Full Freeview on the Lark Stoke (Gloucestershire, England) transmitter
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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.
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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)
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 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.
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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-midlands-today.jpg)
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 45km north-northwest (345°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-central.jpg)
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 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C30 | -BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | 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 TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Lark Stoke transmitter area
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Saturday, 6 May 2023
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Chris.SE2:22 AM
S. Ayres:
To add to what StevensOnln1 has said, I noted that it's also predicted that your location can get signals from one of the Oxford Local multiplex channels (one of the few main TXs that has two). which means it could also get signals from the Oxford main multiplexes (but not strong enough for reliable reception). As it happens the BBCB HD multiplex from Oxford is also on C47 which is why you are predicted to get poor reception (less reliable) from Leamington Spa as there would be interference from Oxford (on all 3 muxes).
A few days ago weather conditions were such that interference from distant transmitter was quite likely and this is maybe what you experienced. BUT as a general point it is never a good idea to retune when you have badly pixellated pictures or no signal if previously correctly tuned as this will often clear the correct tuning and you end up tuned to the wrong transmitter whose signal will probably disappear as conditions change again.
You should be able to deduce which transmitter HD mux you are getting on C47 from looking at the BBC1 HD name - if Oxford it will be South, If Leamington Spa it'll be West Midlands
It's also possible under those weather conditions you may have picked up Medip which also uses C47 for BBCB HD, in which case BBC1 would be BBC ONE WestHD.
Poor signals that are suffering co-channel interference is why you get Quality drops.
You also mentioned amplifiers and such matters can be compounded by too much gain so this is something to watch out for.
Depending on your particular aerial, how good it is with side-lobes and cross-polar rejection will make a difference to what interfering signals you pick up especially if you have a lot of amp gain.
What Signal Strength and Quality figures are you getting on each multiplex?
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Monday, 5 June 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/06/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 June 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:07 AM
4:07 AM
Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/06/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 24 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 24/07/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 28 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
12:18 PM
12:18 PM
Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 24/07/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 31 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 31/07/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 7 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
LARK STOKE transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 7 Aug 10:49 until 7 Aug 16:00. . FM: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 7 Aug 10:49 until 7 Aug 16:00. . [BBC]
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Friday, 11 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
1:47 PM
1:47 PM
Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 14 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 25 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
1:48 PM
1:48 PM
Lark Stoke transmitter - Lark Stoke transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/08/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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