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 11/11/2024 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 withheldMonday, 20 January 2014
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MikeB1:34 PM
Craig: If you click on the DigitalUK link next to your question, you can see for yourself! Since your only 5km from the transmitter, the answer would be lots more than 20 (have alook at the top of this page for the full list).
You'll probably need a better aerial, higher up - have a google for 'ATV sheffield', which will tell you all about aerials, or ask on this site - there are loads of people who could answer better than I could.
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Craig: At 3.3 miles away you would be expected to have an excellent signal. As for what sort of aerial to use, if you already have an aerial from the days of analogue then try it. Within such close proximity it will probably bring in all channels, including the COMs which may be "out of group" for the aerial.
A log periodic aerial is what you need, such as shown here (other models and suppliers are available):
Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
Try manually tuning for the missing channels. If you go to the manual tune screen and enter the UHF channel number but do not press the button to scan, the receiver will act as a signal meter allowing you to move your aerial whilst observing the signal level. Remember that it may take several seconds to catch up.
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Tuesday, 22 April 2014
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Sam8:23 PM
my itv keeps dropping out of picture every 10mins or so but It says excellent quality and signal
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Wednesday, 23 April 2014
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Sam8:00 PM
My ITV still keeps dropping out of the picture. it happened almost every hour today. but my Freeview still says excellent signal quality. What is going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mani 9:30 PM
All my freeview hd channels disappeared and retune did no good. Has anyone else have this issue?
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Saturday, 26 April 2014
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Sam10:50 PM
Maybe I would not use bad language if somebody actually helped me, or told me what might be the problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sunday, 27 April 2014
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MikeB6:53 PM
Sam: You didn't actually give us any information to work with, and the swearing/exclamation marks really didn't help..
OK - we really need a postcode, which you can enter very easily when you next post. Once we have that we have a location, which means we can see where your nearest transmitter is, etc. Also details of your aerial (indoor, on roof, etc) and what transmitter your tuned to.
However, you said your in Oswestry, so putting in the Guildhall's postcode into the Digital UK website (all this info will come up automatically if you supply your postcode to the site), the Wrekin is 40km away, while Sutton Coldfield is 87km. However, they are in a very similar direction, and the Wrekin is indicated as not being great for you. It could be that you've picked up Coldfield instead. However, since Wrekin is channel 26, its the first to normally be picked up.
You could have local interference, or you could have too high a signal, which is overloading the tuner. Check your signal strength - is it 100% or lower, and what transmitter are you on? Also, we need more than 'picture is funny' - is its breaking up and going blocky?
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I Live in WY11, My ariel is roof, my singal strength and quality is 100%, what happens it the picture freezes, goes black then comes up breaking up then clears, this only lasts about 15 seconds, it only happens on ITV and some nights does not do it but some nights every 15 mins or so
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MikeB10:48 PM
Sam: WY11 really isn't enough (trust me, none of us are out to find exactly where you live), and if you put your postcode at the top right hand corner of the page (or use my location when you ask a question), it will give you a lot of info.
However, if your getting 100% signal strength, its really too high (if you have a booster, etc, try to bypass it), and look here Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | Digital switchover | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice .
Just because your 40km from the transmitter, it doesn't mean your not going to get too strong a signal. Why ITV should be doing this, goodness knows, but its worth checking on your TV that you are tuned into the Wrekin transmitter.
The other thing to think about is interference - see here: Freeview intermittent interference | Freeview Interference | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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