Full Freeview on the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmitter which serves 130,000 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 Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmitter._______
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 Fenton 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 Fenton transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 61km south-southeast (164°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 61km south-southeast (164°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, 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 | A K T | W T | |||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C29 | _local | _local | |||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C32 | com7 | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| 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 1-5 | 10kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 1000W | |
| com7, com8 | (-18.5dB) 140W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-20dB) 100W | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-23dB) 50W |
Local transmitter maps
Fenton 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
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Friday, 3 August 2012
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Casey Finney2:41 AM
Stoke-on-trent
Just read that if you have a amplifier fitted it might wreck your signal (see post above), is this true ? My area is Stoke on Trent (Longton) ST3 5LA.
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jb387:43 AM
Casey Finney: Without knowing exactly what posting you are referring to but with you being located at about 2 miles away from Fentons 2Kw (on PSB channels) transmitter then I cant see an amplifier of any type coming into the equation.
To put it simply, if the signal level entering a tuner is above the level that the tuner is designed to operate on then its input circuitry will be overloaded and causing elements instability to occur, this resulting in symptoms being seen that are almost identical to that from the opposite type of problem, that of a weak signal including the complete blocking of reception, sometimes this being of an intermittent nature if the signal is just slightly too high.
Its these similarities in symptoms seen that can mislead the unwary.
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Sunday, 9 September 2012
When is radio stoke comeing on Freeview in stoke on Trent from Ian malkin
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KMJ,Derby4:40 PM
IAN MALKIN: There are no plans at present to transmit Radio Stoke on either Freeview or satellite. With the emphasis on saving money the only expected change to BBC local radio in general is the phasing out of analogue transmissions and improved coverage of DAB, which is being forced on the BBC in order to facilitate the proposed analogue switch off for all BBC and principal commercial radio stations.
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Saturday, 10 August 2013
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George Cotton8:20 PM
I am in biddulph St 7ds I have been tuned in to Fenton transmitter for 10 years but now I can not receive any midlands programs I retuned and for the last twelve months have been on channel 806 and 826 but no reception any more
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Monday, 23 September 2013
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Ros Coulborn 9:09 PM
Stoke-on-trent
Postcode ST6 6XN aerial on chimney, for last 4 weeks more so at night, picture is pixilating and then no signal comes up then it comes back on, happens numerous times. We've tried a booster but this makes no difference and aerial is a ultra high gain aerial . Tonight we haven't got a signal on any channel, advice please!
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Ros Coulborn :
Your signal quality must be marginal as you are having issues during the night.
you need to provide more info for help.
1. how many rooms running off aerial
2. aerial location
3. aerial age
4. cable age
5. professionally fitted or diy
regards
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Ros Coulborn :
ps
sorry just seen aerial on your chimney via your post. :)
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mark11:19 PM
All channels started pixelating and then totally disappeared between 10.30pm and 11.00pm 23/09/2013.We did nothing and they returned to normal by themselves???.And as i write this (11.10pm )signal just disappeared again.
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