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.
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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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-midlands-today.jpg)
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 49km east-southeast (116°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-central.jpg)
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 |
Local transmitter maps
The Wrekin Freeview The Wrekin DAB The Wrekin TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)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, 20 July 2016
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jb3812:03 AM
Carole Hughes : In addition to all already said, although the signal path from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter (@12 miles/99 degrees) is indicated as suffering from a line-of-sight obstruction at just under 2 miles prior to your location, DUK does indicate good reception.
However, dependant on the actual level received and also the type of aerial being used, "reverse pick up" reception (i.e: reception via the rear of your aerial) might be possible from this station, as Sutton Coldfield is located at almost exactly 180 degrees from the direction your aerial will facing for reception from The Wrekin.
Therefore, if your HD TV ("not" an HD ready type) offers a manual tuning facility? it might be worthwhile trying a manual tune test on C33, this being Sutton Coldfields COM7 HD transmitter which carries Talking Pictures (81), if nothing comes up, do the test again but pause after entering C33, as stopping at this point allows the tuner to act like a form of signal meter indicating signal strength levels well under that necessary to resolve a picture.
Further advice dependant on outcome.
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Sunday, 30 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
9:09 PM
9:09 PM
THE WREKIN transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Wednesday, 2 November 2016
Transmitter engineering
3:09 PM
3:09 PM
THE WREKIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 13:52 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 13:52 today. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
4:31 PM
4:31 PM
THE WREKIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 13:52 today to 14:58 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 13:52 today to 14:59 today. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Thursday, 3 November 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
THE WREKIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 13:52 yesterday to 14:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 13:52 yesterday to 14:59 yesterday. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Friday, 4 November 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
THE WREKIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 13:52 on 02 Nov to 14:58 on 02 Nov, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 13:52 on 02 Nov to 14:59 on 02 Nov. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Wednesday, 28 December 2016
C
C Bennett4:29 PM
Hi I I have no signal at all in the Gobowen area 28/12/16 at 16:29 - weather conditions are freezing fog, any ideas?
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Monday, 22 May 2017
S
S Lambert 8:15 AM
Hello could you tell me when the Wrekin transmitter will allow us to watch channels such as Vintage TV?
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StevensOnln110:53 AM
S Lambert : Vintage TV is broadcast on the COM7 multiplex, which (along with COM8) is a temporary service broadcast from 30 transmitters covering around 75% of of UK homes and is due to close in 2020. It won't be added to The Wrekin or any other transmitters.
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Monday, 18 September 2017
I
Ian Commander11:30 PM
When will the wrekin transmitter broadcast more HD channels. Like the. Sutton Coldfield transmitter. It always seems to lag behind.
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