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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter._______
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 |
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, 22 January 2011
THE WREKIN transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air from 04:05 yesterday to 05:49 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:41 yesterday to 01:47 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:06 yesterday to 01:21 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week The Wrekin main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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THE WREKIN transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 02:02 yesterday to 04:04 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:21 yesterday to 01:25 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week The Wrekin main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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THE WREKIN transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 02:02 yesterday to 04:04 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:21 yesterday to 01:25 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week The Wrekin main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Sunday, 23 January 2011
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steve12:56 AM
Brian - thinking about it, the ideal would be to be told when was the last successful update.
But it is really not a big problem requiring you to spend much time on.
steve (small S).
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Monday, 24 January 2011
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I. Martin3:25 PM
Can i receive HD programmes now from Wrekin transmitter before switchover.
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Tuesday, 25 January 2011
I. Martin: No, they are not transmitted until switchover - only three months to go.
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Barry Oakley3:36 PM
Presently, I am not getting any digital signal from the Wrekin transmitter. I live at Swynnerton. Picture/sound went off 30 minutes ago eaving message, "No Signal"
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Wednesday, 26 January 2011
steve: I have removed the box, you won't see it again.
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Barry Oakley: The transmitter is operating normally, please can you see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Friday, 28 January 2011
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steve10:27 AM
Thanks Brian - so it was your creation! I had thought it was system generated.
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