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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter._______
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 withheldSaturday, 23 April 2011
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keith8:48 AM
Walsall
20 yards apart, and no , could not share aerial, this situation is common here, look up the street and you see aerials pointing in all directions, maybe I should try to point aerial to Brierley Hill
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keith's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
keith: Looks like everyone is using long poles to get a decent signal from Google Streetview.
You won't get a signal from Brierley Hill, if you can't get Sutton Coldfield then Bromsgrove is OK, but you will have to wait until 28 September 2011 for the commercial multiplex, The Wrekin will give a good signal from the same date.
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Steve2:53 PM
Wrexham
Meirion - I think the answer may be "never". Some local transmitters will only carry the "public service" muxes, and I think Cefn Mawr is one of them.
From google you seem to be on the North side of the valley - are you high enough to "see" The Wrekin?
Non-Welsh speaking readers may be interested to know that "Cefn Mawr" means big (mawr) ridge/bank - in this case referring to the side of the River Dee Valley as it emerges from the Welsh Hills onto the Cheshire Plain.
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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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Steve8:04 PM
Stourbridge
Hi I live in DY8, have never received full freeeview but since changeover, has got much worse, one of the boxes has lost all BBC chanels, and most of the others have picture brakeup. with an amplifier I get 38% signal strength and 86% Quality. Have I any hope of getting the chanels back in September or am I better giving up and switching to FREESAT.
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Steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 24 April 2011
Bill Pine: As above "After the PSB multiplexes switch at The Wrekin, the Arqiva multiplexes will remain on their pre-switchover frequencies and powers, and SDN will use a temporary frequency, for a short period before all three multiplexes adopt their final frequencies and powers during September 2011. During this transition period the commercial multiplexes will use the following frequencies: SDN ch49 and ch31 (both 2kW), Arqiva A ch57 (not 53) (1kW), Arqiva B ch53 (not 57) (1kW). "
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Monday, 25 April 2011
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steve8:17 AM
brantist, as you suggested disconected the amp from my system. the outcome was no signal available. I'm using a high gain a aerial not much more i can do i suppose.
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steve: You might need to get your aerial checked, you should be able to get a good service from Brierley Hill and Sutton Coldfield - and by 28 September all services from The Wrekin.
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Yu11:47 AM
Hi
I've got a reception problem...
I was able to see all the freeview channels yesterday morning, but when I switched on the tv again yesterday evening, they've all gone.
Every channel shows "No or bad signal"...
I've done "autosearch" a few times, but it didn't pick any channel...
I'm in The Wrekin transmitter area.
Is there anything I should check?
Any advice would be appreciated.
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