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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 withheldWednesday, 2 November 2011
Graham: If you've got 90-95% strength with the amplifier connected, I'd try removing the amp.
See this page for more info:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
I too have had an issue with picture freezing for a few seconds, particularly bad on one mux. The aerial is in the loft and worked with no problem before switchover. Strength after switchover varied between mux and was high 70s to 93%. Attentuation made no difference.
I changed my aerial and it continued (to a lesser degree) and moved the aerial a few times. I have come to the conclusion that it was too close to the roof felt/tiles. Indeed, when I tilted it downwards at 20 degrees the signal increased quite a bit! (This was when it was close to the roof). And not, it still continued after tilting it.
By "close" I am talking that the far end of the boom was around 20cm from the roof. (DN31NJ)
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Graham11:30 AM
Walsall
Hi Dave,
Many thanks. I will try this but it's the slightly weaker channels that play up and the strongest ones are fine. Most of my channels are 90 / 95% but it's the 85/90% ones where I have the problem.
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Steve P11:41 AM
... UK digital TV reception predictor
Graham - Why are you Wrekin? According to this you get twice the signal for S Coldfield. And your problem might be from adjacent channels in the 40s at higher power.
It says you need only a set-top ae. If none built in, try a wire coat hanger. - the famous "Sketchley Loop Antenna"
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Graham1:16 PM
Walsall
Steve, Wrekin because I was unable to get a decent picture from Sutton on the old analogue service. Our estate has some on Wrekin amd some on Sutton. My house is partially blocked from Sutton as it's in a bit of a dip and taller buildings block the signal. Thanks
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Mike Dimmick1:18 PM
Graham: It's quite likely that your box has tuned in ArqB from Sutton Coldfield, on C39, rather than from The Wrekin on C47. See Digital Region Overlap.
I'd second the other suggestions to remove the amplifier. It shouldn't be necessary.
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Graham1:29 PM
Walsall
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I think I might try turning the aerial on to Sutton Coldfield and removing the amp. Maybe I might get better results by doing this.
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Steve P3:24 PM
I think if you have hiigh buildings ahead it might be worth pointing it up a little too. Any pro's here please confirm/deny that?
Why not give it a try with just a set-top aerial or bit of wire first and see what happens?
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Graham4:01 PM
Walsall
Thanks again Steve for your input. I don't have a portable aerial or bit of wire presently but I may get up the loft at the weekend and move the aerial / remove the amp. I take your point about pointing skywards a little and I'll try that if I do anything. When I had analogue I simply couldn't get a decent picture on Sutton C but it may be different now with digital.
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Steve P4:13 PM
Graham - you could try just a fly lead - with and without your finger touching the centre connection!
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Graham4:50 PM
Walsall
Or maybe just stick my finger into the aerial socket ! Thanks.
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