Full Freeview on the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter which serves 280,000 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 The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) mast?
The Wrekin transmitter - The Wrekin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 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 The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, 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 The Wrekin 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 The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, 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 The Wrekin transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 49km east-southeast (116°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 49km east-southeast (116°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 27 Feb 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | K T | |||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C26 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C30 | -BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C33 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C41 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C44 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C47 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C48 | _local | _local | |||||||
| C51tv_off | _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 1-5 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 2kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the The Wrekin transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldWednesday, 29 May 2024
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Chris.SE4:25 AM
Paul Robinson:
Hi Paul. That's major degradation. I'm thinking that this can't be due to transmission & engineering otherwise there would be posts all over the place moaning, and there isn't.
I decided to have a look back through all your posts etc. You been having issues like this for about 3 years, even with Brierley Hill. This has to be something to do with your installation.
There's a couple of things I've mentioned/asked a while back, but got no direct response to some, so I think the best bet is to go through everything thoroughly, one thing at a time, so here are a few questions for starters.
You/ve got the Restore TV 700MHz filter, which I assume is still fitted, where is it fitted?
How old is your aerial (roughly)? Do you know what type it is? Where is the aerial mounted?
I did ask if you had any amp/splitter to feed more that one TV/Box/Device, you didn't comment on that.
Do you have a masthead amp?
Does the downlead from the aerial terminate in a wall-plate?
Or does it go to a coax plug and straight into the TV?
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Wednesday, 12 June 2024
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Richard Holloway3:51 PM
Good Afternoon,
Our TV has just carried out an automatic update and the majority of channels that we watch, with a good reception, have moved to 800 series channels, where the reception is very poor. The channels include GB News, Al Jazeera, Hobby Maker, Talking Picture TV. What is happening and will things improve?. We are pensioners spending a great deal of time at home and this has come as a major blow to us.
Thank you for your response.
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Thursday, 13 June 2024
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Steve Donaldson1:33 AM
Richard Holloway: There are ongoing engineering works at the Wrekin transmitter, according to Freeview. It is possible that this could be the reason for the issue arising.
In terms of what you can do then try a manual scan of UHF channel 47. This is the broadcast channel used by the Wrekin for the programme channels you have cited.
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Chris.SE1:42 AM
Richard Holloway:
Channels that have been put in the 800s are generally channels from another transmitter than your usual main one and this could be the reason those have poor signal.
So what channels are there that should be in the regular places such as 236, 235, 73, 82 for the channels you mention? Also note that all those channels are on the ArqB/COM6 multiplex.
The other possibility is that as there have been a number of "minor" channels changes today including some on the ArqB multiplex, and the way your set has done its "retune" may be the cause of the current channel list. You haven't said which main transmitter you recieve or given a full postcode so we could check that, but if the transmitter is having Planned Engineering (many are) and the signal for ArqB was weaker at the time, this may also be a contributory factor.
To be perfectly honest, "automatic" updates can frequently be more trouble that they are worth resulting in problems like this in the wrong combinatio9n of circumstances. If you can find it in your Tuning section settings, turn it Off and stick to user initiated automatic retunes or manual retunes which aren't often needed.
Your best bet at this point would be to unplug the aerial and do a full automatic retune which should clear all existing tuning as no channels should be found. Then plug the aerial back in and repeat the automatic retune which will hopefully restore all the channels correctly.
If that hasn't restored channels correctly, post back with your full postcode and mention which channels are missing or ;listed in the 800s etc.
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Chris.SE1:46 AM
Richard Holloway:
It seems Steve and I were compiling replies at the same time. Whilst I note that you have posted on the Wrekin transmitter page, quite a few people do post in the wrong pages, so I don't take it as gospel that it is your main transmitter without a full postcode.
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Monday, 14 October 2024
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Monday, 21 October 2024
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THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 19 Oct 01:37 until 19 Oct 01:52. . [BBC]
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Monday, 28 October 2024
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The Wrekin transmitter - The Wrekin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 4 November 2024
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The Wrekin transmitter - The Wrekin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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