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 03/03/2025 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, 5 December 2024
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Stephen11:55 AM
Hi Everyone
Recently moved to a property, with multiple TV outlets. With the help of a signal strength meter
(Horizon) an average reading of less than 40 dbv was noted at each point. Further investigation revealed a contract aerial held up with string, vertically polarised in the loft with a very ancient 8 way distribution amplifier. Did a check and the Wrekin transmitter is less than 20 miles away, so have now installed a Blake 56 element log periodic outdoor, horizontally polarised, feeding into a new Blake 8 output distribution amplifier. Signal strength from the antenna is 65 - 68dbv on the main multiplexes 23, 26, and 30 with around 58 - 60 dbv on 41,44, and 47. Whilst I now have a full range of channels, including HD, only 3 of the outlets will give Channel 7 Birmingham TV. Could this be down to actual coaxial feeds or connections to the other outlets? They are all plastered in the walls.
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Friday, 6 December 2024
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Chris.SE12:39 AM
Stephen:
The Local multiplex that carries Channel 7 Birmingham TV (and a couple of other channels) is not broadcast the same as the other multiplexes nor is it broadcast from all main transmitters and where it is, it's normally beamed in the specific direction of the main area of population for that particular transmitter.
The Wrekin, doesn't have a Local multiplex, so if you are receiving it on some sets, then you are getting a (probably quite weak) signal from another transmitter. The cable paths from your Distribution amp to the sets not getting the signal may be just sufficiently too long (or poor quality cable) that the signal is too low.
Without a full postcode, we don't know which transmitter you may be getting that Local multiplex from and whether there's anything you could practically do to improve it, or indeed whether it's just a bit of a fluke.
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Saturday, 7 December 2024
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Stephen1:02 PM
Church Stretton
Hi Chris
Thanks for your reply. My postcode is SY6 7HU.
The three TV outlets which are giving channel 7, I have been able to rewire, removing the old brown type coaxial type cabling and replacing with WF100.
It may just be coincidence but when I was installing the log periodic I did check for the Sutton Coldfield
transmitter, which was receivable at a lower signal strength of around 50dbv, so maybe channel 7 is being received from this transmitter.
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Chris.SE4:30 PM
Stephen:
Hi. Yes undoubtedly it's likely to be Sutton Coldfield, so you'll find the mux on C48 in your tuning section.
It'll no doubt be a weaker signal with the transmitter being 60km away and a bit off beam compared to the direction of the Wrekin.
According to the Freeview predictor, the aerial should be roughly at compass bearing 40 degrees (slightly N of NW) whereas Sutton Coldfield is compass bearing 85 degrees (towards almost due E). Those Log periodics do have a fairly broad beamwidth which is why you might be getting it (depending on the actual direction your aerial points). Sometimes that can be useful, other times it can be a nuisance if there's unwanted reception of other transmitters.
You might be able to tweak you reception of that Local mux by pointing the aerial slight further East BUT it could be at the expense of your Wrekin signal as you have a close-by hill whose top is just in the way of the Wrekin signal.
Your rewired outlets with decent cable is most likely why sufficient signal for the Local mux is getting to them.
Let us know if you have a play with your aerial direction and how you get on.
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Monday, 3 March 2025
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Simon Pryce1:58 PM
My LG TV is a 55in oled less than 2 years old. Freeview channel 100 will not stream some of the programs offered. It appears that none of the PBS America offerings will stream despite being in the schedule. When a program is selected the adverts run, then after a few seconds of rotating dots the legend appears ' this cannot be broadcast at this time, please try later'. I've been trying later now for several weeks but the problem persists Other programs I have accessed on the Channel seem to work ok. The problem appears confined to PBS America who have reported it to Freeview, who claim to be investigating.
Any ideas will be gratefully received and tried.
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Tuesday, 4 March 2025
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Chris.SE5:03 AM
Simon Pryce:
Well that's an odd one - unless it's now fixed!
I've tried selecting two different PBS America programmes directly on the LCN100 page and they worked.
I've also just been trying various ways of selecting PBS America programmes that are available on Catch-up or via their own App selecting it either by the Freeview Play App (in the LG App tray) or the PBS America App on LCN100 and it's all working. I have an older LG.
Check in your settings >Programmes that HbbTV is ON. Having said that the way your later LG OS works may be different. On mine, if HbbTV is OFF, LCN100 won't display the Freeview Play menu page but I can select the Freeview Play App in the tray and then go to the PBS America App, or I can select an available programme via the TV Guide.
Do a;lso check your set has the latest firmware - check for updates. ("About this TV" setting) but I would expect that to make any difference to this issue.
Another thought your current internet IP address may have a problem with DNS for the PBS stuff or a direct PBS America streaming address (not sure how that all works fro streaming) but you could try changing your IP address (unless it's fixed) by dropping your PPP connection - log into the Router to do it rather than reboot - unless you are on a FTTP connection. Rebooting not always a good idea on ADSL or FTTC connections - could depend on the Service Provider.
Another (remote) possibility - the Wrekin is having Planned Engineering and maybe some of the "links" on LCN100 aren't being correctly provided at present - seems rather odd if that were so, but I'd expect the Freeview Play App from the LG Tray to suffer the same issue if that were so. Can't think of anything else to try atm.
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Chris.SE5:06 AM
Typo in previous post - I would NOT expect the firmware version to have any effect on this issue.
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