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 22/04/2024 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 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 withheldSunday, 23 July 2023
That's ok! No. All went this morning couldn't get any stations SD now back but no HD channels.
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Update. Channels all back and now all at full strength and quality again !
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Monday, 24 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
The Wrekin transmitter - The Wrekin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 24/07/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 28 July 2023
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David Price3:21 PM
Wrekin transmitter work carried out from 24 07 2023 and possible interference to reception ( it is lots of channels pixelated) but no mention of when the work will be finished
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Paul Robinson5:47 PM
Wrekin worse than ever tonight lost virtually all channels. Signaltest, strength 100%, quality2%
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Chris.SE10:11 PM
David Price:
Paul Robinson:
I'm afraid Arqiva never say when work will be finished, nor what it entails, a lot of which could be weather dependant.
There is additionally a little bit of tropospheric ducting around which might add to the problems for brief periods causing interference from distant transmitters in the UK or Europe.
Paul Robinson:
With signal strength at 100% & such low quality that sounds like you have a lot of interference.
How long have those conditions been persisting?
What sort of figures do you get normally?
Have you had a postcard from https://restoretv.uk at all?
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Saturday, 29 July 2023
It's only been happening last week or so, on HD I normally get 100% strength and 98-100% quality. Many thanks for the reply and explanation
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Sunday, 30 July 2023
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Chris.SE4:30 PM
Paul Robinson:
IIRC, The Wrekin was recently first listed for Planned Engineering in the 2nd week of July, whether or not the work is complete is never certain as although it seems it's not listed next week we know the lists can be inaccurate from time to time.
What Signal Strengths and Quality do you normally get for the other multiplexes?
100% signals can sometimes overload the receiver front end which can cause pixellation and sound break up under some conditions, but what you should have is 100% Quality all the time under normal conditions.
As you used to use the Brierley Hill transmitter (assumed from your previous posts) have you replaced your aerial? Do you have a pre-amp/splitter?
If both, I hope it was a Group K aerial. If the amp/splitter has a variable gain control then turn it down a touch until signals strength drops but Quality remains at 100%. Wait of course until all your signals are back to the normal that you usually see.
I don't know what sort of reception you are predicted to get as you haven't given a full postcode (so can't advise on that point), then even if you have only re-orientated your aerial and it's not a Group K, put your postcode into the "Not sure" selection on https://restoretv.uk and if it says Yes, then get a free filter from them in case you are getting any mobile mast interference.
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Paul Robinson6:47 PM
Thanks Chris, yes i used to used to use Brierley Hill Hill transmitter move back to the Wrekin, due to building work. Fortunately I've just done a rescan energise and I'm back with all channels. They seem to be running at around 90% strength and 100% quality. On some of the weaker multiplexers I normally get around 60% and 40%, and that is now the same.
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Friday, 11 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
1:47 PM
1:47 PM
The Wrekin transmitter - The Wrekin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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