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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Monday, 23 September 2013
Saturday, 1 March 2014
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George Cotton7:07 PM
Stoke-on-trent
Hi can you explain why I can get a great reception for BBC and central when the Olympics were on in 2012 but since they Finnish I can no longer receive a signal from the Fenton transmitter only winter hill my post code is ST8 7DS about ten miles from Fenton my mast is on the chimney thanks GEORGE
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George's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
George Cotton: Digital UK Coverage Checker suggests that you aren't likely to get anywhere near reliable reception from Fenton, so maybe that is what's playing out.
I've just had a look at a plot of the terrain between you and the transmitter and I can't see how you could ever get reliable reception unless you build a tower maybe 30m high on which to mount your aerial!!
See:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
There are trees in the way, you live at the bottom of a drop, the Mill is potentially in the way, plus there is higher ground at Brown Edge around which you are relying on the signal bending.
I guess you are near the border between Central West and Granada regions as Over Biddulph relays Winter Hill. Had you been a little higher up then you might have had a better chance of reliable West Midlands/Central reception.
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Thursday, 3 July 2014
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Alan Hewitt9:22 PM
Looks like Com 7 from Fenton is now up and running. Has been since June 3 according to posts elswhere!
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Friday, 11 July 2014
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Alan Hewitt1:08 PM
Newcastle
Again Com 7 is up and running on Fenton I am recieving and able to record all as listed. This appears to have been so since June 3rd. Digital UK confirms this. But no update here?
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Alan's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 24 January 2015
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Alan5:13 PM
At about 17:00 hrs every evening my tv picture starts pixilating and gets quite bad, and then at about 18:00 hrs it starts to clear up. What could be causing this?
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jb385:47 PM
Alan: This is inclined to point to the problem being caused by some form of localised interference, maybe even within your own household by such as central heating control devices, thermostats etc.
If you have an AM/ FM radio in the house, select AM and turn the tuning dial to some position near to the top end of the scale that nothing is broadcasting on, then turn the volume up to a higher position than normally used and sit the radio near to your central heating system boiler, or indeed anything containing switches or thermostats, should any electrical device be emitting interference it will show up as a loud raspy, ripping type noise on the radio.
By the way, the best type of AM radios to use for this test are ones with a LW band as used to listen to radio 4, tuning on a portion of the scale past the point used by same.
That said on the assumption that you are not connected into a communal aerial system, if though you are, then check if any of your neighbours are also experiencing the problem.
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Sunday, 25 January 2015
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Alan2:34 PM
jb38:
This has only started happening within the past couple of weeks and nothing has changed. The central heating controls are the same as they have been for the past ten years and the radio is never switched on.
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jb385:00 PM
Alan : Although I fully appreciate that this might well be the case, but though in practically all cases where a time factor is associated with interference, the reason for is usually traced to a fault having developed in a piece of household electrical equipment such as the devices mentioned in the examples. The point being that the defective equipment need not necessarily be located within your own household, as interference can be of a radiated nature and picked up in your aerial system, or alternatively by it passing through the mains wiring, the test mentioned of using an AM radio being a highly effective way of detecting the latter.
If interference is entering your household via the mains wiring, sitting an AM radio near to the incoming supply or even next to a power socket, will usually detect its presence.
Its also prudent (where possible) to make an enquiry with a neighbour to ascertain if they are also experiencing the problem or not just in case its widespread, although I have known cases where an enquiry resulted in the problem magically vanishing, it eventually being found out to have been caused by badly worn out brushes in a washing machines motor, motorised devices of the type that use an copper armature being prone to causing interference as soon as the brushes get worn.
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Tuesday, 10 January 2017
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steve3:29 PM
When the transmitter changes its functions or intended uses like the addition of 4g mobile coms and alike do local residents get notification?
I'm about to buy a house nearby but have been told that different frequencies can cause illness.
Can any comments or reports be sent to give me some confidence that there is no risk ??
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