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 withheldFriday, 11 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 19:04 yesterday to 20:54 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 19:04 on 10 Mar to 20:54 on 10 Mar. [BBC]
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Thursday, 7 April 2016
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Trevor Wootton12:40 PM
Shrewsbury
Hi, I listen to some radio stations which on the 18th April 2016 are changing channels to use the11A block, which the Wrekin does not support. Yes, when at home I could use the internet, but I bought 2 DAB car radios especially to listen to my particular radio stations. so the question is when is the Wrekin going to catch up with the technology available.
Cheers
Trevor
SY4 4NU
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Thursday, 21 April 2016
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Carole Hughes11:46 AM
Wolverhampton
WV10 6LP
I continually have problems with my upstairs TV . I have reset and done what is asked but have no picture.
I cannot get Talking Pictures on either of my sets which I am assured by them I could get.
HELP
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Monday, 25 April 2016
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Mrs D Whitehouse4:04 PM
Shifnal
Last night and today we are experiencing the picture breaking up and freezing. Can you please let me know if there are any problems in our area. This is happening on our freeview channels and our BT box.Have tried turning evertything off abd re booted but still hapening. Our postcode is TF11 8AH Thank you
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Thursday, 2 June 2016
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Helen11:58 AM
Following the June 1st changes we find the following
- we have an amplifier as we are on the edge of the signal area. The signal strength was 40% and the signal quality 2%, our sagemcom box could not cope at all.
- removing the amplifier raises signal quality to over 90% but signal strength is below 20%. Sagemcom box now working (!), not sure how.
would be very interested to know what you actually did! Have to say that these changes were not well publicised - this afternoon's job is to go and retune a relative's TV and recorder box as she's lost all BBC channels.
thanks.
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Monday, 27 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:04 today to 16:15 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:04 yesterday to 16:15 yesterday. [BBC]
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steve P2:43 PM
Helen this website is nothing to do with the transmitting people; it just gives information.
One of the peculiarities of digital signalling is that if the strength is too strong it will stop working.
So if the strength where you are increased it is quite possible that it was too strong amplified and Goldilocks unamplified.
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neil3:28 PM
steve P: i can not get vintage on freesat as of today 28 june 2016
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