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.
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 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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?
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 | 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 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
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Tuesday, 24 May 2011
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Adam6:50 PM
I live in Cleeve Prior and after the last retuning lost Film 4, dave and yesterday. Other peeople nearby have the same issue. Channel 57 shows good signal but it flutates between zero and high numbers and doesn't pick up by manual or auto tuning. I have a signal booster in the loft.
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Adam: As above, "Following switchover at Lark Stoke, Arqiva A and Arqiva B will remain on their existing frequencies and powers, and the SDN multiplex will use a temporary frequency. All three multiplexes will adopt their final frequencies and powers during September 2011. During this transition period following frequencies will be used: SDN ch31 (50W), Arqiva A ch57 (25/50W), Arqiva B ch60 (25W)."
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011
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Mike Dimmick3:27 PM
Briantist: Ofcom have today published a new version of the Central DSO Details document, which now says ArqA and ArqB are at 50W, not 25.
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Adam6:54 PM
Evesham
Are you saying I should be able to get a signal or that I'll have to wait until september?
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Adam's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby8:57 PM
Adam: According to the Digital UK postcode checker you are predicted to get good reception on all muxes from Lark Stoke at the present time. Note that you are looking for C60 (MuxArqB) for Film4 etc. In addition to Lark Stoke you are also predicted to receive all services from Sutton Coldfield and Ridge Hill.If you have the missing channels in your channel list but these give no signal when selected make sure that the correct signal for the transmitter intended to be received by the aerial has been found when scanning. Clear the channel list by doing a factory reset and manually insert the channels for Lark Stoke if necessary. These are C23, C26, C30- (HD if required), C31, C57 and C60.
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Thursday, 26 May 2011
Mike Dimmick: Yes, I was going though them all yesterday - Ofcom publishes Northern Ireland and Tyne Tees switchover data | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Adam9:41 AM
Evesham
CH57 is the problem. The signal strength flutuates from 0% to 70% when I try and manually tune but shows a steady figure before I press go. My mother in law lives in the same street and bought a new tv last week and has the same issue.
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Adam's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Adam: It might be worth checking the Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page for things.
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Wednesday, 8 June 2011
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Max9:37 AM
Alcester
I have recently upgraded my TV and recorder to freeview HD. I receive all channels including the freeview HD channels from Lark Stock, but I am having problems with sound on freeview HD only. The level of the sound keep going up and down and you can hear the background noises a lot more than the main sound. Anyone here having the same problems?
Thanks Max
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Max's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 11 June 2011
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sid5:03 PM
Max:
1. What make of TV is it.
2. Have you gone into the menu and turned off Auto Volume.
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