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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Tuesday, 20 September 2011
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russ9:25 AM
Stoke-on-trent
russ: Thanks for that Mike - it's interesting to note that some of my receivers seem to be more liable to intermittent reception than others - Videomate TV capture card(PC running Win 7 and Win Media Center) in particular.
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russ's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick2:46 PM
russ: It'll be down to the length of cable from aerial to each tuner (card) and the amount of electrical noise picked up. I would expect the noise level within a PC to be quite a bit higher than inside a regular box. The longer the cable, the more signal is lost, and more signal is lost at higher frequencies than lower ones.
Don't forget to retune tomorrow - Fenton is slated to be complete by 6am.
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russ: USB DVB-T tuners can be kept away from the electrical noise of a PC by using long USB "extension" cables, but you can't do this with a tuner on a PCI card.
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
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steve6:52 AM
when is hd tv transmitted from the fenton transmitter i have a hd freeview tv but no hd channels as yet and i am about 1 mile fom this transmitter
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steve: Wednesday 21st September 2011, please see What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
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SB4:40 PM
Hi, this seems a really comprehensive site but I still need help. I live in the ST13 area which I think gets a signal relayed from Fenton. We had what I thought was full freeview yesterday, but from what I can decipher we don't get multiplexes com 4,5&6 so don't get channels such as Dave etc.
There is nothing noted for after 21st Sept 2011, so is this as much as we will get in this area or is there somekind of final boost to give us all the channels in the future? Thanks in advance
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SB: The commercial multiplexes are at their final power levels.
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Saturday, 24 September 2011
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P Costello8:53 AM
Sandbach
I have humax pvr which is 2 years old. Recently did update of all channels and now I can.t get a good bbc signal. All itv is ok. We live in nortt west but humax tries to tune to yorkshire. Any ideas?
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P's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb383:43 PM
P Costello: Your box has most likely picked up and stored Belmont which uses lower channel numbers, Winter Hill appearing to be the station covering your area.
Take the aerial out and carry out a scan without it, this to blank out the EPG memory, then BEFORE re-connecting the aerial carry out another auto-tune whilst at the same time observing the channels rising in the progress bar, then as soon as you see then getting to Ch52 plug the aerial back in again and that will allow Winter Hill to load.
Any problem with this method will require you to manually tune the channels in.
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jb385:10 PM
SB: If you are anywhere near the ST13 7.. area, then Winter Hill presently indicates as being a possibility, Sutton Coldfield in November, although Winter Hill is the best of the two.
But of course this is entirely dependant on local conditions applying, as predictors cannot really cater properly for this sort of thing.
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