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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Sunday, 2 January 2011
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Des Collier3:31 PM
Gareth;- May be worth a try in doing a full retune,I.e from scratch do a 'first time installation' again,that might solve your problem.
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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Gareth Williams7:26 PM
Hi Des
Tried that but sadly no luck.
We are going to get the antenna pointed to the original transmitter it was pointed at.
TBH don't know why it was switched anyway - it happened when an engineer came out to fix a damaged cable coming into the house.
he fitted a new antenna at the same time (don't know why either - the last one was only 18months old).
And all freeview was working fine up to the point where we had the damaged cable.
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Friday, 11 March 2011
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Marco10:33 AM
Stoke-on-trent
Dear Sir
I am installing Triax TMP 5x32 multiswitcher in our dorm.
Every room has Satellite+Tv (diplexer)walplate..
What kind of Tv aerial should I look for to give good single to digital/freeview boxes in every room before buying.
Our post code is ST4 2RB about 2.5km from Fenton transmitter.
regards
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Monday, 4 April 2011
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John Gardner7:28 PM
Newcastle
I have an LG tv with built in freeview. Since installing a Freeview + box (Goodmans GDB 1225TR)and using an RF lead from Freeview+ box to TV the signal strength for TV has dropped . I am using Fenton transmitter with good quality roof aerial.Any suggestions would be welcome.
As a matter of interest I have an indoor aerial for a TV in my loft and pick up an excellent signal from Winter Hill.
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Mike Dimmick7:56 PM
John Gardner: Flyleads supplied with set-top boxes tend to be rubbish. You could try replacing it with one of these: Online Satellite/TV/FM/DAB Cable, Leads and Connectors sales. you could split the cable before it gets to the box rather than using the 'loop through'. A passive splitter will lose about 4 dB of signal, but that might be preferable to whatever noise the Goodmans box is adding. Try Online TV Splitters, Amps & Diplexers sales . (RG47SH)
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Friday, 8 April 2011
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chass12:26 PM
im on fenton lost itv3 etc retuned now gives two transmitter choice both west midlands one 27 channels itv3 one 77channels bbc etc
have other freeview box have all 104 channels no prob
all of same ariel any ideas or will this right its self after full d s o as some channels moverd on fenton april 2011
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Mike Dimmick4:14 PM
Reading
chass: Sometimes the broadcasters change the region name slightly to indicate that they've changed the multiplex line-up slightly, adding or removing a dot at the end or adding a space before the dot. I don't know if this was in the D-Book specification, but it causes problems for some boxes.
Is there no way to get it to store the channels from both 'regions'? If it won't, try selecting the 77 channel variant then manually tuning whatever multiplex carries the channels that you're missing. Mux A and D both carry 27 channels, so it could be either, but it's most likely to be Mux A as ITV3 is carried on this mux. At the moment, Mux A is on C22.
You should also see whether there are any updates available for your box, and if not, let the manufacturer know about the problem.
No multiplexes have yet changed frequency at Fenton. Mux 2 will move to C33 on the 20th, to avoid problems when The Wrekin, Bromsgrove and Lark Stoke start using that channel for HD services. You will need to retune again to keep ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV 2, Channel 4+1, More 4, E4 and ITV1 +1. The main switchover is in September.
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Sunday, 10 April 2011
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chasss1:18 AM
Stoke-on-trent
mike dimmick
i noticed the difference in the region name by the dot as you said got onto tesco had box replaced its fine now thanks for your help
chass
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
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John Gardner1:08 PM
Mike Dimmick: Thanks for your advice re the RF lead. I will try a better quality lead and see what happens.
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Monday, 25 April 2011
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G Jackson12:06 PM
Newcastle
Recently had a new aerial fitted for digital viewing and new tv with freeview. No problems whatsoever and the quality of all the channels were very good. Since the 20th April I have retuned the tv many times and the picture quality of ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 has been just about watchable during the day but totally useless at night. Whatever has happened has knocked my confidence with the Fenton transmitter. Is this poor reception going to improve or do I need to move to a better transmitter?
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