Freeview Light on the Portpatrick (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Portpatrick (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 Portpatrick (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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Portpatrick (Dumfries and Galloway, 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 Freeview channels does the Portpatrick 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 | C58 (770.0MHz) | 111m | DTG- | 60W |
 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 | C49 (698.0MHz) | 111m | DTG- | 60W |
 3 STV (SD) (Border (Scotland)), 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 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 35 STV+1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C54 (738.0MHz) | 111m | DTG- | 60W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 103 STV HD (ITV Granada), 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 Portpatrick (Dumfries and Galloway, 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 Portpatrick transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 124km north-northeast (26°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 141km east (90°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Portpatrick (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 30 Sep 2019- | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | C/D E T | |||
| C49tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C64 | 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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 60W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-10dB) 6W |
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 29 May 2012
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Richard7:09 PM
Bangor
I picked up one of the MUXes in Bangor a few years ago. Cambret Hill was a lot stronger, however, with all three MUXes coming through.
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 2 June 2012
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Peter Henderson4:09 PM
I've noticed there are a number of TV aerials both around here and in Carrick pointing due east and vertically polarised. I assume these are picking up the Portpatrick transmitter ? I was able to get reasonable analogue reception from this transmitter pre DSO.
Cambrett Hill at this location (Jordanstown) is somewhat variable. One minute end stopping (even in bad weather) and better than divis, the next, non existent. I'm not sure if it's down to some sort of local interference.
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Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:21 PM
11:21 PM
PORTPATRICK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Oct 20:35 until 2 Oct 22:14. Off the air due to a fault from 28 Sep 08:17 until 28 Sep 12:39. Off the air due to a fault from 28 Sep 08:14 until 28 Sep 08:16. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 3 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
PORTPATRICK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Oct 20:35 until 2 Oct 22:14. Off the air due to a fault from 28 Sep 08:17 until 28 Sep 12:39. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
PORTPATRICK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Oct 20:35 until 2 Oct 22:14. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
PORTPATRICK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Oct 10:34. Off the air due to a fault from 7 Oct 13:59. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
PORTPATRICK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Oct 10:34 until 8 Oct 10:42. Off the air due to a fault from 7 Oct 13:59 until 7 Oct 14:17. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
PORTPATRICK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Oct 10:34 until 8 Oct 10:42. . [BBC]
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Monday, 2 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Portpatrick transmitter - Portpatrick transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 9 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Portpatrick transmitter - Portpatrick transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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