Full Freeview on the Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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52.082,-1.729 or 52°4'53"N 1°43'43"W

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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 04/12/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max	C26 (514.0MHz)	281m	DTG-	1,260W
	1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C23 (490.0MHz)	281m	DTG-	1,260W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C30- (545.8MHz)	281m	DTG-	1,260W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	V max	C33+ (570.2MHz)	276m	DTG-8	1,260W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 35 others
COM5 ArqA	V max	C36 (594.0MHz)	276m	DTG-8	1,260W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	V max	C48 (690.0MHz)	276m	DTG-8	1,260W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 others

DTG-8 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	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C26	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C29	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves
C30				-BBCB	BBCB
C33	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves		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

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Lark Stoke was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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Graham
4:09 PM
Shipston-on-stour

Tuned to , which my can 'see'.
Why is Mux D (film 4, itv4 etc) so weak?
Have new aerial which should give me these reliably.
Have TV . Why can I not get HD (CH54) when I tune it to Freeview.
Is anything going to be better after April 20?

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Briantist

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9:18 AM

Graham: D is not weak, it is the same as all the other multiplexes. Please can you see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

is not broadcast from this until Wednesday 20th April 2011, is not used on this .

Freeview power increases from 25W (average) to 1,260W, 50 times stronger at .

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Geoffrey
2:15 PM

BBC1 has a clicking noise on the sound as it switches between stero and mono every few seconds. Arqiva on their way.

Best wishes,
Geoffrey.

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Andrew
5:17 PM

Hello
Can anyone tell me if the is down from Larkstoke as all the BBC frequencies keep breaking up from our Stratford upon Avon address after spending £150 on a new .

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Briantist

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5:30 PM

Andrew: The transmiiter is operating normally. Please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Transmitter engineering

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4:20 PM

- Freeview BBC TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak from 14:33 today to 15:10 today [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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4:20 PM

- Freeview BBC TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak from 14:33 today to 15:10 today [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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4:18 AM

- Freeview BBC TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak from 14:33 yesterday to 15:10 yesterday [BBC]

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- Freeview BBC TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak from 14:33 yesterday to 15:10 yesterday [BBC]

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Syd Wall

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4:52 PM
Shipston-on-stour

I'm embarrassed to ask this as I am sure I should be able to work it out myself, but I haven't been able to so here goes. I live in Admington (postcode CV36 4JN), less than 2 miles from the . I have two aerials on my (the reasons for which are lost in the mists of time - I can't remember), one pointing to Lark Stoke, one to . One feeds the TVs in the kitchen and bedroom, the other feeds to the main TV in the lounge. How can I tell if the lounge TV is receiving from Lark Stoke or Sutton Coldfield?

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