Freeview Light on the Stranraer (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Stranraer (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter which serves 6,500 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 Stranraer (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) mast?
Stranraer transmitter - Stranraer transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 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 Stranraer (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 Stranraer 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 238m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 | C36 (594.0MHz) | 238m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 | C48 (690.0MHz) | 238m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 Stranraer (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 Stranraer transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 112km north-northeast (24°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 131km east (93°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Stranraer (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Jul 2019 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | K T | |||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | 250W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldWednesday, 1 November 2017
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James Arnott 8:50 PM
When will the Stranraer transmitter be upgraded so we can receive the same number of channels as the rest of the country?
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StevensOnln111:16 PM
James Arnott : Almost certainly never. The commercial broadcasters were given the opportunity to broadcasts their channels from more transmitter a few years ago, but weren't interested in doing so as the cost to install and maintain/operate the equipment on each transmitter would not allow sufficient return on investment compared to the number of extra viewers they would be able to reach. If you want more channels look at getting Freesat, which now a days has virtually all the same channels that are available on Freeview (and a good deal more) for a one off cost of a Freesat box and installation of a satellite dish and cabling (you can just reuse the existing dish and cables if your property has previously had Sky).
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Monday, 23 April 2018
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John Law6:18 PM
Stranraer
Dear BBC my postcode is DG9 7BT.
At the present time we have no TV signal, (18.14 23/04/2018) we are using terrestrial signal from the STRANRAER TRANSMITTER.
What is the reason for the present outage?
Would it be possible to be informed of planned engineering work before it takes place.
While I am in contact, could you inform me if and when our area will receive the full FREEVIEW CHANNELS, if the answer is negative could you answer as to the reasons why?
Thank you in expectation of your reply soonest.
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StevensOnln17:22 PM
John Law: No one from the BBC is going to answer you here as this isn't their website. There is no information showing as to the cause of the fault or when service will be restored (all anyone here can see is what is shown in the transmitter engineering notice in the post above yours).
With regards to when you will receive the full lineup of channels, the answer is probably never. This has nothing to do with the BBC, who do not operate any transmitters (they were sold off to a private company years ago). The commercial broadcasters do not think it is worthwhile to broadcast their channels from transmitters such as Stranraer which only cover a relatively small number of viewers. The full Freeview service is broadcast from 80 main transmitters which cover around 90% of UK households, the investment required to cover the costs of broadcasting the commercial channels from the remaining 1,000+ transmitters which take coverage to 98.5% would not produce a worthwhile return for the broadcasters. If you want more channels you should look at getting Freesat.
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S.Saunders9:31 PM
I live in A Residental Retirement FlFlat in a 49 Flats Building. I have lost all my Freeview channels.I have approached our House Manager but nothing has been done about it.I have lived here 10 years and never had this before. Can you advise me what has gone wrong I live in Watford Herts.
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StevensOnln111:04 PM
S.Saunders: Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Various transmitters in London and the surrounding areas have recently undergone frequency changes, however we don't know which one you're using so please provide a full postcode to enable us to access your coverage prediction.
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Wednesday, 24 October 2018
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Eric Williamson4:31 PM
Stranraer transmitter has been off all day, your pages report no faults... Eric Williamson, Williamson and Dodds TV Stranraer
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Monday, 14 October 2024
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Monday, 21 October 2024
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Stranraer transmitter - Stranraer transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 28 October 2024
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