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There are no longer any television transmissions on the The Wrekin B (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the The Wrekin B (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter. 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 B (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter.

This transmitter is no longer being used for TV

In the past, television services were provided from this transmitter. However, these have not been withdrawn.

Please see the table below for details of the historic used of this transmitter location.

How will the The Wrekin B (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-1327 Feb 2018-
A K TA K TA K TA B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHF
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C26BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C29C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C33BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C35C5wavesC5waves

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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 1-4 100kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-17dB) 2kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the The Wrekin transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. The Wrekin B was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Friday, 4 March 2011
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Allan Gainer
6:11 PM
Wolverhampton

Thanks again Briantist - I was confused by the fact that The Wrekin is shown on my page as being 28.0 km from my home, while Wrekin B is 28.1 km! Must be a very big mast!!

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Briantist
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7:58 PM

Allan Gainer: Sorry, for any confusion, it shouldn't show itself 100m apart. It certainly is taller than 100m.

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Tuesday, 8 March 2011
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Jim Corbett
11:51 AM

Can you tell me what time on April 6th and 20th the switch over will take place.
I understand that bbc2 analogue will be switched off on April 6th but can not find what the frequancies of the digital multiplexes will be transmited between 6 April and 20 April. Can you advise.

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Briantist
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12:10 PM

Jim Corbett: The process starts at midnight and can take six to eight hours, depending on the transmitter.

The digital services continue to broadcast on the same frequencies until the final date, with the exception of PSB1 which broadcasts on the new frequency.

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Mike Dimmick
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12:42 PM
Reading

Jim Corbett: see The Wrekin transmitter page for frequencies. Where two sets of frequencies are used, with the transmitting aerials pointing in different directions, this site shows one set as a 'B' transmitter.

After switchover is fully complete, the main aerial will transmit digital signals to (roughly) the analogue coverage area, and different aerials in different directions are no longer required.

The BBC A multiplex will start up on BBC One's current analogue channel, so BBC One will be moving to C33, BBC Two's current analogue channel, on 6 April.

On the 20th of April, D3+4 and the HD multiplex launch at full power and final mode. Mux A moves to C49 from the 'B' aerials (currently Mux 2), while Mux C and D swap over. This appears to allow Mux D to launch in its final mode as ArqB, giving capacity for Sky Sports. (Mux C will also be in the final mode as ArqA.)

The commercial multiplexes will reach their final frequencies, modes and powers on 28 September, when you will have to retune again.

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Thursday, 10 March 2011
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Wimpy
12:34 AM

I have clear line of sight to the Wrekin and live 13 km from the transmitter. Normaly as you might expect I get good signal quality and strength > 95%.
However at certain times the signals can drop as low as 50% causing a breakup of the picture.

Is this due to some changes at the transmitter or a problem within my reception/freeview box.

Thanks in advance

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Eric Beasley
12:38 PM
Halesowen

i have recentley had an outside digital areial erected directed at wrekin.My new sony bravia television has an HD reciever installed, when will i be able to recieve HD programes.

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Briantist
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12:41 PM

Eric Beasley: Wednesday 20th April 2011.

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Monday, 11 April 2011
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Allan Gainer
9:52 AM
Wolverhampton

Since the partial switchover on 6th April I have been able to retune most of my equipment, but have not been successful with my Alba STB8 set top box. Although I followed the instructions for a first time instalation; of the BBC channels, only BBC1 is consistently available. I get a NO CHANNEL message and a list of new channels and deleted channels which bear no resemlance to reality!

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