Freeview Light on the Perth (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Perth (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmitter which serves 26,000 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 Perth (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) mast?
Perth transmitter - Perth 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 Perth (Perth and Kinross, 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 Perth 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 172m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 172m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 | C37+ (602.2MHz) | 172m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 Perth (Perth and Kinross, 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 Perth transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 78km southwest (224°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 30km east-northeast (73°)
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.
How will the Perth (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 27 Nov 2019 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | E T | E T | B E T | A K T | ||||
| C4 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCB | |||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C55tv_off | C5waves | C5waves |
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 | 2kW | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-3dB) 1000W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-10dB) 200W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 18 April 2013
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garry6:09 PM
we were told that there was a transmitter retune in perth area on 17th april,our channels vanished last night.as instructed we have done a first time installation but channels are still missing some of those missing are 4music,film4 will they return
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garry: The exact answer to the question depends on which transmitter you are using - that is, to which transmitter your aerial faces. This is because not all transmitters broadcast the Commercial channels, which carry 4music, Dave, Film4, ITV3, ITV4 and others.
If your aerial is horizontal and directed to the Angus transmitter, north of Dundee, then this does broadcast all channels. The change from that transmitter was the change of frequency of COM6 which carries Film4, 4music, Yesterday, Viva, 4seven and others. If you are using a communal aerial system then it might require adjustment to accommodate the new frequency.
If your aerial is vertical and directed to the Perth relay transmitter by the M90 on Kirkton Hill then it only carries Public Service (PSB) channels. If you picked up the Commercial (COM) channels, which is what you are missing (or are missing at least one of them) then you were lucky with the aerial facing the wrong way and vertical rather than horizontal. In such circumstances, it may be worth investigating whether you might be able to receive from Angus to give you the full service.
Some viewers can only receive the PSB channels and may have intermittent COMs. This may even be so when they are using a transmitter that carries all channels because the COM channels are often not as strong.
In either case, COM6 from Angus is now on UHF channel 49, so if your receiver has manual tuning, you might like to give it a try.
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garry: For services by multiplex (PSB or COM), see:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
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Saturday, 14 June 2014
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Andrea4:12 PM
When will BBC be back up in Perth? We'll be missing the football!! :)
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steven4:56 PM
Perth
Why isn't BBC back on yet in Perth
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steven's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Wendy Jane5:06 PM
Why are the BBC Channels off air in Perth?
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good question? wonder how long it will take to fix the issue, better before the england game!
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
is there a BBC site i can go to and find out whats wrong with the transmitter or when its gonna be sorted?
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
any 1!?
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Wendy Jane5:58 PM
https://www.radioandtvhelp.co.uk/templates/bbcfaqs/rtis_site/postcodePage
Perth Uhf BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:59 today
Perth Uhf BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:42 today to 09:25 today
Not good.
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