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 withheldSunday, 5 August 2018
Dudley Area, No ITV, Channel 4, 5 or any + one's etc. rang Arqiva but on one there to deal with issue
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John Winstanley3:56 PM
Stafford
Signal came back at 3.30 re tuned got everything back to normal ST19 5DU
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 19 August 2018
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Colin Case9:14 AM
My Sky News and Dave (Com5 /ArqA) is weak and variable. All TVs on my aerial and the same next door on a different aerial. Like this for a month or so.
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MikeP
10:20 AM
10:20 AM
Colin Case:
To be able to offer any meaningful suggestion s we need you to provide a full post code. Then we will be able to see what the expected reception conditions are like at your location.
Meanwhile, please check all your aerial connections that you can safely reach. Unplug all the connections and reinsert them - corrosion/oxidation on the contacts is a well known cause of symption similar to those you describe.
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Wednesday, 12 September 2018
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Howard Platt 10:00 PM
When will I be able to receive channel 114hd from the Wrekin transmitter?
Thanks
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StevensOnln111:16 PM
Howard Platt : Quest HD is on the COM8 multiplex, which is not broadcast from The Wrekin. If you enter a full postcode we can check whether you may be able to receive it from another transmitter.
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Thursday, 13 September 2018
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Howard Platt 1:12 PM
Thanks StevensOnln1 for your reply about channel 114HD. My postcode Is TF9 1GB. My bro who lives in Stoke gets 114HD from Fenton trans. so I just wondered why two transmitters in close proximity don't broadcast same channels.
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StevensOnln14:25 PM
Howard Platt : Although you should be able to receive some multiplexes from a few other transmitters, it looks like The Wrekin is the only viable option at your location. COM7 & COM8 are temporary services broadcast from 30 transmitters covering around 70% of UK households. There were only a limited number of frequencies available for COM7/8 to use when they first launched, so with The Wrekin having large areas of overlap with several high power transmitters there were probably no usable frequencies available.
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Friday, 14 September 2018
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steveP2:03 PM
Wrexham
I'm confused by the reference to no COM8 from The Wrekin. I always thought it was a major "full service" tx. Does that mean that in LL14 5HD there are things I cannot get?
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steveP's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 15 September 2018
MikeP
12:32 PM
12:32 PM
Steve P:
The Wrekin is a 'full service' transmitter but that does not mean it has COM7 and COM8, which are temporary services expected to end by 2022 and only carried by 30 main transmitters.
If you look at the Digital UK Coverage Checker, see Coverage Checker - Detailed View you will note that The Wrekin does not cary those services and is unlikely to have them.
The 'major' transmitters are those such as Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace, Mendip, Emley Moor, etc. the Wrekin is not a 'major' transmitter in that sense.
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