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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 11/11/2024 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 withheldTuesday, 20 September 2011
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Steve P5:19 PM
Triode - so long since I have seen that written down that it looks odd!
What Mike is being too delicate to say is
Does your son actually have an HD Box, or a TV with an HV TUNER, because "HD Ready" usually does NOT mean "can receive HD" just "got enough definition for HD".
NOT the TV makers' fault - they can't include tuners until standards are agreed.
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
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Dusty9:42 AM
YES FINALLY it looks like power has been increased, instead of the usual 51 TV channels I now have 109 and the much missed Dave!! Happy now, makes the transition from Sky to Freeview easier (:
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Dusty: I'm not sure if the power is increased, or you just now do not have interference from other transmitters that have switched to digital only.
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
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Alan Smith7:50 AM
Can you confirm when Wrekin will start transmitting on full power for all MUX's please?
I think have heard it is next wekk, 28th September, but cant find this confirmed anywhere.
Thanks Alan.
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Alan Smith: Yes, 28th September 2011, see Switchover events September- December 2011 | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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ARTHUR.ROBERTS11:58 AM
Wrexham
have lost yesterday on chan 12 have retuned
tv which has its own digibox but still can,t
find the channel mux 53 even after doing a
manual retune chan 53 still does not pick up
the programmes the retune programme just
by passes ch53 and stops on ch57 HELP
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ARTHUR.ROBERTS's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Steve P3:23 PM
Hi Arthur
Did you see the note above - and below?
Maybe they are changing over now to the final settings?
Do you have neighbours who use freeview - see if they experienced the same?
I am at the other side of the Chirch but only using Freesat now, so can't try myself.
After switchover frequency notes ():
Bromsgrove, Lark Stoke and The Wrekin will operate as a single frequency network (SFN).
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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Friday, 23 September 2011
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Dusty8:26 AM
Oh, so power hasn't increased on The Wrekin? Interesting....!
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Mike Foster2:28 PM
Stoke-on-trent
I am in ST7 4UB in a bungalow with a wideband rooftop aerial. When digital was first available I got most channels. At the moment I am getting all channel 26 and 23 and channel 46 but the last comes and goes.All the others went off in July or later.My aerial I think points to the Wrekin,on my Humax PVR the signal detection status page says West Midlands for the transmitter and gives the channel numbers as above. The on screen messages told me to re-tune on September 7th and 21st but after the 7th the EPG did not even show the other channels,(eg pick TV). It looks as though I can get all the 20000kw channels ok. The 2000 kw is intermittent and I cannot get the 1000kw. Is there any date for these transmission strengths to be upped? By the way I have turned the aerial 360 deg and it gets nothing from any other direction.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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