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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.

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Which Freeview channels does the The Wrekin transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C26 (514.0MHz)455mDTG-20,000W
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1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C23 (490.0MHz)455mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C30- (545.8MHz)455mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C41+ (634.2MHz)455mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C44 (658.0MHz)455mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C47 (682.0MHz)455mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 49km east-southeast (116°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
regional news image
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?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-1327 Feb 2018
A K TA K TA K TW TK T
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C26BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCABBCA
C29C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C30-BBCBBBCB
C33BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C35C5wavesC5waves
C41+SDNSDN
C44ArqAArqA
C47ArqBArqB
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

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 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

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Monday, 11 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
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5:10 AM

The Wrekin transmitter - The Wrekin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 18 November 2024
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5:09 AM

The Wrekin transmitter - The Wrekin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]

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Sunday, 24 November 2024
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2:35 PM

THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 11:05 until 24 Nov 11:06. . [BBC]

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Thursday, 28 November 2024
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11:20 AM

THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 28 Nov 10:30. Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 11:05 until 24 Nov 11:06. . [BBC]

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2:20 PM

THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 28 Nov 10:30 until 28 Nov 11:59. Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 11:05 until 24 Nov 11:06. . [BBC]

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Friday, 29 November 2024
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2:21 PM

THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 28 Nov 10:30 until 28 Nov 11:59. . [BBC]

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Thursday, 5 December 2024
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Stephen
11:55 AM

Hi Everyone
Recently moved to a property, with multiple TV outlets. With the help of a signal strength meter
(Horizon) an average reading of less than 40 dbv was noted at each point. Further investigation revealed a contract aerial held up with string, vertically polarised in the loft with a very ancient 8 way distribution amplifier. Did a check and the Wrekin transmitter is less than 20 miles away, so have now installed a Blake 56 element log periodic outdoor, horizontally polarised, feeding into a new Blake 8 output distribution amplifier. Signal strength from the antenna is 65 - 68dbv on the main multiplexes 23, 26, and 30 with around 58 - 60 dbv on 41,44, and 47. Whilst I now have a full range of channels, including HD, only 3 of the outlets will give Channel 7 Birmingham TV. Could this be down to actual coaxial feeds or connections to the other outlets? They are all plastered in the walls.

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Friday, 6 December 2024
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12:39 AM

Stephen:

The Local multiplex that carries Channel 7 Birmingham TV (and a couple of other channels) is not broadcast the same as the other multiplexes nor is it broadcast from all main transmitters and where it is, it's normally beamed in the specific direction of the main area of population for that particular transmitter.

The Wrekin, doesn't have a Local multiplex, so if you are receiving it on some sets, then you are getting a (probably quite weak) signal from another transmitter. The cable paths from your Distribution amp to the sets not getting the signal may be just sufficiently too long (or poor quality cable) that the signal is too low.

Without a full postcode, we don't know which transmitter you may be getting that Local multiplex from and whether there's anything you could practically do to improve it, or indeed whether it's just a bit of a fluke.

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Saturday, 7 December 2024
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Stephen
1:02 PM
Church Stretton

Hi Chris
Thanks for your reply. My postcode is SY6 7HU.
The three TV outlets which are giving channel 7, I have been able to rewire, removing the old brown type coaxial type cabling and replacing with WF100.
It may just be coincidence but when I was installing the log periodic I did check for the Sutton Coldfield
transmitter, which was receivable at a lower signal strength of around 50dbv, so maybe channel 7 is being received from this transmitter.

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4:30 PM

Stephen:

Hi. Yes undoubtedly it's likely to be Sutton Coldfield, so you'll find the mux on C48 in your tuning section.
It'll no doubt be a weaker signal with the transmitter being 60km away and a bit off beam compared to the direction of the Wrekin.

According to the Freeview predictor, the aerial should be roughly at compass bearing 40 degrees (slightly N of NW) whereas Sutton Coldfield is compass bearing 85 degrees (towards almost due E). Those Log periodics do have a fairly broad beamwidth which is why you might be getting it (depending on the actual direction your aerial points). Sometimes that can be useful, other times it can be a nuisance if there's unwanted reception of other transmitters.

You might be able to tweak you reception of that Local mux by pointing the aerial slight further East BUT it could be at the expense of your Wrekin signal as you have a close-by hill whose top is just in the way of the Wrekin signal.

Your rewired outlets with decent cable is most likely why sufficient signal for the Local mux is getting to them.

Let us know if you have a play with your aerial direction and how you get on.

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