Full Freeview on the Bressay transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bressay transmitter which serves 5,300 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 Bressay transmitter._______
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)
The Bressay mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Bressay 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)
The Bressay mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Bressay transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 512km south-southwest (203°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 340km south (190°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Sandwick | Transposer | 18 km SW Lerwick | 24 homes |
How will the Bressay transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 29 Sep 2017 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C3 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | +ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 5 May 10 and 19 May 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 10kW | |
| SDN, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 1000W |
Local transmitter maps
Bressay Freeview Bressay DAB Bressay AM/FM Bressay TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Aberdeen micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bressay transmitter area
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Josh
7:28 PM
Scunthorpe
7:28 PM
Scunthorpe
I wonder if anyone from the southern part of Norway ever recieves signals from this transmitter during weather lift conditions?
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Josh's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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Penners7:23 PM
BBCB multiplex seems to have disappeared sometime in the last week. No other multiplexes seem affected. Did someone unplug that part of the transmitter to plug in the kettle?
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Saturday, 21 April 2012
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Nikki10:10 PM
Crawley
Penners: My aerial is on the roof. I have managed to tune one tv successfully but the BBC has not come on although it showed 5 carriers. These carriers, is it a good thing to have more of them? The image is good (although no BBC).
The other TV has 4 carriers and BBC but no image/sound?!?!
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Nikki's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 18 May 2012
Nikki: You might like to have a look at the Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Friday, 24 March 2023
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Robert Stewart5:01 PM
If I have a loft areal in Walls ,do I need a digital areal to receive a picture?
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StevensOnln15:42 PM
Robert Stewart: There is no such thing as a digital aerial, an aerial is a piece of metal which does not know of care whether the signals it receives are analogue or digital. If you provide a full postcode we can check the predicted signal strength at your location and offer further advice.
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Monday, 7 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Bressay transmitter - Bressay transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 14 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Bressay transmitter - Bressay transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Bressay transmitter - Bressay transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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