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, 16 November 2012
John: The irony is that the retune on 14th November did not affect The Wrekin.
If you retuned as a result of being prompted to do so as a result of on-screen messages, then this must have come from the fact that your receiver had tuned one or more multiplexes from Moel y Parc, probably with them in the 800s, unless this was also broadcast across the Central region as well. The fact that you are receiving Moel y Parc now suggests that you probably received a message (if indeed there was such a message) from it.
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012
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Clamityjane8:18 PM
Has anyone else had a problem with the strength of the signal since the foggy weather on the 15th November. That night we lost all channels including the BBC. Although most returned ITV4, Film4, 4Seven, and Yesterday (and many others) did not with the message Bad Signal. Having read the forums earlier today, I thought it best to perhaps retune, now they are completely gone! Is there any hope they will return, along with the long gone and much missed Quest and ITV3? (We are in Tarporley which is never very good, but we do seem to be getting worse, soon we will be back to the standard 5) Any advice? In hope.
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Clamityjane: For The Wrekin, you will probably have needed to have your old Group A aerial installed for analogue replaced.
The COM channels (ITV3, ITV4, Film4 etc) are on lower power than the PSBs.
PSB1 (BBC standard definition) from The Wrekin is co-channel with Storeton. Also, PSB2 (ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4 etc) from The Wrekin is co-channel with Storeton. Storeton is vertically polarised, and I'm not sure whether that could affect you at your location.
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Wednesday, 21 November 2012
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Clamityjane7:24 PM
Many thanks for your information Dave. I will get my husband to look at it, I am definitely not a techy. Failed Physics....!
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Stephen P8:25 PM
+ UK digital TV reception predictor
cjane plug your own postcode into the above for a choice of transmitters.
I suggest you contact a LOCAL aerial man - but ask your neighbours if they have your problem too.
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Sunday, 23 December 2012
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David Bullock3:25 PM
Newcastle
We live in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3TB, and get good reception for all the main channels except ITV3 and ITV4. Also we would like to get Yesterday and some of the other channels. I have tried retuning several times. Are there any plans to increase the signal for our area? Or please let me have any tips you have.
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 24 December 2012
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Jacquiline Brassington8:21 PM
Oswestry
Hi our aerial is on the roof and yesterday and today despite the signal being fine by 7pm we are on low signal strength and cannot get a steady picture with ITV being the worst please help
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Jacquiline's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
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d crannage10:35 AM
Stourport-on-severn
I have lost ITV3 and 4 in the last few days, roof aerial fitted aimed at Wrekin BBC and others although limited are of good reception quality.
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d's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
d crannage: The COM channels do not have as great a coverage as the PSBs. For a list of Freeview services by multiplex, see:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
There are three PSB (Public Service) multiplexes, of which PSB3 is the HD one, and three COM (Commercial) multiplexes.
Only the larger transmitters carry the COM channels and of those that do, some are marked down in terms of power with respect to PSBs. In the case of The Wrekin, its COMs are on lower power than its PSBs. So whilst the PSBs may be adequate to reach you, the lower power of the COMs may make them somewhat intermittent.
There is another factor and that is that the COM channels from The Wrekin are outside of the former analogue channel Group and so a replacement aerial may be required.
What I suggest that you do is confirm that you are tuned to The Wrekin (so that you aren't unknowingly thinking that you are when in fact you're watching the output of another transmitter). Bring up the signal strength screen whilst on ITV3, Pick TV and Film4 and observe which UHF/RF channel they are tuned to. For The Wrekin they are 41, 44 and 47 respectively. Sutton Coldfield's are 42, 45 and 39 respectively.
What you can get can only really be determined by an installer whist on site. However, Digital UK suggests Sutton Coldfield might be a better possibility for a full service; much better than The Wrekin.
If you have already had your aerial replaced, then it will be suitable for use on Sutton Coldfield; it will just need turning clockwise 63 degrees. If you haven't had your aerial replaced from the analogue days, then it won't be suitable for Sutton Coldfield and you may find that with a replacement on The Wrekin that it brings in the COMs much better.
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Saturday, 25 May 2013
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phil turner7:58 PM
Market Drayton
no freeview channels except for channels 800 to 807 no signal saturday 25/05/13 all day
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