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 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
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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Monday, 6 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
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SANDY HEATH transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 14 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
SANDY HEATH transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
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SANDY HEATH transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Saturday, 9 May 2015
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dennny10:51 PM
Can I just have sky tv in my bedroom . im stuck in here Becusse of my illnesses so I just need it in my bedroom is that ok with sky I want the family pack . I know this isn't related to freeview but I would appricate the help .
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Sunday, 10 May 2015
Re Daniel Tristan's question,
It might be worth checking that you are using an antenna of the correct group i.e. wide band and of the right sensitivity. heavy birds perching on it could move it some what but I feel it unlikely. The grouping is colour coded with a plastic peg in the end of the square section which the antennae's elements are attached it can be mistaken for a bung in each end of beam and for Sandy Heath TX you need to select an antenna with a black end bung. If you goggle the data you should be able to find out about this aspect/data.
From your comparison with your mothers reception its should be you getting the most channels but the way you seem to be missing all the BBC channels could be that your antenna is tuned to not cover the frequency range on which the BBC is broadcasting where as maybe your mothers is of the correct group and so out performs yours. It is worth considering the condition of the cabling from antenna to TV set. the best set up is one with no joins except at the ends where you have the connector for the TV and the roof end where you terminate cabling to antenna and use the highest quality cabling made this is worth checking on line to avoid falling foul of any poorly trained sales assistant whose tech knowledge could be better some high street sellers sell kits of all the items you might need I.E bracket antenna screws wall plugs and the cable the bracket often lets pole move out of line away from vertical the antenna will be a cheap flimsy item and the cabling is just better than wet string and the wall plugs and screws .......? you get what you pay for in this world. should your existing antenna prove to be of the right grouping then carefully check existing cable to roof it should not have any sharp bends any where on its route to TV set have foil and a tightly woven braid with decent internal insulation hard for you to know that something that's learn by experience over the years with no stable pins puncturing through it as these could act as a " Tuned stub" shorting certain frequencies to earth something radio armatures often use to eliminate RF interference and its not impossible for you to be unlucky and have a pin in just the right place through cabling for it to work against you.
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Friday, 5 June 2015
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Rodney7:13 PM
The picture keeps breaking up never had this issue before today in towcester signal 100 percent but when it breaks up it shows bit error
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MikeB11:10 PM
Rodney: You havn't given a postcode, but you have the classic signs of too high a signal strength. Search for 'too much of a good thing' on this site
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Wednesday, 10 June 2015
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kai1:21 AM
Hi, tonight (9/6/15)I was watching a film I had recorded on my BT Vision box, when I had finished watching my film, I went to watch normal tv, only I couldn't as my BT box said no signal, as did my free view tv. I checked the signal status of the Sandy Heath Transmitter as that is my local tower, only to find that apparently it has no issues at all, so could anyone please explain to me why I have lost EVERY free view channel on my TV and vision box?
Many Thanks
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kai1:25 AM
Ah, sorry, I forgot to mention that I'm in the Milton Keynes area... .
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MikeB2:55 PM
kai: if its not them, it must be you. Your manual will give the probable answer - your aerial has a fault, so there is either no signal, or so little that its not happening. Checking the aerial lead from the wall is a good satrt, and then follow it back from there.
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