Full Freeview on the Angus (Dundee City, Scotland) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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56.554,-2.987 or 56°33'15"N 2°59'15"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Angus (Dundee City, Scotland) transmitter which serves 130,000 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 Angus (Dundee City, Scotland) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Angus 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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C39- (617.8MHz)	546m	DTG-	20,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C42 (642.0MHz)	546m	DTG-	20,000W
	3 STV (SD) (STV North (Dundee micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Scotland ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Scotland ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh),
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C45 (666.0MHz)	546m	DTG-	20,000W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (STV West), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 108 BBC Scotland HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C33 (570.0MHz)	546m	DTG-8	10,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! movies action, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 15 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C36 (594.0MHz)	546m	DTG-8	10,000W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C48 (690.0MHz)	546m	DTG-8	10,000W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Angus transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 112km southwest (228°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 11km south (177°)
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

Glen Cova A	Active deflector	40 km N of Dundee
Glen Cova B	Active deflector

How will the Angus (Dundee City, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1965-80s	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2010	2010-13	2013-18	2013-17	27 Nov 2019
	VHF	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E T	W T	W T
C11	ITV_waves
C31							com7	com7
C33								SDN
C34								_local
C36								ArqA
C37							com8	com8
C39								BBCA
C42								D3+4
C45								BBCB
C48					_local	_local	_local	ArqB
C49_{tv_off}						ArqB	ArqB
C53_{tv_off}		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
C54_{tv_off}					SDN	SDN	SDN
C55_{tv_off}								com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}								COM8_{tv_off}
C57_{tv_off}		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
C58_{tv_off}					ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
C60_{tv_off}		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves		-BBCA	-BBCA
C61					ArqB
C63		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves

_{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 4 Aug 10 and 18 Aug 10.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	20kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB	(-3dB) 10kW
com7	(-6dB) 5kW
com8	(-6.1dB) 4.9kW
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B	(-7dB) 4kW
Mux C, Mux D	(-10dB) 2kW
Analogue 1-4	(-23dB) 100W

Local transmitter maps

Angus Freeview Angus DAB Angus TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Dundee micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Angus transmitter area

Sep 1961-Jun 1997	Grampian Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014	STV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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Briantist

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9:11 AM

Aaron: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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John
12:14 AM
Dundee

Hi there,

I live in DD5 3NA and I can only up PSB 1 & 2. The three COM signals do not appear to be picked up. I have used the but today moved my to the - no change. My folks live further away in Carnoustie but they manage to receive all of the . It is only a aerial. Might this be the problem?

Thanks for your/advice.

John

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Briantist

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6:14 AM

John: You are predicted to receive all six multiplexes from the with a rooftop . are not suitable for reliable .

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Bob Reid
1:32 PM
Perth

Hi - I have recently lost , Fiver and Five usa from my selection . I have re-scanned several times. One of the televisions in the house stil shows those options but a blank screen is shown when I select them. Although I live in Scone I receive good with ariel so I would prefer to stay with this . Thanks Bob

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Briantist

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2:53 PM

Bob Reid: You are not predicted to receive SDN as your comes from the , which does not carry the service.

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bob reid
9:40 AM
Perth

Thanks . We are not on the . We installed before Perth transmitter was constructed and we received a good (and still do) with outside ariel and a from the transmitter. Don't want to reposition the ariel towards Perth unless nessessary but would a high ariel still from the Angus transmitter? We received strong signal , Fiver and Five USA until 3 weeks ago when Alba appeared (but no content) about the same time. Bob

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bob reid
12:55 PM
Perth

- I've just seen that my postcode is wrongly shown on this site. My postcode is PH2 6RP. Should've noticed this before asking the question. Sorry. Bob

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Mike Dimmick

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3:55 PM

bob reid: UK's predictor still reckons you will get best results from the at present. For a six- service it reckons your best option will be , once that switches over next month, although most multiplexes are expected to remain poor until late 2012.

Looking at the terrain and distance that does seem pretty unlikely! Still, Black Hill transmits at 10 times the of , and Angus may not transmit equal power in all directions.

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Andy Chenhall
12:51 PM
Perth

My postcode is PH2 7DA, served by the . line of sight giving a very good , but it doesn't transmit the full range of . How likely is it I could get these from either or Blackhill?

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Briantist

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12:31 PM

Andy Chenhall: Sorry, but you can't get any more using you . Your best option is , see Compare Freeview Light and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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