Full Freeview on the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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?
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 |
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 withheldFriday, 13 October 2023
Monday, 16 October 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
The Wrekin transmitter - The Wrekin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/10/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 23 October 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
The Wrekin transmitter - The Wrekin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 23/10/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 30 October 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
The Wrekin transmitter - The Wrekin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/10/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
The Wrekin transmitter - The Wrekin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/10/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Hi any news on the Wrekins repairs this week HD channels gone again
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Chris.SE8:20 PM
Paul:
Hi Paul. Planned Engineering isn't necessarily repairs mind, in most cases it will be maintenance, some which could be rather essential to ensure reliability through the winter etc.
I've checked and there haven't been any reported faults, so it may be simply that the HD mux is on the Reserve Antenna which is lower down the mast which isn't helpful when you are further away.
Other than that no detail of course, Arqiva never provide any!
As we've had some abysmal weather, do remember to check your aerial is still pointing correctly and that your coax downlead isn't full of water!
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Thursday, 2 November 2023
Hi thanks I didn't realise there was such a thing as a reserve transmitter!
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Friday, 3 November 2023
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Chris.SE12:21 AM
Paul :
I'm sure you meant Reserve Antenna. But all main sites will have backup transmitters as well.
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