Full Freeview on the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmitter

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

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53.003,-2.146 or 53°0'11"N 2°8'46"W

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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.

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Which Freeview channels does the Fenton transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max	C24 (498.0MHz)	251m	DTG-	2,000W
	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	C27 (522.0MHz)	251m	DTG-	2,000W
	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	C21+ (474.2MHz)	251m	DTG-	2,000W
	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 -3dB	C25 (506.0MHz)	251m	DTG-8	1,000W
	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, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others
COM5 ArqA	V -3dB	C22+ (482.2MHz)	251m	DTG-8	1,000W
	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 TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	V -3dB	C28 (530.0MHz)	251m	DTG-8	1,000W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C22				+ArqA	ArqA
C24	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C25				SDN	SDN
C27	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C28				ArqB	ArqB
C29				_local	_local
C31	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
C32					com7
C34					com8
C35		C5_waves	C5_waves
C55_{tv_off}					com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					COM8_{tv_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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004	Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

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. Fenton 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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russ
11:32 AM

Hi There
Was wondering if the from
will increase significantly after 21/09/11.
I'm currently receiving a weak ITV1 signal.

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Mike Dimmick

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11:44 AM

russ: So far only the containing the BBC SD is on its final channel and level. The other multiplexes will change to their final channels, modes and power levels on 21 September.

The post- power levels are 20x pre-switchover levels, but more to the point are calculated to give equivalent, or slightly better, coverage compared to analogue. (Exception: SDN is 10x Mux A's pre-switchover power - it used to carry a PSB channel, Channel 5, but this moved to Mux 2/D3&4 a couple of years ago.).

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4:26 PM

Alan Hewitt: It does say above "D3&4 at will move to ch33 (100W) in advance of on 20th April 2011. The final , , will be adopted at switchover."

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Alan Hewitt
5:05 PM
Newcastle

Sorry about that was reading from much further up!

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Alan's: A's Freeview map A's terrain plot A's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage

Briantist

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7:39 AM

Alan Hewitt: Sorry, there are a few transmitters with odd changes that don't fit into the template.

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Alan Hewitt
9:28 AM
Newcastle

Hi Brian what I was referring to was the listing of Mux's just below the distribution map. Mux 2 is listed there as "a transmitted on - (545.8MHz)"
I take that this graphic does not show the upto date information for the ? but reflect that of July 2010?

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Alan's: A's Freeview map A's terrain plot A's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage

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Mike Dimmick

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11:54 AM

Alan Hewitt: It reflects the situation in 2007 before the programme really got going. Brian has put an additional line in for transmitters that had major changes early on - , where the line-up changed a lot, and , where one mux had to move to squeeze in HD at - but mostly the pre-switchover changes, and any parking used after switchover, have not been listed.

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3:31 PM

Mike Dimmick/Alan Hewitt: I have to make manual changes to the code to make them display these little extra changes, and the problem is that the rest of the site is data-driven and doesn't see the bit of code that drives these pages, which then makes it inconsistent.

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russ
9:25 AM
Stoke-on-trent

russ: Thanks for that Mike - it's interesting to note that some of my receivers seem to be more liable to intermittent than others - Videomate TV capture (PC running Win 7 and Win Media Center) in particular.

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Mike Dimmick

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2:46 PM

russ: It'll be down to the length of from to each tuner () and the amount of electrical noise picked up. I would expect the noise level within a PC to be quite a bit higher than inside a regular box. The longer the cable, the more is lost, and more signal is lost at higher frequencies than lower ones.

Don't forget to retune tomorrow - is slated to be complete by 6am.

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