Freeview Light on the Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 20,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) mast?
MILLBURN MUIR transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Jan 12:22 until 26 Jan 19:39. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Jan 12:22 until 26 Jan 19:39. .
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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 Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! player, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, Legend, PBS America, POP UP, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's Melody, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Yesterday, 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 Millburn Muir 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 210m | 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 210m | DTG- | 50W |
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow 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), 71 That's TV 3, | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 210m | DTG- | 50W |
46 5SELECT, 57 U&Eden, 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, 203 CBBC HD, 204 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! player, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, Legend, PBS America, POP UP, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's Melody, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Yesterday, 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 Millburn Muir transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 24km southeast (127°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 24km southeast (127°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Sep 2018 | ||||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | A K T | ||||
C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C45 | C5waves | C5waves | D3+4 | ||||||
C49tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C52tv_off | 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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-5 | 250W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Darvel transmitter area
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Friday, 24 January 2025
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jimmy6:54 PM
Anyone know if there is a lot of damage to the transmitter and how long (approx) it might take to restore our tv channels? Thanks!
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Transmitter engineering
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MILLBURN MUIR transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Jan 12:22. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Jan 12:22. . [BBC]
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Chris.SE11:25 PM
jimmy:
It could be power lines BUT there is no detail, the BBC just report Freeview off-air due to a fault - From 7:36pm on 24th Jan 2025
DAB and FM were reported as being off-air - From 12:22pm on 24th Jan 2025
However, I also note Roseneath DAB and FM are reported off-air but Freeview isn't.
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Saturday, 25 January 2025
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Chris.SE3:10 PM
Alexandria
All:
Courtesy of Steve Donaldson:
There is a power outage reported at the transmitter's postcode, G83 0AZ. While this doesn't mean for certain that it affects the supply to the transmitter, it seems a likely possibility. At the time of writing, the estimated restore time is 26th January at 14:00.
SP Energy Networks is responsible for the electricity network in the area. The incident reference for the transmitter's postcode is INCD-1116781-s, information on which can be viewed here:
https://www.spenergynetwo…81-s
It says that the incident was created on 24th January at 12:46.
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Chris.SE's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jimmy10:20 PM
New estimated time of rectifying the power problem.....
Estimated restored time: 27/01/2025 14:00
33 pages of captcha?????
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Sunday, 26 January 2025
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jimmy4:43 PM
Good news rectification has been brought forward......
Our electricity network has sustained damage from Storm Eowyn, resulting in disruption to your supply. Power has been restored to some properties, however repairs continue for those that are still without power. We are aiming to have all power restored by 27/01/2025, 00:00. If you require any further help or support, please call us on 1 0 5. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
So midnight tonight!
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jimmy7:27 PM
Television signal restored 1920 hours or earlier (just noticed) Dumbarton East G82
This captcha is ridiculous just had 25 pages of it then gave up lets try again!!!!!!
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Steve Donaldson8:27 PM
jimmy: Thanks for letting us know. This is good to hear.
BBC Reception [ bbc.co.uk/reception ] is reporting that TV was restored at 19:08 and that FM and DAB radio were both restored at 19:39.
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