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
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Saturday, 27 November 2021
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Brian Massie10:53 AM
Dundee city centre - no signal since approx 17:52 last night. Still no signal this morning (27/11/21) at 10.52.
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David Matthews12:32 PM
As above. No reception since yesterday evening. BBC is reporting a fault with this transmitter so information at the top of this page is wrong.
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Ian12:48 PM
There is a fault since last night - when will it go back on air? Where can I find out more information?
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Chris.SE2:47 PM
David Matthews:
Brian Massie:
Mark McLeish:
Ian:
The transmitter should now be back on air.
Whilst the BBC have reported fault details on the individual transmitter page, they have NOT (yet?) added it to a page which is an engineering list of Freeview faults which is where the updates to this site come from.
From 5:43:55pm on 26th Nov 2021 to 12:35:36pm on 27th Nov 2021 BBC A / BBCB HD Off the air due to a fault.
In the weather conditions that have been prevalent, finding information about when such faults may be fixed, especially if it's due to a power outage will frequently be dependant on accessibility to the fault and the weather prevailing at the time, which may of course be very imprecise.
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Thursday, 24 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:20 PM
8:20 PM
TAY BRIDGE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Oct 18:31. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:20 PM
11:20 PM
TAY BRIDGE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Oct 18:31 until 24 Oct 21:15. . [BBC]
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Monday, 4 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Tay Bridge transmitter - Tay Bridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 11 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Tay Bridge transmitter - Tay Bridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 16 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
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 [DUK]
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