Full Freeview on the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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52.670,-2.552 or 52°40'13"N 2°33'6"W

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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

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C26 (514.0MHz)	455m	DTG-	20,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 18 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C23 (490.0MHz)	455m	DTG-	20,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C30- (545.8MHz)	455m	DTG-	20,000W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C41+ (634.2MHz)	455m	DTG-8	10,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! movies action, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 15 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C44 (658.0MHz)	455m	DTG-8	10,000W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C47 (682.0MHz)	455m	DTG-8	10,000W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others

DTG-8 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	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C26	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C29	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves
C30				-BBCB	BBCB
C33	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves
C35		C5_waves	C5_waves
C41				+SDN	SDN
C44				ArqA	ArqA
C47				ArqB	ArqB
C48				_local	_local
C51_{tv_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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004	Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. The Wrekin was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

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Stephen P

_{sentiment_satisfied}Gold

8:25 PM

+ UK digital TV reception predictor
cjane plug your own postcode into the above for a choice of transmitters.
I suggest you contact a LOCAL man - but ask your neighbours if they have your problem too.

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David Bullock
3:25 PM
Newcastle

We live in under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3TB, and get good for all the main except and . Also we would like to get and some of the other channels. I have tried retuning several times. Are there any plans to increase the signal for our area? Or please let me have any tips you have.

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Jacquiline Brassington
8:21 PM
Oswestry

Hi our is on the and and today despite the being fine by 7pm we are on low signal strength and cannot get a steady with ITV being the worst please

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d crannage
10:35 AM
Stourport-on-severn

I have lost and 4 in the last few days, fitted aimed at Wrekin BBC and others although limited are of good .

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Dave Lindsay

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Platinum

11:07 AM

d crannage: The COM do not have as great a coverage as the PSBs. For a list of by , see:

DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex

There are three PSB (Public Service) multiplexes, of which PSB3 is the HD one, and three COM (Commercial) multiplexes.

Only the larger transmitters carry the COM channels and of those that do, some are marked down in terms of with respect to PSBs. In the case of , its COMs are on lower power than its PSBs. So whilst the PSBs may be adequate to reach you, the lower power of the COMs may make them somewhat intermittent.

There is another factor and that is that the COM channels from The Wrekin are outside of the former Group and so a replacement may be required.

What I suggest that you do is confirm that you are tuned to The Wrekin (so that you aren't unknowingly thinking that you are when in fact you're watching the of another ). Bring up the signal strength screen whilst on , TV and and observe which UHF/RF channel they are tuned to. For The Wrekin they are 41, 44 and 47 respectively. 's are 42, 45 and 39 respectively.

What you can get can only be determined by an installer whist on site. However, Digital UK suggests Sutton Coldfield might be a better possibility for a full service; much better than The Wrekin.

If you have already had your aerial replaced, then it will be suitable for use on Sutton Coldfield; it will just need turning clockwise 63 degrees. If you haven't had your aerial replaced from the analogue days, then it won't be suitable for Sutton Coldfield and you may find that with a replacement on The Wrekin that it brings in the COMs much better.

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phil turner
7:58 PM
Market Drayton

no except for channels 800 to 807 saturday 25/05/13 all day

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phil turner
8:00 PM
Market Drayton

on had no problems up to 24/05/13

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jb38

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Platinum

8:21 PM

phil turner: No faults are being indicated on the notice board as far as is concerned, have you as yet made any local enquiries (neighbour etc) for purposes of verifying, or not as the case may be, if others are also being affected?

If your TV or box has a "manual tuning" facility then enter mux Ch26 (BBC) into but do NOT press search or , because if the is there its level will be shown on the indicator bar even although it might not be strong enough to resolve a , although if it did appear above 50% you could try a scan and then check if BBC1 can be viewed.

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CB
6:54 AM
Oswestry

I live near Oswestry and have had an intermittent since 2100 23/09/13 I would like to know what is going on as the signal strength varies between 100% and 0%. According to your website there are no known problems or problems ! So some thing is not right here

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chris
7:42 AM

I am nr Wem and experience the same since 9pm . Some issues this morning lso...

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