Freeview Light on the Auchtermuchty (Fife, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Auchtermuchty (Fife, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,800 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Auchtermuchty (Fife, Scotland) transmitter._______
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 Auchtermuchty (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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Freeview channels does the Auchtermuchty 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 | C23 (490.0MHz) | 130m | DTG- | 20W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C26 (514.0MHz) | 130m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 | C30 (546.0MHz) | 130m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 45 Freeview channels?
The Auchtermuchty (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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Auchtermuchty transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 78km southwest (236°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 27km northeast (42°)
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.
How will the Auchtermuchty (Fife, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 27 Nov 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | A K T | |||||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA |
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 1-4 | 50W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
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Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:33 PM
11:33 PM
AUCHTERMUCHTY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 today to 20:03 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
AUCHTERMUCHTY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 yesterday to 20:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
AUCHTERMUCHTY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 on 21 Mar to 20:03 on 21 Mar. [BBC]
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Sunday, 16 July 2017
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Agnes Harley7:11 AM
Why is my reception poor on my TV this has been on going for the last 7weeks this happened before when open reach was doing work for broad band and they have been in auchtermuchty again
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MikeB9:57 AM
Peterborough
Agnes Harley:
a) BT broadband has zero to do with you TV reception
b) If the transmitter had a problem, then someone would have noticed it after 7 weeks.
Almost certainly your aerial system is at fault - get someone to look at it.
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MikeB's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
AUCHTERMUCHTY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:29 today to 00:36 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 8 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
AUCHTERMUCHTY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:29 yesterday to 00:36 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 9 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
AUCHTERMUCHTY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:29 on 07 Dec to 00:36 on 07 Dec. [BBC]
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Saturday, 2 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
AUCHTERMUCHTY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:31 today to 02:42 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:31 today to 02:42 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 3 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
AUCHTERMUCHTY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:31 yesterday to 02:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:31 yesterday to 02:42 yesterday. [BBC]
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