Freeview Light on the Tay Bridge (Fife, Scotland) transmitter
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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 04/11/2024 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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Tay Bridge (Fife, 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 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 148m | DTG- | 100W |
 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) | 148m | DTG- | 100W |
 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 | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 148m | DTG- | 100W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Tay Bridge (Fife, 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 Tay Bridge transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 107km southwest (234°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
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?
| Dundee | Transposer | Ladywell Avenue | 100 homes |
How will the Tay Bridge (Fife, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 27 Nov 2019 | |||||
| B E T | W T | W T | B E T | K T | |||||
| C32 | _local | ||||||||
| C34 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | _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 |
Local transmitter maps
Tay Bridge Freeview Tay Bridge DAB Tay Bridge 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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Friday, 3 August 2012
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Mark Fletcher5:13 PM
Halifax
Kevin Fagan: One possibility is to check yer neighbours whether they are having the same problem as you are on the HD BBCB multiplex from Tay Bridge.If they do,then it could be an issue relating to that relay mast,if they (neighbours) dont then the fault will most likely come from yer end.
Also look up single frequency interference as a possible cause ?
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KMJ,Derby6:45 PM
Kevin Fagan: Further to what Mark Fletcher said above about single frequency interference, it is possible that ArqA from Black Hill is strong enough at your location to interfere with PSB3 from Tay Bridge. If this is the case, a different aerial position could offer a solution to the problem. This could mean as little as a few inches lower/ higher or to either side. Alternatively, if you have a reasonable line of sight to Angus to the North of your location, you might be able to receive a full Freeview service from there.
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Saturday, 4 August 2012
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Kevin Fagan2:16 PM
Hi KMJ, I cannot get to the angus transmitter because of location. I will try moving the aerial position.
Why would it have been okay for months and just start last week? I thought it could be something to do with the additional channels that the BBC are operating just now, more/less power? Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
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Kevin Fagan2:18 PM
Hi Mark, thanks I will check with some neighbours.
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Sunday, 5 August 2012
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Kevin Fagan3:46 PM
Hi, the pixelation is now on all the channels, does this mean something else?
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jb384:00 PM
Kevin Fagan: Just out of interest I was wondering if you have made a visual check on your aerial? the purpose of just to ensure that nothing physically has happened to it.
The other little point which you could maybe confirm as "not" applying being, that when you had mentioned in an earlier reply to Mark Fletcher of your aerial being of the "flat" low gain type, I take it that it doesn't look that way where its installed? as obviously it should be mounted "vertically" for Tay Bridge.
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Kevin Fagan4:59 PM
Hi JB, aerial looks okay and is mounted on the vertical. All the other TV's are okay, there are 4 in regular use? I have done the picture test on the one that is pixelating and it's no problem.
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jb388:11 PM
Kevin Fagan: I was having a look back at the questions asked / replies given so as not to duplicate something that's already been covered, but though now you have mentioned that you are using four other TV's I was wondering what method you are using to split the aerial between them, insomuch is it via a powered or non powered splitter?
The reason for asking being that it should really be done by using a powered splitter when so many sets are involved, although maybe it is? but I would have expected the signal strength indication of 78% to have been higher than that judging by where you are located Vs the height of your aerial, that is "if" its on the roof? as some TV's (I think it was Samsung? but poss LG) require 80% min for satisfactory HD operation otherwise the result of "not" being is exactly what you are experiencing.
However now that your latest report has indicated all as appearing to be OK again, (maybe for time being?) and without knowledge of the brand of device you are using (model number appreciated) then what level of signal are you now getting? and has the bit error rate stabilised to just an occasional glitch being seen?
Fluctuations in a signals quality coupled to bit error rate jumping is to be quite honest about it something that in most cases is out with a viewers control, as it can be caused by numerous things like tree branches (especially when wet) blowing about, possible problems at the transmitter, or by the signal data received being corrupted by interference by some distant station on the same channel clashing with your local transmitters signal, the distant station being received purely though freak conditions etc, but though on the other hand it "can" be caused by either the signal level received by the tuner not being far enough above the receivers reception threshold cut off point whereby the natural up/down variations in signal strength (albeit slight) that occurs most of the time can cause intermittent problems when in the down sense, "or" and misleadingly for some, by the reverse situation applying whereby the signal level received is on the verges of being too high and causing slight instability to occur in the tuner, false strength indications in a negative strength sense always being seen, but the point is that both sets of conditions result in identical symptoms to the viewer.
Maybe you could give an update re: splitter question / model number of TV / the present signal strength / quality seen indicated, provided reception is still OK!
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Monday, 6 August 2012
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Kevin Fagan9:42 AM
Hi JB, Splitter is powered, fitted in the loft, 1 input/6 output. TV is Samsung UE40D6510W LED 3D TV, 40", Freeview HD, Wi-Fi. Signal is still 78% error bit rate continues to fluctuate. Aerial is fitted at roof height on a two storey house but we are at river level. Thanks.
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Friday, 12 October 2012
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Sirena11:00 AM
Dundee
I am in post code DD1 2PQ.
I am on the first floor of a 3 flat building.
My freeview box is in the lounge, 4 inches from my french doors and facing the Tay Bridge.
I have no problem with my reception, and am actually rather pleased with the variety of channels I am getting.
My problem is for the last week, we've lost any information for the guide. Now when we open the guide to see what's on other channels, all it shows is "No Information Available". I've done all the possible updates with my freeview box and wonder if I'm missing something, or if this is a problem for several freeview receivers now.
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