Freeview Light on the Perth (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Perth (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmitter which serves 26,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Perth (Perth and Kinross, 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 Perth (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, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies +1, GREAT! movies, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, 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 Perth 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) | 172m | DTG- | 200W |
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) | 172m | DTG- | 200W |
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 | C37+ (602.2MHz) | 172m | DTG- | 200W |
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 Perth (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, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies +1, GREAT! movies, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, 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 Perth transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 78km southwest (224°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 30km east-northeast (73°)
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.
How will the Perth (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 27 Nov 2019 | ||||
VHF | B E T | E T | E T | B E T | A K T | ||||
C4 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCB | |||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C55tv_off | C5waves | C5waves |
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 5 | 2kW | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-3dB) 1000W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-10dB) 200W |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 17 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:32 yesterday to 09:46 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 18 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:32 on 16 Aug to 09:46 on 16 Aug. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:01 today to 08:05 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:01 today to 08:05 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:01 yesterday to 08:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:01 yesterday to 08:05 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 29 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:01 on 27 Mar to 08:05 on 27 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:01 on 27 Mar to 08:05 on 27 Mar. [BBC]
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Saturday, 29 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:08 PM
8:08 PM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:20 today to 17:36 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 30 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:20 yesterday to 17:36 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 1 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:20 on 29 Jun to 17:36 on 29 Jun. [BBC]
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Thursday, 8 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:08 PM
8:08 PM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 today to 17:14 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 today to 17:14 today. [BBC]
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