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 04/11/2024 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 |
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 withheldFriday, 29 April 2011
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Steve12:20 AM
... Freeview HD coverage checker
Costa - I don't have HD kit but the link above says it is there.
Did they say it should be there but wasn't working, or that it was not supposed to be on yet?
BRIAN - have you seen this? (LL145HD)
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Steve12:24 AM
Wrexham
Gary - you WERE using digital previously? Not just analogue, I presume?
And the DVD has its own freeview tuner? Check that on Brian's list too.
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Vinny12:26 AM
Shifnal
And now, it works. MUX53 coming through loud & clear on my other set. Must have been one of them transmitter tweaks, cos it's nowt I've done.
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Steve: ALL transmitters get Freeview HD at switchover, it will be on by 6am on that day. There are no exceptions.
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Costa Constantinou: I would check Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Costa 8:01 AM
Brian - Regarding Single frequency interference, I tried connecting the rf lead directly into the tv and retune, but this made no difference.
It may be my ariel. It's got to be over 12 years old. I'll wait a while, and if frequency C30 doesn't come onboard then I'll replace the ariel.
Thanks.
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Tony Colton9:12 AM
Bridgnorth
Costa: I've been receiving HD transmissions from the Wrekin since April 20th - just as it said on the tin. No Arq A&B here in Bridgnorth but hopefully will appear in September when final freq & power increase occur.
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Steve11:04 AM
Wrexham
Costa - Do Digital UK now say you SHOULD be getting a HD signal?
It may be related to where you live and whether you get the main Wrekin or a relay.
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Tim Hodkinson7:00 PM
Digital HD Transmission definately coming from the Wrekin since 20/4/2011. Near Cefn Mawr, we get 2 lots of HD Channels, 1 lot from Wrekin ch30, 1 lot from Cefn Mawr ch60 (although aeriel points towards wrekin in different direction and not in vertical way, both 100% signal streghth and quality from cefn mawr transmitter). Still cannot get Welsh tv channels unless I plug in an indoor aerial and remove outside aerial (only London regions on HD channels), or any channels on mux 53 or mux 57 using outside wideband aerial (signals from Wrekin/Cefn Mawr still clash).
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Steve7:41 PM
Wrexham
Tim H - Are the Welsh channels on frequencies that conflict with main Wrekin broadcasts? And does HD work on the indoor ae?
Does your tuner detect 53 and 57? You might try a booster if there is something in particular you want.
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