Full Freeview on the Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter which serves 24,000 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 Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter._______
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 Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Selkirk 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)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Selkirk transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 100km west-northwest (291°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 75km south (187°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
Are there any self-help relays?
| Sourhope | Active deflector | Nr Yetholm | 6 homes |
How will the Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1961-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2008 | 2008-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 14 Aug 2019 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | ||
| C13 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C52tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C53tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C57tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
| C60tv_off | -ArqB | -ArqB | |||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 Nov 08 and 20 Nov 08.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 50kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 10kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-12.2dB) 3kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 500W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Selkirk transmitter area
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Thursday, 26 January 2012
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Malcolm5:35 PM
When I switch on my Toshiba TV a box appears on those channels broadcasting on the PSB1 multiplext asking me to perform a software upgrade. When I try this, I am told that no upgrades are available. In any case, the TV is set to be automatically upgraded. It is annoying to have to delete this dialogue box every time before watching a programme.Is there any advice available to fix this problem? I can see the transmitter from my house, and I have a loft aerial.
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Malcolm5:38 PM
Melrose
Sorry, forgot to say that the transmitter is the Selkirk one, and my post code is TD6 0SZ
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jb385:56 PM
Malcolm: Have a look in your Toshiba's set up menu and you will most likely see an option to disable these update warnings, if you cant see it mentioned anywhere give an update on the model number of the set and it can be checked on.
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jb386:02 PM
Malcolm: Just to add that, that although you have got it set for automatic upgrades the circuitry used by some brands doesnt have the ability to know the message doesnt apply, this being why when software upgrades are being transmitted the message springs up.
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Malcolm7:37 PM
Thanks. No sign of that option to disable on the set up menu. The set is Toshiba 26WLT66 ( 4 to 5 years old.
The problem is just on those channels grouped together on the transmitter (BBC1,2 News Channel, Alba, CBeebies etc.) It does not appear on the other groups (ITV etc). Re your second message about auto upgrades - will the message eventually go away once the upgrades are all finally transmitted.
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jb388:35 PM
Malcolm: As regards to the former, its basically because equipment upgrades are always broadcast on the BBC multiplex and not the commercial ones, and as far as the latter question is concerned yes! they will do dependant on the arrangements that have been made with the equipment manufacturers.
I will have a check on your model and give an update, possibly later on failing that tomorrow.
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Friday, 27 January 2012
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jb386:26 PM
Malcolm: You may have already found it by now, but the auto-upgrade ON/OFF facility is illustrated on page 29 of the WLT66 series user manual under the "features" heading.
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Saturday, 28 January 2012
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Malcolm5:21 PM
jb. Many thanks for your help which seems to have sorted out the problem.
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Friday, 11 May 2012
SELKIRK transmitter - Over the next week Selkirk main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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SELKIRK transmitter - Over the next week Selkirk main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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