Full Freeview on the Angus (Dundee City, Scotland) transmitter
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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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Angus (Dundee City, Scotland) mast?
Angus transmitter - Angus 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)
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.
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 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | _local | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | _local | _local | _local | ArqB | |||||
| C49tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C54tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C58tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | -BBCA | ||||
| C61 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 AM/FM Angus TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Dundee micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Angus transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 18 January 2018
MikeP
11:36 PM
11:36 PM
Alan Hume:
Depends on what equipment you have and how they are connected together. If you give model numbers we can look up the technical details.
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Saturday, 20 January 2018
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Alan Hume11:49 AM
Dundee
It's a Panasonic dmr hwt250. There is a masthead amp on the antenna and the hdr has it's own antenna connection. The hdr is connected to the tv with an HDMI cable. It can receive and displays com7 stations but will not record them.
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Friday, 16 February 2018
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Alan Hume 11:32 AM
Well as mysteriously as it occurred, my recording problems with BBC4 HD have disappeared. One of life's enigma.
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Monday, 19 February 2018
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Alan Hume8:00 PM
I notice that BBC4 HD has moved to com8. Is this why my ability to record it has been restored?
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StevensOnln111:24 PM
Alan Hume: That change took place several weeks ago.
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Tuesday, 3 April 2018
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Raphael7:45 AM
Montrose
Hi, having issues with all TV channels on COM7 which includes BBC News HD at postcode DD10 9LQ. I have followed the rescan instructions, even a full factory reset. This has a temporary effect of restoring the COM7 channels at 50% signal/quality, but can see it fluctuating between 50% and 0% every second. Don't have any issues with any other TV channels which all have signal strength 74% and signal quality 100%.
It appears to me that COM7 has been getting worse since the beginning of March. Very annoying. Can anything be done to improve the transmitter signal?
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StevensOnln15:02 PM
Raphael: A fluctuating signal like you describe is likely to be caused by a problem with your aerial system (e.g. a loose or damaged connection somewhere) or they aerial may have been moved by the wind or damaged by the bad weather over the last few weeks. COM7 & COM8 are broadcast at a much lower power level than the main PSB1-3 & COM4-6 muxes from Angus and would therefore be the most likely to show signs of a fault.
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Monday, 1 October 2018
Can you tell me which aerial group I should use please.
Angus is my nearest transmitter and I live in DD4 7UN area.
My current aerial has a yellow marking on the end and I suspect I have the wrong aerial as I get very poor reception.
Kind Regards
Peter Davidson
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StevensOnln17:20 PM
Peter Davidson: The best thing would be to fit a wideband type such as a log periodic which will be suitable to receive all current and planned future frequencies (Angus is due to change frequency for all multiplexes in 3 stages which will be completed by the end of next year). It's also worth checking for any loose or damaged cables or connections as at on 10km away you should be getting a very strong signal.
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Saturday, 27 October 2018
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