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 16/09/2024 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 |
Local transmitter maps
The Wrekin Freeview The Wrekin DAB The Wrekin TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)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 withheldThursday, 24 March 2011
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Mike Dimmick7:12 PM
Reading
Bill Pine: The channels for ArqA and ArqB change in September. That solves the problem for good - for viewers of The Wrekin and viewers of Cefn Mawr.
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thodkin7:35 PM
Llangollen
Steve
It does work with a coat hanger (picking up Cefn Mawr transmitter, 70% signal strength, 100% quality), and it even works with just the top metal part of the coat hanger. Funny how it does not pick the signal up with my outside aerial, although this aerial does point to the wrekin, the side parts of the aeriel do tend to point directly towards this local transmitter. I wonder if the aerial will pick up Cefn Mawr transmitter once the wrekin switches off 53 and 57 in Sept? Perhaps I should use the coat hanger if I need to watch the local news!!
BTW I am North-East of the Riverdee.
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Friday, 25 March 2011
THE WREKIN transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:55 yesterday to 02:12 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 00:43 yesterday to 01:07 yesterday [BBC] 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 - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:55 yesterday to 02:12 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 00:43 yesterday to 01:07 yesterday [BBC] 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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steve10:59 AM
Wrexham
thodkin - I think you perhaps do not know about "polarisation". The radio waves are usually sent wobbling up and down (Horizontal Polarisation), which is what the sideways pointing aerial elements collect.
Fill-in transmitters like Cefn Mawr are deliberately set up with Vertical polarisation, so the aerial needs to be mounted with the rods up/down.
So your main ae is not only pointing the wrong way; it is also the wrong orientation.
Even then it might pick up a very local strong signal, but as there is a competing signal on the same frequencies that will be stonger, even though far furter away.
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Friday, 1 April 2011
THE WREKIN transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Reduced Quality from 08:36 today to 09:05 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:05 today [BBC]
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THE WREKIN transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Reduced Quality from 08:36 today to 09:05 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:05 today [BBC]
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THE WREKIN transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:05 today BBC TWO Reduced Quality from 08:36 today to 09:05 today [BBC]
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THE WREKIN transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:05 today BBC TWO Reduced Quality from 08:36 today to 09:05 today [BBC]
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THE WREKIN transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:05 today to 16:29 today BBC TWO Reduced Quality from 08:36 today to 09:05 today [BBC]
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