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, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 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 44 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, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 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 |
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Sunday, 8 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:50 PM
11:50 PM
Perth transmitter - Perth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:37 AM
10:37 AM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 12 Nov 15:35 until 12 Nov 15:47. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 12 December 2021
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Violet Iwanio5:02 AM
bbc is not transmittimg on freeview in perth
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Chris.SE7:44 PM
Violet Iwanio:
The BBC have reported a fault but your signals should be back now. The HD channels should have been still on air.
From 10:04:55pm on 11th Dec 2021 to 11:36:25am on 12th Dec 2021 BBC A Off the air due to a fault
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Friday, 18 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Perth transmitter - Perth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 21 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Perth transmitter - Perth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 11 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Sep 09:01. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Sep 09:01 until 11 Sep 14:57. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:19 PM
11:19 PM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Sep 09:01 until 11 Sep 14:57. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Sep 21:33 until 11 Sep 00:04. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Sep 19:12 until 10 Sep 21:28. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PERTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Sep 09:01 until 11 Sep 14:57. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Sep 02:49 until 11 Sep 06:14. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Sep 00:09 until 11 Sep 02:43. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Sep 21:33 u [BBC]
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