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Freeview reception at WR3 8DR


For reliable and stable Freeview reception, you need an unobstructed path between the TV aerial on your roof and the digital TV transmitter. The map below shows the transmitters predicted to provide a signal at this location.

You can click on any transmitter symbol to show the coverage area as a green overlay on the map. Double click on a transmitter symbol to go to the transmitter information page.

You can also view the ten closest potential '4G-at-800' mobile phone masts within 1.5km of the selected location - these masts may be used for 4G-at-800 mobile broadband services from 2013-2015.

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There are 9 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of WR38DR (page shows closest 10)

What do the map symbols mean?

 EE,  Multiple operators,  O2,  3,  Vodafone,  location on line-of-sight,  Selected location,  Freeview transmitter,  Freeview light transmitter,  Engineering/fault today.

These icons show the potential locations for 5G-at-700MHz services that may interfere with Freeview reception. For actual mobile device reception prediction (at 800-960MHz and 1710-2170MHz) see these phone operator's mapping sites: Three O2 EE VM

Predicted Freeview channel list

1BBC One (SD)The Wrekin West MidlandsPSB1
2BBC TwoThe Wrekin West MidlandsPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)The Wrekin Central (West)PSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)The Wrekin Central (West)PSB2
5Channel 5The Wrekin Central (West)PSB2
 
6ITV 2The Wrekin Central (West)PSB2
9BBC FourThe Wrekin West MidlandsPSB1
10ITV3The Wrekin Central (West)PSB2
11Sky MixThe Wrekin COM5
12QuestThe Wrekin COM6
 
13E4The Wrekin Central (West)PSB2
14Film4The Wrekin Central (West)PSB2
15Channel 4 +1The Wrekin Central (West)PSB2
17ReallyThe Wrekin COM5
18More4The Wrekin Central (West)PSB2
 
19DaveThe Wrekin COM5
20DramaThe Wrekin COM4
215USAThe Wrekin COM4
23BBC ThreeThe Wrekin West MidlandsPSB1
25WThe Wrekin COM6
 
26ITV4The Wrekin Central (West)PSB2
27YesterdayThe Wrekin COM6
28ITVBeThe Wrekin Central (West)PSB2
29ITV2 +1The Wrekin COM4
30E4 +1The Wrekin Central (West)PSB2
 
31E4 ExtraThe Wrekin COM5
325STARThe Wrekin COM4
335ActionThe Wrekin COM4
34GREAT! moviesThe Wrekin COM6
35ITV1 +1The Wrekin Central (West)PSB2
 
36Sky ArtsThe Wrekin COM5
38Channel 5 +1The Wrekin COM4
39DMAXThe Wrekin COM6
40Quest RedThe Wrekin COM5
41LegendThe Wrekin COM4
 
42GREAT! actionThe Wrekin COM4
43Food NetworkThe Wrekin COM5
44HGTVThe Wrekin COM6
465SELECTThe Wrekin PSB3
47Film4 +1The Wrekin COM5
 
48ChallengeThe Wrekin COM5
494sevenThe Wrekin COM5
52GREAT! romanceThe Wrekin COM6
56That's TV (UK)The Wrekin COM6
57Dave ja vuThe Wrekin COM4
 
58ITVBe +1The Wrekin COM4
59ITV3 +1The Wrekin COM4
60Drama +1The Wrekin COM5
61GREAT! movies extraThe Wrekin COM6
63GREAT! romance mixThe Wrekin COM6
 
64BlazeThe Wrekin COM4
65That's TV 2The Wrekin COM5
67TRUE CRIMEThe Wrekin COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRAThe Wrekin COM4
70Quest +1The Wrekin COM5
 
71That’s 60sThe Wrekin COM6
73HobbyMakerThe Wrekin COM6
74Yesterday +1The Wrekin COM5
75That's 90sThe Wrekin COM5
78TCCThe Wrekin COM4
 
81Blaze +1The Wrekin COM4
82Talking Pictures TVThe Wrekin COM6
83Together TVThe Wrekin COM4
84PBS AmericaThe Wrekin COM6
89ITV4 +1The Wrekin COM4
 
91WildEarthThe Wrekin COM4
101BBC One HDThe Wrekin PSB3
102BBC Two HDThe Wrekin PSB3
103UTV HDThe Wrekin PSB3
103ITV 1 HDThe Wrekin PSB3
 
103STV HDThe Wrekin PSB3
104Channel 4 HDThe Wrekin PSB3
105Channel 5 HDThe Wrekin PSB3
106BBC Four HDThe Wrekin PSB3
107BBC Three HDThe Wrekin PSB3
 
108BBC Scotland HDThe Wrekin PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)The Wrekin PSB3
201CBBCThe Wrekin West MidlandsPSB1
202CBeebiesThe Wrekin West MidlandsPSB1
204CBBC HDThe Wrekin PSB3
 
205CBeebies HDThe Wrekin PSB3
209Ketchup TVThe Wrekin COM4
210Ketchup TooThe Wrekin COM4
211YAAAS!The Wrekin COM4
231BBC NewsThe Wrekin West MidlandsPSB1
 
232BBC ParliamentThe Wrekin West MidlandsPSB1
233Sky NewsThe Wrekin COM5
235Al Jazeera EngThe Wrekin COM6
267Al Jazeera EnglishThe Wrekin COM4

 

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Comments
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
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Charlotte
6:54 PM
St. Ives

I live in St Ives, Cornwall and receive my signal from Caradon Hill transmitter. Myself and others in this area have hardly had any channels for the last 3 days, it is worse in the evening. It says that there is no fault with the transmitter. Please help/advise.

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

8:44 PM

Pete Green: At one point, there was an option to see traces to other transmitters, but I removed it because it simply caused confusion.

If you would find it useful it could be a possible "advanced option".

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emma
9:13 PM
Sheffield

have completely lost signal in s3, first bbc channels disappeared, have tried retuning and tried different cable and tv! live in the city centre in block of flats, is this a fault? everywhere i have looked to check doesnt seem to update!!!

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:35 PM

emma: If you reside in a block of flats then the obvious question would be if you as yet have checked with any of your neighbours to find out if they are also experiencing problems, because no faults are seen listed on the transmitter engineering page.


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Wednesday, 8 May 2013
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Barry
7:24 AM
Bristol

Still having problems in BS35 2YH with signal mostly lost but have it for either half an hour or an hour a day, starting and finishing on the half hours. Any advice?


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Steveeboy
12:26 PM
Nottingham

Would it be possible to receive signals from a horizontal main transmitter even if you are located in a vertical area using a Wideband aerial with suitable range? I mean, are there certain areas where pointing at a vertical transmitter is the only option? In Nottingham we have the Nottingham transmitter which is vertical and Waltham which is horizontal but because Waltham is so powerful I don't understand why the Nottingham transmitter is required. How much of the country now relies on these vertical transmitters?

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

12:45 PM

Steveeboy: The reason why Nottingham is required is probably because there are areas where Waltham isn't. This is likely to be due to the terrain, which blocks reception from Waltham.

As with any transmitter, there are places of overlap. Study the coverage maps on this site for the two transmitters. You will probably find that the gaps correspond to drops in the terrain.

The main, high power transmitters are horizontally polarised, except for Rowridge which, since switchover, uses mixed polarisation. The majority of relays are vertically polarised.

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Pete Green
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2:44 PM
Weston-super-mare

Briantist. I would find it handy but I'm the odd one out.



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Steveeboy
3:27 PM
Alfreton

Thanks Dave. So, my next question is regarding the need to have an aerial which can be positioned horizontally and vertically for instance when touring in a caravan? Most seem to only have the aerial set to horizontal in all sorts of different locations.

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