Freeview Light on the Dumfries South (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Dumfries South (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter which serves 4,000 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 Dumfries South (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) mast?
Dumfries South transmitter - Dumfries South transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black 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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Dumfries South (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Dumfries South 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 41m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 41m | DTG- | 20W |
 3 STV (SD) (Border (Scotland)), 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 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 35 STV+1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 41m | DTG- | 20W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 103 STV HD (ITV Granada), 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Dumfries South (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Dumfries South transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 100km north-northwest (337°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 49km east-southeast (113°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Dumfries South (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Jul 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C43 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C46 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C48 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB |
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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 23W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-0.6dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
Dumfries South Freeview Dumfries South DAB Caldbeck Scotland TV region BBC Scotland Border (Scotland)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck Scotland transmitter area
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Thursday, 17 February 2011
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mark tarr5:01 PM
We're having serious problems at the moment, as of approx 15:00 on 17/02/11. I know it's not the the aerial or any connections betwixt AE and TV. WTF?
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mark tarr: There are no transmitter problems, please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Saturday, 5 November 2011
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Colin4:45 PM
Dumfries
When will we receive Sky sports 1 & 2 reception through freeview in the Dumfries South area ? Can't move to BT Vision cause no reception via freeview, can't move to Virgin as no cables in the area. Being held hostage by Sky in this area and their service is becoming unafordable.
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Colin's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Colin: You will have to change your aerial to one pointing at the Caldbeck transmitter if you want to use those services.
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Thursday, 21 February 2013
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Anne11:00 PM
Dumfries
I believe that the reason we get so few freeview channels is because the transmitter is a relay. Are there any plans to improve the service so that we can receive all the freeview channels broadcast?
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Anne's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Anne: Unfortunately not. This is because the operatores of the Commercial networks (those that don't broadcast from Dumfries South) don't wish to spend the money because they don't consider it worth their while. See here:
Londonderry (Northern Ireland) digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Unless you can receive the full service from Caldbeck, then you won't ever get it.
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016
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Pauline Johnston8:22 PM
Dumfries
I had been receiving all my channels for my area this morning and then this afternoon the channels dropped from 125 channels slowing getting interference on all ITV channels to 25 and then when I tried to retune them all back in it came up on my tv no signal. I have checked all my connections and cabling and nothing has changed, are there are any problems which are affecting the area where I cannot get any Freeview channels at all. I had a message from my mobile provider that my signal may be affecting as works were being done and this may be affected. Can you please confirm : my postcode DG1 2HL
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Pauline's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 11 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
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Dumfries South transmitter - Dumfries South transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Shutdown [DUK]
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Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
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Dumfries South transmitter - Dumfries South transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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