Full Freeview on the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter
 | Google Streetview |  | Google map |  | Bing map |  | Google Earth |  | 52.670,-2.552 or 52°40'13"N 2°33'6"W |  | TF6 5AH |
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 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
_______
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
|
|
Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 21 April 2011
philipkay: No, you are simply going to have to wait until September when ArqB is taken to full power.
| link to this comment |
V
Vinny7:56 AM
Shifnal
OK, thanks Brian. The problem set has this morning managed to tune in to Mux53, but channels are heavily pixelated and unwatchable. The TV reports the signal quality and level for this Mux as fluctuating between Poor/None and Maximum/Nil respectively. Don't understand why it's just the one set having problems.
| link to this comment |
Vinny's: mapV's Freeview map terrainV's terrain plot wavesV's frequency data V's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Vinny: Check for Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - but you might just have to wait until September for the full power service on ArqB.
| link to this comment |
A
Angelina Hadlington8:44 AM
Since yesterday all I am receiving is all the rubbish free channels which I never watch and not any of the proper five channels BBC 1. BBC 2, ITV, 4 and 5, which are the only channels I do watch. What am I paying a TV licence for.
| link to this comment |
S
Steve11:03 AM
Wrexham
Brian - Wasn't meaning to imply error! From what someone posted it was a late change.
| link to this comment |
Steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
V
Vinny12:55 PM
Shifnal
Angelina Hadlington: I presume you are paying for a TV licence to save yourself from being prosecuted for not having one. More info available at tvlicensing.co.uk.
Quite ironic that the word 'yesterday' is underlined - it's one of those 'rubbish free channels' (UK History - who would want to see THAT?)!
When did the 'proper' 5 channels stop broadcasting rubbish?
| link to this comment |
Vinny's: mapV's Freeview map terrainV's terrain plot wavesV's frequency data V's Freeview Detailed Coverage
S
Steve1:35 PM
Wrexham
Angelina - have you retuned?
If so, you should certainly have the main 5 channels.
Unless your box no longer works.
If you want advice/help; ask politely and give some information like where you are and what kit using.
| link to this comment |
Steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
M
Mike Dimmick3:34 PM
Vinny: if signals are marginal at one TV, it usually indicates that there's too much cable between the split point and that set. The longer the cable is, the more signal is dropped.
Ideally, a multi-room system should have a high-gain aerial on the roof, a proper matched splitter as close to the aerial as you can fit it but with approximately equal cable lengths from the splitter to each TV, and just enough amplification to offset the loss in the splitter and the cables.
The worst way is a two-way amplified splitter at the back of each set and the last set going through seven boosters before it gets to the aerial. Each additional amplifier adds additional noise, reducing the margin that the TV has to work with.
| link to this comment |
M
Mike Dimmick3:37 PM
Briantist: It may be opposite to the way Ofcom said a few weeks ago, but it's the way Digital UK are saying now.
| link to this comment |
Mike Dimmick: There was a problem with the code on this page, it should be now showing the correct allocation.
| link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please