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The symbol shows the location of the Tay Bridge (Fife, Scotland) transmitter which serves 27,000 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 Tay Bridge (Fife, Scotland) mast?

Tay Bridge transmitter - Tay Bridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Tay Bridge 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
 V max
C41+ (634.2MHz)148mDTG-100W
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
 V max
C47 (682.0MHz)148mDTG-100W
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C44 (658.0MHz)148mDTG-100W
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
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the effected channels

The Tay Bridge (Fife, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

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 Tay Bridge transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 107km southwest (234°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 3km west-northwest (293°)
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

DundeeTransposerLadywell Avenue100 homes

How will the Tay Bridge (Fife, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1327 Nov 2019
B E TW TW TB E TK T
C32_local
C34C5wavesC5waves
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+BBCABBCA
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCBBBCB
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves_local

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?

Analogue 5 4kW
Analogue 1-4(-9dB) 500W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-16dB) 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. Tay Bridge was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
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Cherry White
3:55 PM

A friend of mine who gets his TV from the end of the Tay Bridge says he gets ITV4 which allowed him to watch the French Open earlier this year. Looking at the list of transmissions this does nor appear to be the case. He gets his tv through a Freeview box whereas I have a Panasonic Freeview ready TV. Would I get more channels if I had a freeview box?

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Mark Fletcher
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4:50 PM
Halifax

Cherry White.A full postcode preferably or a nearby location as such is required to ascertain the reception possibilities in either your location or yer friend's locality.
As your Freeview Ready TV is not HD compatible hence no DVB-T2 tuner necessory to receive the BBCB (HD) multiplex from either the Tay Bridge relay or Angus main transmitter on your HD Ready TV,the answer is yes you do need a separate set-top box preferably a Freeview HD (normally a single tuner) or Freeview +HD (with twin/double tuners) to receive HD broadcasts from any BBCB (HD) multiplex from any relay mast/main transmitter as such.
But bear in mind your HD Ready TV which will normally be up to 720p even with a Freeview HD or Freeview +HD box will not display Full HD 1080p pictures on your TV screen,but will display over twice more clarity than the present 350p SD pictures especially on the BBCB (HD) multiplex if you purchase the right equipment which i suggested above,namely Freeview HD or Freeview +HD set-top box alongside your current HD Ready TV.

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Thursday, 5 July 2012
Dave Lindsay
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12:35 AM

Cherry White: Tay Bridge does not broadcast ITV4 or any of the Commercial channels, thus he is not receiving them from it. He is probably picking up from a different direction to which his aerial faces and is therefore "lucky" to get any signal.

Different receivers have differing sensitivities, so some may get and some may not when the signal level is borderline.

It "may" be the case that if he had an aerial directed to the transmitter which he is receiving it from that the signal level would be much improved and therefore would be available on all of his receivers. It would also reduce the likelihood of intermittent reception which could ensue because he is using his aerial to receive a signal which it was not installed for.

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12:40 AM

Cherry White: As Mark says, an idea of your location may allow us to gauge as to how likely you might be to receive from a transmitter that carries all Freeview channels. Tay Bridge does not and will never carry all channels.

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Saturday, 28 July 2012
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Kevi Fagan
10:44 PM

Hi, since Thursday 26th July, I have been getting pixelation on the HD channels from the bridge. Signal is 78% but error bit rate fluctuates from 200 to 2000, is this a transmitter issue?
I have tried retunning.

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Mark Fletcher
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10:59 PM
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Kevi Fagan.If ya leave yer full postcode,then we will be able to equip you with valuable help and advice as such.

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Kevi Fagan
11:05 PM
Dundee

Dd2 1bs

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Wednesday, 1 August 2012
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Mark Fletcher
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1:48 PM
Halifax

Kevi Fagan.Dundee,DD2 1BS.
Sorry for my delayed response upon you providing your postcode as such.
Is your aerial polarised vertically facing Tay Bridge relay,and as such is it a group B antenna coloured yellow at its tips.As you are located (1-2 miles west of Dundee City Centre) only 3 miles from the (100w) Tay Bridge relay one likelyhood here is you may have too much signal and most commonly the BBCB (HD) multiplex being more sensitive than SD multiplexes are occasionally more prone to pixellating as such in certain circumstances.You may have to perform a total reset procedure to erase the previous memory or possibly fit an attenuator if the signal is a wee bit successive.
There is a possibility that you could receive the main Angus,Craigkelly or Black Hill transmitters in your locality as alternatives and receive the full freeview package as such.
Finally i think it is highly unlikely that it is a mast issue in what you implied in your earlier text as such in relation to the wee difficulty in the HD transmissions from the Tay Bridge relay,but if the problem still persists then do not hesitate to recontact this valuable forum and the proper pros on here (im not a pro myself just a wee amateur) will distribute further advice and help to you !

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Kevin Fagan
4:48 PM

Thanks. My aerial is a flat low gain type, this was because of ghosting on the old system. After the switch over it has worked perfectly. The signal showing is 78%. How do I do a 'full reset'?

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Mark Fletcher
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Kevin Fagan.The flat low gain type aerial you specified will most certainly be a group W wideband black coloured tipped Log type aerial designed for strong signal areas between 0-15 miles from abode to mast.
To perform a full reset,unplug the appliance concerned (set-top box or TV) for over 1 minute,disconnect the aerial plug from the appliance affected at the same time,now replug the appliance affected back into the mains socket but keep aerial plug disconnected for now and perform a full automatic scan of either yer set-top box or TV that is affected from start to finish,ya will find it will store zero channels yet at the same time clears your appliance's previous memory,now once this stage is reached replug the aerial back into your appliance which is affected as such then if it allows perform preferably a manual scan of the frequencies if you know them (if yer receiving from Tay Bridge relay BBCA is on frequency 41,D3+4 on frequency 47 and the BBCB (HD) multiplex on frequency 44.If yer appliance only performs automatic scan then take care that it does not pick up other frequencies than those of Tay Bridge relay which is 41,44 and 47 in ascending order.Hopefully this should do the trick.
Let us know of the outcome in due course !

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