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 18/11/2024 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?
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Mike Dimmick6:22 PM
Reading
Steve: the main power increases are over 10 dB, a 10x increase in power. It's reckoned that only 1/10th the power (-10dB) is required to serve the same area as analogue. Most transmitters, including The Wrekin, are only having a 1/5th reduction from their analogue power level (-7dB), so are twice as powerful as needed, and should actually cover a larger area than the former analogue coverage area.
Mux 2 and A have always transmitted in 64QAM 2/3. In 1998, all multiplexes used this mode - after ITV Digital failed, the regulator (ITC at the time) required a change of mode for the three re-auctioned multiplexes (B, C and D) to improve coverage. The BBC followed suit with their main multiplex, Mux 1.
The change in modulation increases the capacity of multiplexes 1, C and D by 25%, so you get more channels. The increased capacity on Mux 1 is taken by the BBC services currently on Mux B, because that changes technology and mode to provide HD services.
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Tuesday, 15 March 2011
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steve5:01 PM
Wrexham
More advance than "IPTV through FTTH"
Which I am guessing means "Internet Protocol TV through Fibre To The Home"
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Tom7:39 PM
Bridgnorth
At present we have pixalated freeview channels. Well this change when the wrekin switches over? We have a new rooftop aerial and new wiring.
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Monday, 21 March 2011
meirion jenkins: "BBC A and D3&4 at Cefn-Mawr are expected to operate at 25W until 2011" Cefn Mawr A digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Tuesday, 22 March 2011
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thodkin7:21 PM
Llangollen
Merion
I am still have problems getting MUX channel 53 and 57 from both the Cefn Mawr and Wrekin transmitters on lg tv (built in freeview) and seperate freeview box - tuners just ignore both - and get the dreaded no signal message - it has been this way since October 2009. Think we will have to wait until end of September 2011 to get this sorted. Don't know which numpties did the planning of space for allocation of channels, but I bet their salary will be in the six digit figures - should have got Braintist to do it instead!!
Got wideband aeriel with booster pointing to Wrekin btw.
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011
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steve4:12 PM
Wrexham
thodkin - I get them both OK with an unamplified rooftop ae in Chirk. What are you using?
If you are actually in Llan I presume the hills get in the way. Do you have neighbours? I know a good local tv ae man if you need.
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Mike Dimmick4:34 PM
Reading
thodkin: Your problem is that Cefn Mawr uses channel 53 for the BBC A mux and C57 for the D3+4 mux, while the *same* channels are used for The Wrekin Mux C and D.
With your aerial pointing to The Wrekin, it won't be getting a substantial signal anyway, and will be picking up substantial 'noise' from Cefn Mawr even though it does point in a different direction and use a different polarization.
If you want to use Cefn Mawr you will need to point your aerial to that transmitter, and use the correct vertical polarization. You will only get the Public Service multiplexes as Cefn Mawr is a 'Freeview Light' transmitter. The noise picked up from The Wrekin should be much lower relative to the signal from Cefn Mawr.
If you stick with The Wrekin, you should get a usable signal on ArqA and ArqB multiplexes when they change channel at the end of September. Remember to retune in a fortnight, and again two weeks after that, to get the PSB multiplexes.
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Bill Pine10:49 PM
The Cefn transmitter is a right pain here on Plas Madoc. I've spent a fortune on Aerials, Poles, Masthead, amps and Coax and then when everything is up and running at a reasonable and stable 53db signal from The Wrekin the Cefn transmitter messes up my EPG with channels I don't want or understand (NO offence intended)
I just hope when the juice goes up at The Wrekin its just that bit stronger than Cefn to drowns the signal out!
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