Full Freeview on the Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter which serves 24,000 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 Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) mast?
Selkirk transmitter - Selkirk transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Selkirk 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Selkirk transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 100km west-northwest (291°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 75km south (187°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
Are there any self-help relays?
| Sourhope | Active deflector | Nr Yetholm | 6 homes |
How will the Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1961-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2008 | 2008-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 14 Aug 2019 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | ||
| C13 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C52tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C53tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C57tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
| C60tv_off | -ArqB | -ArqB | |||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 6 Nov 08 and 20 Nov 08.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 50kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 10kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-12.2dB) 3kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 500W |
Local transmitter maps
Selkirk Freeview Selkirk DAB Selkirk AM/FM Selkirk TV region BBC Scotland Border (Scotland)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Selkirk transmitter area
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Wednesday, 15 February 2017
MikeP
6:40 PM
6:40 PM
Dennis Fisher:
To offer any useful advice we need to know what make and model of 'Digital HDD recorder' you are using. They vary quite a lot internally between makes so may behave differently.
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Thursday, 16 March 2017
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Kevin 9:01 PM
Hi why can't i receive Tiny tots , vintage TV & talking pictures. It's so annoying that i cant receive the same channels as people can in the cities. When they don't pay any difference in TV licence and receive more channels? my location is galashiels Scottish borders.
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StevensOnln111:45 PM
Kevin : None of those channels are funded by your TV licence, which is a licence to receive TV in your home and is not a subscription to receive any particular channels. The broadcasters of the channels you mentions have for their own commercial reasons all opted to broadcast their channels with reduced coverage compared to other commercials channels on Freeview. All of them are available free to air via satellite on Freesat or Sky, without needing a subscription.
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Friday, 17 March 2017
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alistair symons12:50 PM
Kelso
we have very poor reception when it is windy we live at td5 7eq. we have retuned our tv on march 1.
our reception is via tv aerial roof mounted. when not windy our reception is perfect. we have a samsung modern tv and we have a BT you view box. worst channels are bbc1,2, itv1and others, but freeview channels are ok. can you enlighten us to what is happening?
Many thanks Alistair Symons
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alistair symons12:57 PM
Kelso
we are having problems with our reception when it is windy. our post code is td5 7eq.
we have a roof mounted aerial and have a bt your view box the freeview channels are ok but all bbc channels
are effected when it is windy. we have a modern samsung tv and an excellent reception when it is not windy.
can you please advise.
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MB1:20 PM
alistair symons: Your aerial is either loose or damaged.
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Tuesday, 2 January 2018
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Ciaron Drain3:29 PM
On Saturday 30th December the Signal went for most of the channels from the Selkirk transmitter so that there is only 46 channels appearing
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StevensOnln15:10 PM
Ciaron Drain: There are no faults showing for Selkirk and you wouldn't be the only person to notice if there was a major fault at the transmitter so the fault is likely to be something in your aerial system. Start by checking for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV and do not attempt to retune as this will not fix a loss of signal and will likely make the problem worse.
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Friday, 9 February 2018
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Christine Clarkson12:43 PM
Galashiels
No signal in Tea Street Galahiels TD1 3JP
Can't reset Freeview as no signal message displayed
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Christine's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
11:12 PM
11:12 PM
Christine Clarkson:
Please check all your aerial cables and connections to ensure they are making good contact inside the sockets. Also try turning all your TV equipment off at the mains socket, wait five minutes and turn on again. After a further five minutes check to see what channels you can get. If that does not solve the problem your system has a fault that needs to be looked at by a qualified contractor.
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