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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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Perth (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) mast?

Perth transmitter - Perth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C29 (538.0MHz)172mDTG-200W
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
C31 (554.0MHz)172mDTG-200W
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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C37+ (602.2MHz)172mDTG-200W
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 Perth (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, 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 Perth transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 78km southwest (224°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
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-80s1984-971997-981998-20102010-1327 Nov 2019
VHFB E TE TE TB E TA K T
C4BBCtvwaves
C29BBCA
C31D3+4
C37BBCB
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves 
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves+BBCB
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C55tv_offC5wavesC5waves

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

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. Perth 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.

Comments
Saturday, 14 June 2014
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wendymcgregor
6:03 PM

John:

Problem with Perth TV mast! I've posted a link on my other post.

Wendy Jane.

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paul
6:05 PM

I cant find any site that is given any updates on progress of the work - very frustrating

england game will be live on bbc website - better than nothing.

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licence payer
6:13 PM

Bert. Did bbc provide any warning that perth mast would be off air today? I have never seen or heard any notification of this.

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Matt Barr
6:38 PM
Perth

When bbc service will be restored in perth and who is answering our questions???????we miss Greece game already grrr

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John
7:03 PM

No warning that the Perth transmitter (Callafountain?) would be off-air and I've wasted time retuning the TV (now I'll have to do it again when/if transmission is restored) and unplugging all the cables. What's the problem?

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Wendy
7:42 PM

For the good people of Perth.

Can't find out what is wrong with the mast. Nor when it will go back on air. Not good. Nor can I find out who to phone or e-mail and kick off about it. (intentional pun).

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Tuesday, 9 September 2014
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Peter Ackerley
12:29 AM
Perth

I live in scone, Perth (postcode ph2 6tf). I get intermittent freezing of picture on freeview. The inteference consists of two short pulses. This can happen 2 to 3 times a day and seems to mostly happen in the late afternoon. Tv aerial is external on the side of the house. Signal strength is 73% and signal quality is 100%. I do have a line of trees over the road from my house so there isnt a direct line of site to the transmitter which I understand is a relay transmitter which has only 200 watts of power. There is already a 4 g filter on the down cable and I was wondering whether this could be tetra interference.

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Wednesday, 25 March 2015
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Helen Dargie
11:53 AM

I had freeview set up a few years ago by an engineer free of charge as i have a disability. It then worked perfectly. For some time now i keep getting messages about poor signal and is constantly cutting off.A friend of mine who lives not far from me has told me she had same problem and made enquiries. Apparently it was interference from 4g . An engineer was sent to her house and sorted the problem. I would like someone to call and fix mine. Can you please advise

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Dave Lindsay
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12:19 PM

Helen Dargie: The people you need to call at "at800". See: Contact us | Advice or general enquiries | at800

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Sunday, 24 June 2018
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james petrie
6:41 PM

will i be better with a freeview box or ariel i stay about amile away as the crow flies

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