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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Thursday, 12 May 2011
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Paul Ruscoe10:13 PM
Stoke-on-trent
Since Tuesday Afternoon May 10th, my parents have no freeview signal on C22, C25, C28 & C30.
They live at ST3 3LH, with an internal aerial and signal booster.
They have had a normal signal since switching to digital several years ago.
Retuning and re-installation has not worked.
Is this loss of signal due to transmitter engineering?
If so, when can they expect their normal signal to return?
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 13 May 2011
Paul Ruscoe: Yes, please see the engineering information listed above and at the top of the page.
I would retune Friday evening if the signal has not returned by then.
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chris barker10:15 AM
9am 13/05/2011 fenton transmitter is OFF and has been so for at least 20 minutes so far!!
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Hi I live in Gunnel Close ST1 3AJ about a mile from Fenton transmitter, however there is 2 blocks of flats in direct line of vision. We get varied signel strengths and we lose data, dependant on weather. One when will the signal strength be increased and two we cant get HD at all
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Eric's: mapE's Freeview map terrainE's terrain plot wavesE's frequency data E's Freeview Detailed Coverage
chris barker: Yes, as per the pre-notified messages above.
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Saturday, 14 May 2011
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Phil B7:37 PM
Can I ask what this engineering work is? We have had badly disrupted signals on one TV and the other has lost MuxD completely - is this due to the engineering work, or will it remain that way until the switchover?
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dave A9:28 PM
HI i have similar problems to Phil B complete loss of certain mux's on one set and severe disruption on the other.. both set are on seperate aerials and both sets were perfect until the latest engineering works these past 2 days.. please advise! thanks..
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Sunday, 15 May 2011
Phil B/dave A: The works are required for digital switchover, which comes up on Wednesday 21st September 2011.
Digital UK list work a week at a time.
The work will be completed long before switchover.
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