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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 18/09/2023 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 withheldSunday, 13 March 2011
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Mike Dimmick1:36 AM
Frank Beckwith, KMJ: Digital UK's ALmanac document for Bromsgrove-Lark Stoke-The Wrekin shows that Arqiva A and B will increase to 2kW on 20 April.
http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf
This is really only enough of an increase to offset the higher signal-to-noise ratio required by the mode change (64QAM 2/3 requires 3-4 dB more than 16QAM 3/4 - 3dB is a doubling in power). The coverage area won't increase, but it won't shrink either. (RG47SH)
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steve7:00 PM
Wrexham
Mike - does that apply to all or a lot of the changeover power increases? Are they, then, a sham?
This modulating just a bit of a wave seems very sneaky anyway!
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steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 14 March 2011
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Mike Dimmick6:22 PM
Reading
Steve: the main power increases are over 10 dB, a 10x increase in power. It's reckoned that only 1/10th the power (-10dB) is required to serve the same area as analogue. Most transmitters, including The Wrekin, are only having a 1/5th reduction from their analogue power level (-7dB), so are twice as powerful as needed, and should actually cover a larger area than the former analogue coverage area.
Mux 2 and A have always transmitted in 64QAM 2/3. In 1998, all multiplexes used this mode - after ITV Digital failed, the regulator (ITC at the time) required a change of mode for the three re-auctioned multiplexes (B, C and D) to improve coverage. The BBC followed suit with their main multiplex, Mux 1.
The change in modulation increases the capacity of multiplexes 1, C and D by 25%, so you get more channels. The increased capacity on Mux 1 is taken by the BBC services currently on Mux B, because that changes technology and mode to provide HD services.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
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steve5:01 PM
Wrexham
More advance than "IPTV through FTTH"
Which I am guessing means "Internet Protocol TV through Fibre To The Home"
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steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Tom7:39 PM
Bridgnorth
At present we have pixalated freeview channels. Well this change when the wrekin switches over? We have a new rooftop aerial and new wiring.
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Tom's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 21 March 2011
meirion jenkins: "BBC A and D3&4 at Cefn-Mawr are expected to operate at 25W until 2011" Cefn Mawr A digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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THE WREKIN transmitter - Over the next week The Wrekin main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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THE WREKIN transmitter - Over the next week The Wrekin main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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