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 18/09/2023 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, 11 December 2013
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Phil12:24 AM
Stoke-on-trent
Hi Sid, it is only CH44 I'm missing, all of the channels on that multiplex and none of the others on any of the other multiplexes, bit of a mystery!
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Phil's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 16 December 2013
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Janet Rothwell6:49 PM
TF10 7UD No satellite signal for days now .Residential apartments with satellite on roof
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Janet Rothwell6:50 PM
satellite says no signal.TF10 7UD
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jb387:08 PM
Janet Rothwell: If you are connected into a communal dish system then you should make an enquiry with someone else in the apartment block as its possible that there's a fault in the distribution system rather than in your particular apartment.
Check you connection cables though!
By the way, is that your correct post code?
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Tuesday, 17 December 2013
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Mike Campbell-Smith11:37 PM
Ellesmere
"The The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: Al Jazeera HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, CBeebies HD."
If these channels are not available to me why am I paying the same amount for my TV Licence as those that do ??
I am being penalised for living within the wrexin transmission area which is not on.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 20 January 2014
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Craig12:18 PM
Telford
Hi Fairly new to the Freeview, I have a View 21 freeview box which I recently bought as Sky was simply a rip off for me!
Currently testing the system on an indoor aerial and get 20 channels, however, I am interested in knowing what aerials folk in the area of TF13QF use to get the full compliment of freeview channels?
Best get the opinion on what works locally before I go and spend more cash only to find it is not the best solution lol.
Thanks
Craig
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Craig's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MikeB1:34 PM
Craig: If you click on the DigitalUK link next to your question, you can see for yourself! Since your only 5km from the transmitter, the answer would be lots more than 20 (have alook at the top of this page for the full list).
You'll probably need a better aerial, higher up - have a google for 'ATV sheffield', which will tell you all about aerials, or ask on this site - there are loads of people who could answer better than I could.
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Craig: At 3.3 miles away you would be expected to have an excellent signal. As for what sort of aerial to use, if you already have an aerial from the days of analogue then try it. Within such close proximity it will probably bring in all channels, including the COMs which may be "out of group" for the aerial.
A log periodic aerial is what you need, such as shown here (other models and suppliers are available):
Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
Try manually tuning for the missing channels. If you go to the manual tune screen and enter the UHF channel number but do not press the button to scan, the receiver will act as a signal meter allowing you to move your aerial whilst observing the signal level. Remember that it may take several seconds to catch up.
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Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
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THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:00 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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3:33 PM
THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:00 today to 12:01 today. [BBC]
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