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 - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 11:05 until 24 Nov 11:06. . 
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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 withheldTuesday, 26 April 2011
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Steve11:17 AM
Wrexham
Some yagis have reflector elements that are wire; others a sheet with holes in it. Is the latter better at keeping out rear signals?
John Low - if you know what is happening, you may be able to avoid unwanted channels(broadcast) by disconnecting the aerial whilst the box is scanning that frequency.
Brian - Is there approved terminology to distinguish between "Channel" a transmission frequency and "Channel" a programme?
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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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Robin Oliver11:36 AM
Just prior to the Wrekin Switchover I was able to record digital channels from my TV onto my non digital video - using Ext 1
Since switchover I cannot do this.
I want to be able to still record to my video. How can I do this now?
Someone has suggested connecting a freeview box to the video - (although I have a digital TV). Is there any point to this?
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KMJ,Derby12:08 PM
Robin Oliver: if your video has its own dedicated freeview box you will be able to record a different channel to the one you are watching and also record when the tv is switched off. You just have to remember to set the freeview box as well as the VCR for timed recordings.
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KMJ,Derby12:47 PM
Robin Oliver: If you did a factory reset when rescanning for switchover you might have changed the settings in the menu for what is available on the output on Ext1. The switchover should not have changed the facilities on your tv (except for receivers not supporting the 8k mode which don't receive signals post switchover). Selecting the required option in output settings might be all that is required.
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NickA3:57 PM
Following the recent updates to the Wrekin transmitter I still cannot pick up any HD channels on the Welsh border near Oswestry.
Why is this, am I missing something mindnumbingly simple?
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Steve4:20 PM
Wrexham
NickA - do you hgave an HD Tuner?
"HD Ready" does not mean all you might think!
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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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Steve4:21 PM
Wrexham
PS Where are you? I'm in Chirk.
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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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Mike Dimmick5:46 PM
Steve: My understanding is that the length of the reflector elements is more important than the number and type.
The stamped plates are usually indicative of 'contract' aerials which have relatively poor gain and usually uneven gain across the band.
Justin Smith of AerialsAndTV.com performed some tests with the reflector missing and fitted incorrectly at Aerial Positioning Tests . Bill Wright has written about short reflectors at http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/articles/whatsat-short-reflector-syndrome.pdf . I'm sure I've seen one of them comment on folding the reflector plate to reduce its height, with no noticeable impact on the performance, though that probably matters more for vertical polarisation acceptance angle than for the horizontal example.
Briantist: Please look at some polar diagrams at Aerial Polar Reponse Diagrams . The claim that aerials work nearly as well behind as in front is completely unsupportable. If the reflector is missing, this is possible, but if all elements are intact, it's simply untrue. The diagrams show -20 to -24 dB front to back in the examples.
Digital UK's predictor only allows for -16 dB of attenuation, based on ITU-R recommendation P.419-3, so it can indicate co-channel problems that turn out not to be a problem.
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011
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NickA10:07 AM
Steve - up the Trefonen Road, good line of sight and BBC1 comes in at high 80s % signal strength.
Noticed some of muxes on Wrekin still low power till Sept upgrade - any relevance?
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Mike Dimmick12:30 PM
NickA: The *commercial* muxes - SDN, ArqA and ArqB - remain on pre-switchover channels at pre-switchover power levels. The HD multiplex has launched at full power and on its final channel.
If BBC One is working reliably, if your equipment is Freeview HD-capable, you should get reliable HD channels (but do see Single Frequency Interference).
"HD Ready" does not mean it can receive Freeview HD signals. It means that it can handle HD-format pictures supplied by another box. Freeview HD uses a very new transmission standard only completed in mid-2009. You must look for the Freeview HD logo.
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