Full Freeview on the Angus (Dundee City, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Angus (Dundee City, Scotland) transmitter which serves 130,000 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.
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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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Angus 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Angus transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 112km southwest (228°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/stv-news.jpg)
STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 11km south (177°)
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Glen Cova A | Active deflector | 40 km N of Dundee | |
Glen Cova B | Active deflector |
How will the Angus (Dundee City, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1965-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Nov 2019 | ||
VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
C11 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
C33 | SDN | ||||||||
C34 | _local | ||||||||
C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C48 | _local | _local | _local | ArqB | |||||
C49tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C54tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C58tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | -BBCA | ||||
C61 | ArqB | ||||||||
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 4 Aug 10 and 18 Aug 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 20kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-3dB) 10kW | |
com7 | (-6dB) 5kW | |
com8 | (-6.1dB) 4.9kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-7dB) 4kW | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-10dB) 2kW | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-23dB) 100W |
Local transmitter maps
Angus Freeview Angus DAB 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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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 11 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:51 AM
11:51 AM
ANGUS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Jun 20:20 until 10 Jun 22:46. . [BBC]
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Monday, 8 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:06 AM
11:06 AM
Angus transmitter - Angus transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/07/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 15 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:05 AM
5:05 AM
Angus transmitter - Angus transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/07/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 22 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
9:58 AM
9:58 AM
Angus transmitter - Angus transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/07/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 29 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
Angus transmitter - Angus transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/07/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:10 AM
11:10 AM
Angus transmitter - Angus transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/08/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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