Freeview Light on the Minnigaff (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Minnigaff (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Minnigaff (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Minnigaff (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Together TV +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, Now 70s, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Minnigaff 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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 66m | DTG-3 | 2W |
 7 BBC Alba, 68 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 66m | DTG-3 | 2W |
 3 STV (SD) (Border (Scotland)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Scotland ads, 5 Channel 5 (SD), 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Scotland ads, 18 More4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 33 STV+1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C23 (490.0MHz) | 66m | DTG-6 | 2W |
 74 Shopping Quarter , 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 103 STV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 108 BBC Scotland HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others | |||||
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 52 Freeview channels?
The Minnigaff (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Together TV +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, Now 70s, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Minnigaff transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 100km north (9°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 102km east (96°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Minnigaff (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 30 Sep 2019- | |||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||
| C23 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C29 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck Scotland transmitter area
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Thursday, 31 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:11 AM
2:11 AM
MINNIGAFF transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:35 yesterday to 16:02 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 8 November 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:12 AM
2:12 AM
MINNIGAFF transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:35 yesterday to 16:02 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 17 November 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:04 AM
2:04 AM
MINNIGAFF transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:35 yesterday to 16:02 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 25 November 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:11 AM
2:11 AM
MINNIGAFF transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:35 yesterday to 16:02 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 3 December 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:17 AM
2:17 AM
MINNIGAFF transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:35 yesterday to 16:02 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:08 AM
2:08 AM
MINNIGAFF transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:35 yesterday to 16:02 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 19 December 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:16 AM
2:16 AM
MINNIGAFF transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:35 yesterday to 16:02 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 27 December 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:08 AM
2:08 AM
MINNIGAFF transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:35 yesterday to 16:02 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 22 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
MINNIGAFF transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 May 00:47 until 21 May 01:30. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 10 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
MINNIGAFF transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Jun 11:45 until 11 Jun 12:18. . [BBC]
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