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, 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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G's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
G Jackson: Basically, yes, you need to use either the Sutton Coldfield or Winter Hill transmitters if you want reliable reception.
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Sunday, 1 May 2011
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Andrew Davis10:01 AM
Stoke-on-trent
Hey there, woke up on saturday morning to find all of our digital channels losing signal, pixellating, glitching, sound cutting out etc, still bad this morning (sunday)
Tried the reset procedure to no avail, the winds were quite high but nothing compared to over winter, only live around 3 miles from the transmitter.
I have noticed that the aerial cable isnt clipped to the front of the house too well so am going to clip that today, (would that affect it?) it is swinging quite freely around 12 feet up, but hasnt been an issue before.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Andrew
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Andrew's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
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Joe Nguyen6:04 PM
I have not recieved ITV1, channel 4 or 5 in over a week since the digital retune date. Do you know when these channels will return to my tv?
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Mike Dimmick6:45 PM
Joe Nguyen: Did you perform a full factory reset of your box? Some boxes will reject a new location for channels that they already think they know about. You have to clear out the previously-stored data for them to pick up the new locations.
On some boxes this is called a Default Setting or a First-Time Installation. You might also be able to delete the channels individually.
There's a chance that your box has decided to store a copy from a different transmitter, if it's on a lower channel or if it happened to be better at the time you retuned it - there were some odd weather conditions around the retune date. If the channels appear in the guide at numbers 3/4/5 but just don't work, check that it's on UHF channel 33. See if there's another copy of the channels at number 800 in the guide, and if they work. If 3/4/5 are not on C33, or if there's a working copy somewhere else in the guide, see Digital Region Overlap for information.
Finally, check other equipment to see if something else is outputting on C33 or C34 and interfering with this multiplex. See Single Frequency Interference for more on this topic.
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Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Andrew Davis: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help.
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Saturday, 7 May 2011
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Paul Deaville6:35 PM
Stoke-on-trent
My roof aerial is set on Fenton, up until April 20th everthing was fine, but since then channel's 3,4 & 5 and their derivatives suffer from break up at times. I have re-tuned several times and done a factory reset but to no avail. Do I now need to get the aerial reset to Sutton Coldfield?
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Paul Deaville: No, see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice please.
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Sunday, 8 May 2011
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Paul Deaville10:43 AM
Stoke-on-trent
Thankyou for that Brian, Don't know if I am missing something here. I have a JVC VCR and a Sagemcom Freeview+ recorder connected, does the write up suggest that one of these may be my problem?
Thankyou in advance.
Paul
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Paul Deaville: Yes, it could be the VCR RF output. Try powering it off.
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