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 25/09/2023 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, 9 March 2011
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Stephen Worthington7:50 PM
Ludlow
Thank you for answering us Brian.
The aerial engineer tried to get a signal from the Ludlow transmitter since that is only a few miles away from our home, but the hilly landscape meant that it wasn't possible.
He said we were best off using The Wrekin, even though that's 25 miles away, which is what he has done.
Unfortunately, we are now getting a very poor signal, with a pixellated picture which is often lost altogether, and we also suffer regular break-ups in the sound. Freeview is pretty much unwatchable on the commercial channels (ITV1, C4, 5, ITV2, etc..)
The engineer said we will have to put up with it until September when the output of the Wrekin transmitter is increased once the analogue transmitters are switched off. That seems a long way off. Not sure what to do. The aerial company has washed its hands of us now, saying it's a case of like it or lump it.
After all this grief, we're almost at the point of giving up with Freeview.
In this day and age, the country should really have moved on to IPTV through FTTH. The day of men climbing on the roof with aerials and signal amplifiers should have long gone!
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Thursday, 10 March 2011
Martin Jones: No, the date has been fixed for many years - Wednesday, 20th April 2011.
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Stephen Worthington: You will be able to use YouView next year.
You won't get a decent service from The Wrekin after switchover.
I would use Freesat HD as you will get a perfect service.
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Friday, 11 March 2011
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Frank Beckwith10:46 AM
Market Drayton
Re Wrekin Transmitter. I note from your web site that not all channels will benefit from a power increase in the April 2011 switchover.
"Arqiva multiplexes will remain on their pre-switchover frequencies and powers"
Will these have increased power in September? If so what to?
I live in the Tern Valley at Market Drayton and despite an aerial upgrade, most of the non-BBC channels are either unwatchable of suffer continuous pixelation. I was hoping these would improve with the switchover.
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Frank Beckwith: Yes, thus "all three multiplexes adopt their final frequencies and powers during September 2011".
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Mike Dimmick2:33 PM
Frank Beckwith: the Digital UK prediction for your postcode shows that the signal level, relative to interference, should be sufficient to receive the ArqA and ArqB multiplexes after September.
Postcode Checker - Trade View (RG47SH)
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steve5:22 PM
Wrexham
But predict NOT strong enough prior to September I presume.
Frank - have you tried an amplifier? Notwithstanding the arguments that they also amplify noise, I KNOW from experience that they can make a critical difference with a poor signal!
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Saturday, 12 March 2011
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Frank Beckwith10:50 AM
Market Drayton
Thank you for the responses. Steve, yes I have a masthead amp and an amplified distributor - we have 3 TV's. The aerial fitter said we had the best aerial (highest gain) he could supply as well.
I suppose I'm really curious to know what the mux power outputs will be come post September. If these are unable to give a decent reception we'll have to consider Freesat instead.
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KMJ,Derby2:02 PM
Frank Beckwith: The PSB muxes will be 20kW from switchover, as shown above and the COM muxes will be 10kW from September (following switchover at Sutton Coldfield). That represents a ten fold increase in power.According to the Digital UK postcode checker you are not currently expected to receive MUXC and MUXD.This is not really the result of low transmitter power, more a case of the signals being blocked by transmissions to Wales which currently use the same frequencies. No amount of amplification will give reception on C53 and C57 in these circumstances.
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steve5:49 PM
Wrexham
SW Surely it is more advanced NOT to have to make a physical connection to EVERY property in the country
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