Freeview Light on the Tay Bridge (Fife, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Tay Bridge (Fife, Scotland) transmitter which serves 27,000 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 Tay Bridge (Fife, Scotland) mast?
Tay Bridge transmitter - Tay Bridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/12/2024 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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Tay Bridge (Fife, 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 Tay Bridge 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 | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 148m | DTG- | 100W |
 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 | C47 (682.0MHz) | 148m | DTG- | 100W |
 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 148m | DTG- | 100W |
 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 Tay Bridge (Fife, 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 Tay Bridge transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 107km southwest (234°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 3km west-northwest (293°)
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Dundee | Transposer | Ladywell Avenue | 100 homes |
How will the Tay Bridge (Fife, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 27 Nov 2019 | |||||
| B E T | W T | W T | B E T | K T | |||||
| C32 | _local | ||||||||
| C34 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | _local |
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 | 4kW | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-9dB) 500W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-16dB) 100W |
Local transmitter maps
Tay Bridge Freeview Tay Bridge DAB Tay Bridge AM/FM Angus TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Dundee micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Angus transmitter area
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Friday, 12 October 2012
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jb385:08 PM
Sirena: You should try resetting your box by carrying a "factory reset" or "default setting" as this will delete the tuners memory store, then once complete carry out a normal auto-tune then check if the problem has vanished.
If though the problem is still there then please indicate the model number of the device in question.
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Saturday, 20 April 2013
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Graham T Jones7:11 PM
Dundee
I bought a new Tv on Monday 15th of April and tuned in my set. A notice came up on screen saying that I would have to retune after the17th. This I did I now have fewer channels , only BBC and only radio 6 radio.
My location is DD5 2SG and I am taking my signal from the Taybridge aerial .
Can you help me?
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Graham's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Graham T Jones: There was no retune required for viewers of Tay Bridge. The message was put out by Angus transmitters and therefore its relays, of which Tay Bridge is one. The message here in Yorkshire was that viewers may need to retune, owing to the fact that not all transmitters were due to have changes that required it.
If you are receiving from Tay Bridge and you have BBC services and you are missing some then you can only be missing STV, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc, so manually tune UHF channel 47. If this is a HD set then those services are on UHF channel 44.
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Tuesday, 9 February 2016
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Liam11:41 PM
Grr so annoying. I've just moved house literally a 4 minute walk up the road and I've ended up with this freeview light transmitter. I've known about this for years but I always thought they would've upgraded it by now. Is there anyway I could get my box to pick up the Angus transmitter? The one that offers full freeview to houses in the next streets from mine? Is there like a cut off line or something? I live closer to the Tay bridge than I do Angus but I've always lived closer to Tay bridge than Angus and never had a problem, honestly can't believe it.
The coverage checkers state that Angus transmitter is my 'alternative' one and that I should get full coverage from this transmitter but unfortunately I'm picking up the crappy one, they should allow you to chose... I'm probably just going to have to get a freesat box or something but yeah this is disappointing.
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Wednesday, 10 February 2016
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KMJ,Derby8:33 PM
Liam: If the coverage checker shows good reception to be possible from both Tay Bridge and Angus the signal available to your tv tuner will be governed by the position/polarisation/orientation and group of the aerial connected to it. Subject to there not being any local obstructions in the signal path, such as trees or tall buildings, reception from Angus will require a group T aerial set for horizontal polarisation and pointing to the Angus mast. Back in the days of analogue transmissions Tay Bridge was the preferred option for viewers who could receive both transmitters as only Tay Bridge radiated Channel 5.
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Tuesday, 16 February 2016
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Irvine Rodger9:40 AM
Hello
With the demise of BBC Three, will its HD slot migrate to BBC4? I hope so!
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Monday, 16 May 2016
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Alan Taylor9:35 AM
I am resident of Tayport a few miles away from the Tay Bridge transmitter at Inverdovat. I have not had any problems with the DVB signal strength until the last 2/3 weeks. Now I am getting intermittent picture break-up, especially on BBC1 and BBC2.
Does anybody know if the Tay Bridge transmitter has undergone any recent changes or is currently operating on reduced output power?
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Wednesday, 18 May 2016
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donald kirkbride11:39 AM
anyone got a problem with bbc red button (what used to be called ceefax) every time i try to get the news page it doesnt load then defaults back to the picture it was ok yesterday so its maybe a glitch in the system
i have retuned the box including unplugging the ariel from the box and doing a scan to ensure the tuner is completely wiped
i get my signal from cupar relay transmitter
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Wednesday, 11 July 2018
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margaret macnamara2:06 PM
are there any problems in dd4 area...myself and neighbour has NO SIGNAL showing on our terrestrial tv's....our sky tv is ok.
1 aerial is on roof the other is an internal aerial...........
hopefully its a general problem and others are off as well?
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Friday, 26 November 2021
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Mark McLeish7:48 PM
I use the Tay bridge transmitter and have no signal
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