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
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 withheldSaturday, 26 October 2013
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Steve Lee3:52 PM
I seem to get less freeview channels than I used to. Signal strength is about 75%. Is there anything going on? Aerial looks fine.
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MikeB11:22 PM
Steve Lee: Unfortunately, you havn't supplied a postcode, but its a fair bet that an automatic retune or something similar has changed your transmitter from the main to a light transmitter, hence the fewer channels.
Your signal strength is perfect, btw.
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Thursday, 14 November 2013
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Phil2:39 PM
Just lost c41, c44 and c47 multiplexes since last week. Has anything changed with this transmitter? I'm in sy5 really close to the Wrekin and normally get great reception. (52.6048,-2.6451)
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Saturday, 16 November 2013
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John7:40 PM
Recently my freeview TV progamme guide is blank or has blank sections.. also the info can be an hour behind. I've found that chaging from 14 day to 8 day epg brings some or all of the programme listings back, I've done a reset on my box (Thomson) and a retune which brings everything back...but again today (16/11/13) it was blank again! I've read that the 4G roll out might cuase interference to freeview..but this is detailed as only on freq channels 59 and 60 (juts below & around 800MHz)...the Wrekin transmitter does not go as high as this..but could 4G still be causing my problem?
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Saturday, 23 November 2013
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Betamax_man7:16 PM
Stoke-on-trent
My daughter is living in Stoke on Trent and cannot access the Trentham TX because the hill so has to use The Wrekin TX. All muxes work apart from COM4 & COM5. The aerial is a log periodic and is in the loft. Other than installing an outdoor aerial, is there a way to improve things?
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Betamax_man: Looking at satellite and Streetview photographs of the area it seems clear that reception from The Wrekin along the road your daughter lives on could be difficult due to the hospital building and the many trees in the area.
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Sunday, 24 November 2013
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Betamax_man10:08 AM
York
Thanks Dave. I did mean Fenton is impossible at my daughter's location. All the aerials in her location face The Wrekin apart from the odd one or two that face Sutton Coldfield. It's strange it is only COM4 & COM5 that are affected and not COM6 as well.
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Betamax_man: Different frequencies (UHF channels) are affected in different ways when they pass through/over objects which is why you get situations where not all signals are received at the same levels.
You may have experienced this if you ever used a set-top aerial with analogue reception. It was a case of putting the aerial in a location that allowed reception of all channels. Some may have been better than others.
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Thursday, 28 November 2013
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Phil8:03 PM
Stoke-on-trent
I live in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, and I can't get any signal at all on CH44, I've had some aerial guys out and I've tried a 22dB gain booster but I've had no improvement, apparently my aerial checks out fine. Should I get a second opinion on that or try another signal booster?
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Saturday, 7 December 2013
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Sid8:47 PM
Worcester
Phil..
What is ch47 like as this one and ch44 that you are having trouble with are only 10kw, the other multiplexes from the Wrekin are 20kw power.
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