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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?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 24 March 2011
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thodkin2:39 PM
Llangollen
Steve
No hills in the way, got straight line of sight over Chirk towards Oswestry, and live in Trevor area (near Ponty Aqueduct). LL20 7UB. Also get ok analogue signal from Sutton C.
Although my Wide band aeriel points to wrekin, with amp the Cefn Mawr signal wipes out Ch 53, 57, although I get 80% strenth and 100% quality signal on channel's 21, 24, 27, 31. I am only 1 mile away from Cefn Mawr transmitter in Fron and can see it very clear from my bedroom window. As Mike says the noise signal from Cefn Mawr will mess up the Wrekin signal - when I had the Aerial put up in Sept 09 it used to pick them all up perfect until Moel-y-Parc switchover, little did I know when I paid my £140 for the upgrade that I would have to wait 2 years to wait due to bad planning of allocation of channel numbers.
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steve6:56 PM
... UK digital TV reception predictor
According to this you can get Cefn Mawr with a coat hanger. Have you tried?
Do you, or does Brian, know WHY they duplicate the frequencies? I know V/H and different directions, but when very close to the sender not surprising it wins.
Are you up the hill on the North side of the river, if you have good line of sight?
I am S end of Chirk - LL14 5HD (LL145HD)
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Mike Dimmick7:12 PM
Reading
Bill Pine: The channels for ArqA and ArqB change in September. That solves the problem for good - for viewers of The Wrekin and viewers of Cefn Mawr.
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thodkin7:35 PM
Llangollen
Steve
It does work with a coat hanger (picking up Cefn Mawr transmitter, 70% signal strength, 100% quality), and it even works with just the top metal part of the coat hanger. Funny how it does not pick the signal up with my outside aerial, although this aerial does point to the wrekin, the side parts of the aeriel do tend to point directly towards this local transmitter. I wonder if the aerial will pick up Cefn Mawr transmitter once the wrekin switches off 53 and 57 in Sept? Perhaps I should use the coat hanger if I need to watch the local news!!
BTW I am North-East of the Riverdee.
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Friday, 25 March 2011
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steve10:59 AM
Wrexham
thodkin - I think you perhaps do not know about "polarisation". The radio waves are usually sent wobbling up and down (Horizontal Polarisation), which is what the sideways pointing aerial elements collect.
Fill-in transmitters like Cefn Mawr are deliberately set up with Vertical polarisation, so the aerial needs to be mounted with the rods up/down.
So your main ae is not only pointing the wrong way; it is also the wrong orientation.
Even then it might pick up a very local strong signal, but as there is a competing signal on the same frequencies that will be stonger, even though far furter away.
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Wednesday, 6 April 2011
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philip williams11:59 AM
wednesday 6th april. today i rescanned the set top box as instructed, and will do so again on 20th april. i live in wrexham.
when will the change over to digital take place please
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Mike Dimmick1:40 PM
Reading
philip williams: The first stage of switchover at The Wrekin happened this morning. The low-power multiplex 1 was turned off, along with BBC Two analogue, and the high-power BBC A multiplex started up in their place.
BBC One analogue has temporarily been moved to BBC Two's old frequency, so you won't see anything if you select channel 1 on an analogue TV (or in a digital TV's analogue mode), and if you select 2, you'll get BBC One.
You won't see any new digital services yet. The HD services are the only new ones, and they don't start for another two weeks. You need Freeview HD-branded equipment to receive these channels.
You could also be using the Wrexham Rhos transmitter to your north-west, or Winter Hill to the north-east. The Wrekin is to your south-west. Wrexham Rhos and Winter Hill switched over, fully digital, over a year ago - late 2009.
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steve4:59 PM
Wrexham
Report from the screenface - Digital retuning seems to have gone OK, but the analogue TV in the kitchen now only has a b/w pic. Presumably signal weaker?
BBC's switchover people got to sort that one out!
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Thursday, 7 April 2011
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steve7:51 PM
Wrexham
Hi Brian - Must admit to confusion now over muxes and strengths!
Are we now (7/4/11) getting 20k/2k/2k/2k/1k/1k? Unsurprisingly the 20k works with a bent nail and the rest don't?
What will we have from 20/4?
Is "Comparison of analogue and digital signal levels" now or later?
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Dusty8:24 PM
Wrexham
Didn't think there were any power increases due. Doesn't the juice go up substantially in September?
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