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 29/05/2023 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 not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
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: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSunday, 18 December 2011
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Allan Gainer3:40 PM
Wolverhampton
Thank you, Briantist. However, the problem does not seem to be single frequency interference, as COM5 is on channel 44 and the only UHF output I have is on channel 21. In any case, I have tried switching off the device and retuning, but I still get no signal on COM5 stations (E4+1, Sky News, etc). Neither is the fault intermittent - it is permanent.
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Friday, 30 December 2011
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Peter Matazinskas1:23 PM
Wolverhampton
Since the April switchover there have been no issues with the signal strength, that is until around mid November. We have has a very veried signal quality for BBC since then.ITV has remains at 100% quality. Today BBC is around 10% with no picture ITV is fine at 100% - the readings coming from the BT Vision strength within settings. Our high gain aerial since in the loft with a direct sight to the Wrekin.
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Peter Matazinskas: Perhaps the signal level going into your tuner is too high and "blinding" it, which would suggest that the high gain aerial is now OTT.
Try an attenuator. See here for information:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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Steve P4:26 PM
Peter The fact that there is a local repeater at Brierley Hill suggests that there may be some local issues.
UK digital TV reception predictor
Odd that the two should differ so as they are on similar frequencies. Have you compared notes with locals? Or phoned a local aerials man?
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Monday, 2 January 2012
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Peter Matazinskas5:20 PM
Wolverhampton
Dave & Steve - Thanks for your responses, I think the attenuator may be an option, the variable type. The signal strength is currently at around 45% with quality of around 45% on BBC at present, though it has dropped to 0-10% in the last few days - I had never considered that a signal could be too strong showing a weak signal! Strange though that ITV seems to remain at 65%ish strength with 100% quality, consistantly. I will try the attenuator, failing that an aerial man seems the best option.
Many Thanks
Peter M.
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Monday, 23 January 2012
THE WREKIN transmitter - Over the next week The Wrekin main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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THE WREKIN transmitter - Over the next week The Wrekin main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Sunday, 26 February 2012
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Mike Foster7:44 PM
Stoke-on-trent
I am in ST7 4UB and get freeview from the Wrekin,including HD, although on the map above we are in about the weakest possible area.Most channels are good but we loose those on ARQ A from time to time.
Whilst there are trees behind the house these do not affect the other channels except in very high winds when some other channels break up a bit. Is the complete loss of reception due to the specification of ARQ A rather than my aerial reception? From the info above it looks very little different from ARQ B. (We can watch internet TV now but it is inconvenient and slow changing channels and we can't avoid the Ads!)
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Monday, 27 February 2012
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Steve P1:08 AM
... UK digital TV reception predictor
This place says you would be far better off using Fenton! Is yours a large postcode area?
Otherwise, do you have a decent rooftop amplified aerial?
No obvious reason why ArqA worse than B, but your aerial might be better at some frequencies than others.
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Tuesday, 28 February 2012
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Mike Foster8:39 PM
Stoke-on-trent
HI Steve P, We are in a row of bungalows,we have a rooftop aerial but it is not boosted. Next door gets the Wrekin with a boosted aerial, next door but one points to Fenton, but our aerial man could not get anything from Fenton.There is just one street of 24 houses in the postcode.The annoying thing is that we had all the freeview stations about five years ago(when the aerial was put up) but reception has just got worse rather than better.I suppose we have got to have the aerial man back!Thanks for your reply.
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