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The symbol shows the location of the Dunkeld Town (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmitter which serves 700 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 Dunkeld Town (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Dunkeld Town 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C23 (490.0MHz)85mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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
C30 (546.0MHz)85mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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
C26 (514.0MHz)85mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Dunkeld Town (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Dunkeld Town transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 90km south-southwest (211°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 40km east-southeast (109°)
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.

How will the Dunkeld Town (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1327 Nov 2019
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C26BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCBBBCB
C29C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4
C30D3+4
C33BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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 8W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-6dB) 2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Angus transmitter area

Sep 1961-Jun 1997Grampian Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014STV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Dunkeld Town was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

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Thursday, 14 January 2021
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1:56 PM

DUNKELD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 14 Jan 12:03. . [BBC]

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4:55 PM

DUNKELD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 14 Jan 12:03 until 14 Jan 12:33. . [BBC]

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10:50 PM

DUNKELD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Jan 19:41. Poor quality due to a fault from 14 Jan 19:29 until 14 Jan 19:41. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 14 Jan 12:03 until 14 Jan 12:33. . [BBC]

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Friday, 15 January 2021
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5:01 AM

DUNKELD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Jan 19:41 until 14 Jan 23:08. Poor quality due to a fault from 14 Jan 19:29 until 14 Jan 19:41. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 14 Jan 12:03 until 14 Jan 12:33. . [BBC]

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1:49 PM

DUNKELD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jan 12:01 until 15 Jan 12:10. Off the air due to a fault from 14 Jan 19:41 until 14 Jan 23:08. Poor quality due to a fault from 14 Jan 19:29 until 14 Jan 19:41. Weather conditions may be affec [BBC]

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5:07 PM

DUNKELD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jan 13:47 until 15 Jan 15:02. Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jan 12:35 until 15 Jan 12:38. Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jan 12:01 until 15 Jan 12:10. Off [BBC]

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Tuesday, 19 January 2021
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11:50 PM

DUNKELD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jan 13:47 until 15 Jan 15:02. Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jan 12:35 until 15 Jan 12:38. Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jan 12:01 until 15 Jan 12:10. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 20 January 2021
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1:45 PM

DUNKELD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jan 13:47 until 15 Jan 15:02. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 2 March 2021
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4:36 PM

DUNKELD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2 Mar 14:30. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 3 March 2021
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7:49 AM

DUNKELD TOWN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2 Mar 21:05 until 2 Mar 23:08. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2 Mar 14:30 until 2 Mar 19:17. . [BBC]

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