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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 Digital tick


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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C39- (617.8MHz)546mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba HD, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 13 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C42 (642.0MHz)546mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C45 (666.0MHz)546mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C33 (570.0MHz)546mDTG-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
C36 (594.0MHz)546mDTG-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
C48 (690.0MHz)546mDTG-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)

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

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 112km southwest (228°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
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 AActive deflector40 km N of Dundee
Glen Cova BActive deflector

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

1965-80s1984-971997-981998-20102010-132013-182013-1727 Nov 2019
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TW TW T
C11ITVwaves
C31com7com7
C33SDN
C34_local
C36ArqA
C37com8com8
C39BBCA
C42D3+4
C45BBCB
C48_local_local_localArqB
C49tv_off ArqBArqB
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C54tv_offSDNSDNSDN
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off
C57tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C58tv_offArqAArqAArqA
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves -BBCA-BBCA
C61ArqB
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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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

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

Sep 1961-Jun 1997Grampian Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014STV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Monday, 17 August 2020
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Chris.SE
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10:58 PM

Steve :

It would be helpful is you could say how long (roughly) this "for some time now" is?

The Angus transmitter is listed this week for Planned Engineering with "Possible service interruptions", so if there are any transmitter issues, they should be addressed However, read on.

As part of the 700MHz Clearance programme see https://www.freeview.co.u…nce, UHF channels were changed at the Angus transmitter on the 27th of November 2019.
Previously it's channels were all in Aerial Group C/D. The change moved all but two of the main multiplexes to Group B and other 2, COM4/SDn to C33, & the Local multiplex to C34 technically in Group A. Whilst the temporary HD multiplexes COMs 7&8 remained at C55 & C56 in Group C/D.

This means that the lowest channels may not be received well (or at all) in all locations if people have old Group C/D aerials (most identified by a Green bung in the ends). A full postcode is needed to look at the predicted reception for your location.

Reception of COMs 7&8 and the Local multiplex are more dependent on location as they are lower power.
Effectively to receive all multiplexes a Group T/Wideband aerial is required. If your location has no predicted reception of COMs 7&8 and local poeple wit Wideband aerial are not getting them, then a Group K aerial is the one required.

So if you and your neighbours still have old Group C/D aerials you may not reliably receive all multiplexes.
For which channels are on which multiplexes, see Channel listings | Freeview

If you know that you have a Wideband aerial, your issue may be related to a transmitter problem which would hopefully be fixed at the end of the engineering but just to complicate matters further, there is currently weather related issues which can cause interference to, and loss of, reception - hence my opening question.
If you have old aerial, free help may still be available.

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Monday, 24 August 2020
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Steve
3:01 PM
Newport-on-tay

Hi, thanks for your reply, my postcode is DD6 8SG, all the affecting programs are on ARQ A. The tv ariel is probably 28 years old so possibly not the best?

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Tuesday, 25 August 2020
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Chris.SE
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10:13 AM

Steve :

Well with that age of aerial, I'd be surprised if it weren't an old Group C/D. However, as you are predicted to get excellent reception of all multiplexes from Angus, it might be that it is/was a transmitter issue causing the problem especially if the problem with ArqA is only recent. The Angus transmitter is still listed for Planned Engineering so maybe it's not yet "fixed". ArqA isn't the lowest frequency channel in use at Angus, SDN and the Local multiplex are lower on C33 & C34.
Keep an eye on this over the next few days, if it doesn't improve post back.

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Friday, 4 December 2020
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Shaun
4:54 PM
Dundee

In DD4 8XJ, for the past 4 days have had no digital signal, the bit level error is high too.
Is there a problem with Angus transmitter? Had the same problem at the same time last year
Thank you

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Saturday, 5 December 2020
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Chris.SE
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1:01 AM

Shaun:

There are no reports of transmitter faults either by Freeview or the BBC and the transmitter isn't currently +listed for any planned maintenance. However earlier in the week there was some "Tropospheric Ducting" affecting different parts of the UK at different times (see Effect of tropospheric ducting on Freeview | RTIS for a simplified explanation).

If you happened to retune, or your set auto retuned whilst you had no signal or when it was suffering large errors, it would likely have cleared correct tuning and you may even be tuned to the wrong transmitter which you can no longer receive. It is recommend that you turn off any auto-retune as it's usually more trouble than it's worth. Retunes are not that frequent and you will usually be prompted by on-screen pop-ups if one is required which you can than initiate manually.

Try the following procedure - unplug the aerial and carry out a full automatic retune. This should clear any previous tuning as nothing will be found (this doesn't work on some devices such as Youview boxes where a reset would be needed). Plug the aerial back in and repeat the retune which will hopefully restore all channels correctly.

If you are still having problem then check that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction and that your downlead looks undamaged (especially if it is old). Also check all your coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads are a common problem, try swapping/changing them.

Post back with more detail about your installation if you haven't solved the problem.

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Wednesday, 12 January 2022
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Irene Lindsay
11:58 AM

I have been experiencing major signal issues for several weeks on the BBC channels. I tried phoning 0345 650 5050 to report this, but it just disconnects me. Sometime ago the transmitter engineers came out and fixed it in my loft. Can I please have a contact phone number for the transmitter service. Thank you.

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StevensOnln1
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2:20 PM

Irene Lindsay: Transmitter engineers don't fix faults with aerials in people's homes, they only work on the transmitter network. The people who carried out the work in your loft were probably working for Restore TV, who are the organisation set up and funded by the mobile networks to resolve problems caused by the 800MHz and more recent 700MHz clearances and who also supply free filters to block interference from the 4G and 5G signals now using those frequency bands. The phone number you mentioned is the Freeview retune advice line which was setup to assist people who list signal when the frequency clearance changes took place. They would not be able to send out anyone to fix any other fault with your aerial system.

If the fault has been ongoing for a long time and you have checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV you would be advised to contact a local aerial installer.

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Chris.SE
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11:23 PM

Irene Lindsay:

Several weeks ago there was quite a lot of intermittent disruption to TV reception as a result of weather conditions at the time causing "tropospheric ducting" where signals from distant transmitters in Europe or the UK can be received locally and cause interference to your wanted signals.

Last week for example there should have been no problem with reception, did you have a problem then?
On Monday this week, the BBC have reported a fault on the Angus transmitter -
From 2:06:41pm to 2:11:40pm on 10th Jan 2022 BBC A Slightly reduced power due to a fault.
Is your reception ok now?

Do you have any distribution amp/splitter in your installation feeding several TVs?
If you had a loft install when DMSL (Restore TV/at800) fitted a free replacement aerial as a result of the transmitter changes that were part of the 700MHz clearance program, then you probably receive a good signal in normal circumstances, though we'd need a full postcode to check that.
Have a look in your TV tuning section for the signal strength and quality for each of the UHF channels for each multiplex and if any of those are not showing 100% quality then post the detail for all the multiplexes.

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Tuesday, 31 May 2022
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George center
6:59 AM
Dundee

Transmitter engineering: no signal in dundee dd2 1dn area

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3:52 PM

George center :

Unfortunately posts can take an inordinate amount of time to appear on this site (the owner was going to investigate, and also after getting a fatal error message the post still appears), so patience is needed and to wait several minutes before checking if the post succeeded.

The Angus transmitter is currently listed for Planned Engineering with Possible effect on TV reception as "Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels" which means dependant on aerial installation and particular location might mean complete loss of signal. So this is probably what you've experienced.

Do NOT retune when you have lost signal, this usually just clears the correct tuning and you'd have to retune again when your signals return, which you may have to repeat a few times as you can't be certain when that might be.

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