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.
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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)
The Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? 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)
The Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Selkirk transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 100km west-northwest (291°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-lookaround.jpg)
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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Monday, 3 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Selkirk transmitter - Selkirk transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 03/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 24 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:07 AM
11:07 AM
Selkirk transmitter - Selkirk transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 24/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 1 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:06 AM
5:06 AM
Selkirk transmitter - Selkirk transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/07/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
4:46 PM
4:46 PM
SELKIRK transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Jul 15:08 until 16 Jul 15:17. . [BBC]
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Monday, 22 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
9:58 AM
9:58 AM
Selkirk transmitter - Selkirk transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/07/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 29 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
Selkirk transmitter - Selkirk transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/07/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:10 AM
11:10 AM
Selkirk transmitter - Selkirk transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/08/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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