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 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 withheldMonday, 2 January 2012
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Peter Matazinskas5:20 PM
Wolverhampton
Dave & Steve - Thanks for your responses, I think the attenuator may be an option, the variable type. The signal strength is currently at around 45% with quality of around 45% on BBC at present, though it has dropped to 0-10% in the last few days - I had never considered that a signal could be too strong showing a weak signal! Strange though that ITV seems to remain at 65%ish strength with 100% quality, consistantly. I will try the attenuator, failing that an aerial man seems the best option.
Many Thanks
Peter M.
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Sunday, 26 February 2012
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Mike Foster7:44 PM
Stoke-on-trent
I am in ST7 4UB and get freeview from the Wrekin,including HD, although on the map above we are in about the weakest possible area.Most channels are good but we loose those on ARQ A from time to time.
Whilst there are trees behind the house these do not affect the other channels except in very high winds when some other channels break up a bit. Is the complete loss of reception due to the specification of ARQ A rather than my aerial reception? From the info above it looks very little different from ARQ B. (We can watch internet TV now but it is inconvenient and slow changing channels and we can't avoid the Ads!)
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Monday, 27 February 2012
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Steve P1:08 AM
... UK digital TV reception predictor
This place says you would be far better off using Fenton! Is yours a large postcode area?
Otherwise, do you have a decent rooftop amplified aerial?
No obvious reason why ArqA worse than B, but your aerial might be better at some frequencies than others.
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Tuesday, 28 February 2012
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Mike Foster8:39 PM
Stoke-on-trent
HI Steve P, We are in a row of bungalows,we have a rooftop aerial but it is not boosted. Next door gets the Wrekin with a boosted aerial, next door but one points to Fenton, but our aerial man could not get anything from Fenton.There is just one street of 24 houses in the postcode.The annoying thing is that we had all the freeview stations about five years ago(when the aerial was put up) but reception has just got worse rather than better.I suppose we have got to have the aerial man back!Thanks for your reply.
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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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Steve P10:37 AM
Might be worth trying a cheap booster. They are not as good as masttop ones but sometimes do the trick.
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Wednesday, 14 March 2012
We have had full freeview since last september why has the film 4 mux disappeared again
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Mark Forrester6:16 PM
Stoke-on-trent
Anyone else in Stoke having issues from the Wrekin transmitter today.
I have lost all bbc and ITV channels all day today, I use Windows Media Centre as my tv and checked all connections and rescanned channels.
Interestingly MCE picked up a new set of BBC channels last night on a new frequency 790 if i remember right.
My SamsungTV has lost them as well if I put the ariel into that.
My friend 2 doors down is having the same issues as me so I dont think it is my kit.
Any help would be great
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Steve6:35 PM
Lost all Wrekin channels in the st6 stoke area (53.0745,-2.2022)
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Mark Forrester6:39 PM
Stoke-on-trent
Ah not just me then im in ST7 area
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