aerial should be connected to the "RF IN" aerial input socket of your Freeview box (STB)and a SCART cable from it to your TV. If there are two SCART sockets on your STB choose the one marked TV. If your TV has more than one SCART socket use the main one marked "1" or "A". If this does not work get help from a friend/British neighbour. Not an American neighbor!
Switch TV ON. Wait 20 seconds then switch ON Freeview box. The TV may find your STB and a Logo or a message. If not, use the AV or TV/AV button of your TV's remote to find it. If you go past it, just keep pressing until it comes round again. Next you need to get into the 'SETUP' menu of the STB. Find a button marked "MENU" and use Up/Down or Left/Right buttons to find the INSTALL option then "OK" all the "YESes" until it starts tuning. Then watch and wait until it has finished.
P
Perfinian
Wednesday 10 August 2011 10:40AM
PS The sentence: "If this does not work..... neighbor!" should have been at the end. Sorry, I must get rid of this tempramental keyboard"
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 10 August 2011 5:39PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 today to 16:02 today [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 10 August 2011 5:39PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 today to 16:02 today [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Briantist
Wednesday 10 August 2011 11:24PM
oldpaul100: Top of the page, "Transmission frequencies"->After Wednesday 21st September 2011.
Briantist
Wednesday 10 August 2011 11:25PM
...and also "Comparison of analogue and digital signal levels" for the signal levels.
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 11 August 2011 5:00AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 yesterday to 16:02 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 11 August 2011 5:00AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 yesterday to 16:02 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 12 August 2011 4:36AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 on 10 Aug to 16:02 on 10 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 12 August 2011 4:36AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 on 10 Aug to 16:02 on 10 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Meirion jenkins
Friday 12 August 2011 8:00PM
Will the mux that relays ,yesterday ,film 4 etc, return normal service to cefn mawr wrexham after sept 2011
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 13 August 2011 9:47AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 on 10 Aug to 16:02 on 10 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:29 today [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 13 August 2011 9:47AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 on 10 Aug to 16:02 on 10 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:29 today [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
J
John Russell
Saturday 13 August 2011 1:05PM
I live in Derby (in the East Midlands)served by Sutton Coldfield Transmitter.
BBC East Midlands programmes are currently only available on weak analogue signal.

Will BBC East Midlands programmes be available on freeview, from Sutton Coldfield after switchover? If not how can Derby Freeview Viewers get East Midlands programmes.
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 13 August 2011 3:43PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 on 10 Aug to 16:02 on 10 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:10 today to 14:36 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:29 today to 13:32 today [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 13 August 2011 3:43PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 on 10 Aug to 16:02 on 10 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:10 today to 14:36 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:29 today to 13:32 today [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 14 August 2011 4:48AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 on 10 Aug to 16:02 on 10 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:10 yesterday to 14:36 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:29 yesterday to 13:32 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 14 August 2011 4:48AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 on 10 Aug to 16:02 on 10 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:10 yesterday to 14:36 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:29 yesterday to 13:32 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
J
Jean Timms
Sunday 14 August 2011 11:52AM Coventry
Help! We live in CV1 3GQ, a block of flats and don't know where the communal aerial is, presumably IN the roof space. We have 2 freeview televisions.On Thursday 11th August, we lost the ITV channels (not BBC)but they came back later. On Friday we could only receive the BBC channels plus Dave and a couple of freeview Sky channels.Saturday and today (Sunday)we still cannot receive the ITV channels or BBC radio channels. Have tried re-tuning but no luck. Could it be that the communal aerial needs re-tuning or is it a temporary tramsmitter blip?
K
KMJ,Derby
Sunday 14 August 2011 12:14PM
John Russell; What is your postcode?- so a check can be made of predicted reception at your location. Sutton Coldfield will continue to transmit BBC West Midlands after switchover. The Derby relay transmits a signal intended to serve viewers with aerials pointing towards Sutton Coldfield in the Allestree and Chaddesden areas. This will transmit the MuxBBCA (East Midlands) on C48 from 31st August 2011, replacing the analogue BBC1 service. Most viewers in Derby will be able to receive the East Midlands service direct from Waltham when using a suitable aerial. MuxBBCA (East Mids)is to be transmitted from Waltham at high power from 17th August 2011.
M
Mike Dimmick
Sunday 14 August 2011 12:30PM
Jean Timms: The responsibility for providing a good aerial and connections to it lies with the building manager. See www.paras.org.uk link icon PARAS - Professional Aerial Riggers Against The Sharks for some thoughts on who to contact. Some part of the building maintenance fees, or rent, should be going to maintaining the communal aerial system - insist that it is maintained.

The Digital UK predictor does show that there are a number of possibilities for the local transmitter, though the most likely is Sutton Coldfield. If the system is not channelised - only amplifying selected channels - your box could decide to tune in signals from a different transmitter rather than the best one that the aerial is pointing at, if it encounters that transmitter earlier in the scan. Try doing a manual retune using the frequencies at the top of the page. If that works, check whether your box automatically retunes itself - some do. If so, turn that feature off.

If a manual retune doesn't correct the problem, ask the building management to get the system properly set up, so that there is sufficient signal at the socket(s) in your flat. If the analogue pictures have also deteriorated, it's likely to be a system problem, and if it's affecting all residents, it probably is the aerial, or an amplifier, or an amplifier's power supply.

If the system *is* channelised, it will need to be retuned at switchover on 21 September. The levels might need to be corrected after the BBC high-power multiplex starts on 7 September.
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 14 August 2011 8:46PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 on 10 Aug to 16:02 on 10 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:29 yesterday to 13:32 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:10 yesterday to 14:36 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 14 August 2011 8:46PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:53 on 10 Aug to 16:02 on 10 Aug Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:29 yesterday to 13:32 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:10 yesterday to 14:36 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 15 August 2011 6:30AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:10 on 13 Aug to 14:36 on 13 Aug BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:29 on 13 Aug to 13:32 on 13 Aug [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]



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