Full Freeview on the Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter which serves 38,000 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 Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) mast?
Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 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)
The Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Lark Stoke 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)
The Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Lark Stoke transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 45km north-northwest (345°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 46km north-northwest (345°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | K T | |||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C30 | -BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | SDN | |||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C41 | +SDN | ||||||||
| C44 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C47 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C48 | _local | _local |
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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 6.3kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 1.26kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-24dB) 25W |
Local transmitter maps
Lark Stoke Freeview Lark Stoke AM/FM Lark Stoke TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Lark Stoke transmitter area
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Thursday, 23 May 2024
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Patrick Ring3:33 PM
Transmitter engineering: I have lost the HD channels. I have reset and retuned several times to no avail. Has the Lark Stoke transmitter stopped transmitting BBC and other HD channels?
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Friday, 24 May 2024
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Chris.SE12:50 AM
Patrick Ring:
No, the transmitter hasn't stopped transmitting the HD channels. Its a PSB service, no transmitter will stop broadcasting them.
The transmitter was listed for Planned Engineering and although not on the current list, we know that it's not always 100% accurate and work may have over -run. The work means there may be interruptions to transmission, although usually short.
There are currently no listed faults for Lark Stoke.
I'm afraid retuning when you had no signal is never recommended if you were correctly tuned.
You cannot tune to signals that aren't there or can't be decoded, the usual outcome is it clears your correct tuning!
The HD multiplex is on UHF C30 at Lark Stoke, try a MANUAL tune of C30.
If you provide a full postcode we chancheck your predicted reception and whether Lark Stoke is your best choice of transmitter and if there's the possibility of interference from Mobile masts.
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Saturday, 20 July 2024
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Charlie S7:17 PM
Hi ;
can anyone here comment if the following changes in the programmes broadcast from Lark Stoke (at least **) occurred between 13:00 and 14:00 on 17th July ?? Note that most of the "changes" are only a channel name change (prefixing with U&) , that I can see has occurred all over the network ; only the Seen on TV channel change can be seen as a "change in programme" . N/A means no programme was / is shown for that LCN in the EPG (or published TV programme listings / schedule) :
Ridge Hill + Lark Stoke changes : occurring between TBC 13:00 & 14:00 17th July
LCN Pre Post
19 Dave U&Dave
20 Drama U&Drama
25 W U&W
27 Yesterday+1 U&Yesterday
57 DaveJaVue U&DaveJaVue
60 Drama+1 U&Drame+1
74 Yesterday+1 U&Yesterday+1
75 That's 60's That's 80's
79 N/A Seen on TV
94 Seen on TV N/A
thanks &
regards,
Charlie
PS: at least ** means I have a pretty precise idea of when this change occurred for Lark Stoke ; I know it has also occurred for Ridge Hill, but not the precise time
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Sunday, 21 July 2024
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Chris.SE4:04 PM
Charlie S:
Freeview updates usually take place on a Wednesday, normally once a month and have done for some time. They are often changes initiated by the smaller Commercial Broadcasters which can be rebranding, channels withdrawn or launched. Some channel moves are to "tidy-up" the EPG listing as per the EPG rules. and are usually imitated by Freeview.
The actually time can vary but it is often around the time you have noted.
Seen On TV has gone into Administration. No doubt the channel change had been planned before this had happened, and in any event the Auditors will decide what will happen to the asset.
The UKTVPlay changes were planned some months ago. If you were signed up for the UKTVPlay App on Freeview Play, you would have had some emails detailing the changes. They have "rebranded" themselves as "U" and advised that "U&" would be added to the channel names. The App is now just called "U" rather than UKTVPlay.
Other changes you may not have noted are Radio stations on LCNs711-717. The Commercial stations that used to broadcast in those slots withdrew from Freeview a short while ago. BBC Local Radio stations have been moved up the EPG to occupy those slots.
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Monday, 7 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 14 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 21 October 2024
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5:09 AM
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Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 18 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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