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Full Freeview on the Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

52.468,-2.125 or 52°28'6"N 2°7'30"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) transmitter which serves 83,000 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Brierley Hill 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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max	C32- (561.8MHz)	179m	DTG-	2,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 18 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C34+ (578.2MHz)	179m	DTG-	2,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C35 (586.0MHz)	179m	DTG-	2,000W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	V max	C29 (538.0MHz)	179m	DTG-8	2,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! movies action, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 15 others
COM5 ArqA	V max	C31- (553.8MHz)	179m	DTG-8	2,000W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	V max	C37 (602.0MHz)	179m	DTG-8	2,000W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others
LB	V -10dB	C33 (570.0MHz)	179m	DTG-12	200W
	from 31st October 2014: 7 Big Centre TV,

DTG-8 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)

Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?

The Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .

If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Brierley Hill transmitter?

BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 15km east (86°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.

ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 15km east (86°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)

How will the Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2011	2011-13	7 Mar 2018
	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E T	A K T
C29					LB
C31					ArqA
C32					BBCA
C33					_local
C34					D3+4
C35					BBCB
C37					ArqB
C50_{tv_off}				SDN
C53_{tv_off}	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB
C55_{tv_off}				ArqB
C57_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	+D3+4
C59_{tv_off}				-ArqA
C60_{tv_off}	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	-BBCA
C63	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves

_{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	10kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 2kW
Mux 2, Mux B, LB	(-17dB) 200W
Mux 1, Mux A, Mux C*	(-20dB) 100W
Mux D*	(-21dB) 80W

Local transmitter maps

Brierley Hill Freeview Sutton Coldfield TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004	Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Brierley Hill 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Comments

Monday, 26 February 2018

Stuart

_{sentiment_satisfied}Bronze

2:50 PM

Take 2, I would try and record from CBS now, its been mentioned on another website that CBS Drama had EPG problems over the last week, without EPG data, I doubt if your box would record.

From what I read the fault is now cleared.

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Monday, 5 March 2018

Paul Brookes
9:43 AM

Thank you to Stuart for the info on CBS EPG faults. Things are fine now. Now, can anyone tell me why, having retuned my box last Thursday, I now have to do it again, according to info on the TV, on Wednesday of this week?

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StevensOnln1

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10:37 AM

Paul Brookes: According to UK there are changes taking place at the transmitter on 7th March which will see all multiplexes except COM6 move to new frequencies.

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Paul Brookes
4:33 PM

Thanks, Stevens. Still seems a bit crazy to have to retune twice in 6 days. I thought was going to "solve all"

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StevensOnln1

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4:58 PM

Paul Brookes: changes have nothing to do with being . It is down to the dates set by the frequency planners for changes to take place, which have to be co-ordinated across the entire as well as with the availability of enough engineers to make the required changes at each transmitter.

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Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Stuart

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12:40 PM

I think also the double retune stems back to the .

If you remember, the BBC2 analogue was turned off before the rest of the other signals.

To me the current double retune, one week after the other has two reasons, firstly it warns people that something is going to happen and they need to make sure they know how to retune there boxes / tv, secondly when the other MUX's change tomorrow morning, people have an idea when the is switched back on and it is safe to retune.

It will be interesting to see how much disruption is caused by this, many people shouldn't need a new as a good c/d aerial should work on the new frequencies, but communal aerials or older aerials may suffer a little more.

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Wednesday, 7 March 2018

Transmitter engineering

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4:29 AM

transmitter - Freeview: BBC TV Off Air; related from 00:01 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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7:29 AM

transmitter - Freeview: BBC TV Off Air; related from 00:01 today to 02:29 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 today to 03:04 today. [BBC]

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Paul
10:37 AM

Mine still off air. Do I wait for it to come back or do a retune please?

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Stuart

_{sentiment_satisfied}Bronze

10:57 AM

You need to do a retune, all are back on line now.

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