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 |
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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 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 withheldWednesday, 27 November 2019
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Alan Napier3:09 PM
BBCchannel keeps breaking have retuned twice
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StevensOnln13:16 PM
Alan Napier: Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Retuning is the worst thing to do and will never fix a signal problem.
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GMurray3:31 PM
Located in Auchterarder, pointing towards Angus transmitter. After re-tune today getting nothing on channel 33 (COM4/SDN) or 36 (COM5 ARQA). All others showing good signal/good quality except channel 45 (PSB3/BBCB) which shows good signal but poor quality.
Not sure if these are not 100% after the transmitter change and I should wait it out or if there is another issue?
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J. P. Ashby3:44 PM
Forfar
All 3 of my TVs are showing no signal. They stopped working at about midnight and do not respond to any attempts to retune. Two are digital and one is analog on a decoder. All are on Freeview. The aerial is in the roof and correctly orientated and has been working well for many years. I live in Letham, Forfar, Angus DD8 2PU. Please give me a sitrep, Thanks J. P. Ashby
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Chris.SE3:50 PM
Alan Napier:
GMurray:
As you know Angus has had a major retune event today. The channel listing here is incorrect as the site owner has not kept up with all the 700Mhz clearance changes.
The correct UHF channels for Angus in the order PSBs1-3, COMs4-8, Local (if close enough) are -
39, 42, 45, 33, 36, 48, 55, 56, 34
It may be best to do an automatic retune with the aerial unplugged to clear all existing tuning (as no channels received) and then plug the aerial back in, and your choice of a manual tune to the UHF channels listed or an automatic one.
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Chris.SE3:59 PM
I should have noted on my previous post that Angus previously needed a Group C/D aerial, but with the changes some people will need a new Group T/Wideband aerial to get all multiplexes satisfactorily. Those closer to the transmitter may receive all OK, otherwise you may struggle with the lower UHF channels.
J.P.Ashby:
Noting my above comment, try retuning again as per my previous post.
Anyone not being able to receive all the multiplexes, providing you don't have Satellite or Cable TV you can get free help by contacting the Freeview Advice line on 0808-100-0288 where they should be offering to send an engineer to replace your aerial with a Group T / Wideband which is what you'll need to have satisfactory reception of all multiplexes.
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GMurray7:55 PM
Chris.SE:
Update to my earlier query with missing channel 33 (COM4/SDN) and 36 (COM5 ARQA) after 27/11 change. I had upgraded my aerial a few years back from C/D to Wideband, but I've just spotted that my masthead amp is C/D which will probably account for the missing channels 33 & 36.
One new observation is that I can't get BBC1 HD (101) tonight. Showing as no signal. Re-tune made no difference? I'm sure it was there this morning after the first re-tune?
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Chris.SE8:33 PM
GMurray:
Ah, yes that won't be helping. It the masthead amp adjustable or filter removable? Surprised you aren't getting issues with the PSB1 mux.
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Thursday, 28 November 2019
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GMurray7:16 PM
Chris.SE:
Update.Replaced masthead amp today with wideband version and the missing channel 33 (COM4/SDN) and 36 (COM5 ARQA) are now seen. Unfortunately I still can't get aany of the HD channels on PSB3 / BBCB (ch 45).
Any thoughts?
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Hong Kong Bill11:55 PM
GMurray: A postcode is required to see predicted reception at your location. Without it, very little can be said.
You don't have any UHF modulators from a VCR or Sky box set to C45?
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