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Angus (Dundee City, Scotland) digital TV transmitter

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56.554,-2.987 or 56°33'16"N 2°59'15"W

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4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

A retune will happen 17 April 2013 to clear C61: COM6 C61 to C49 PSB1 C60 to C60-. When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 1 multiplex in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C60: BBCA
See How do I know if the 4G broadband will overload my Freeview? and Full UK map of 4G issue areas for details.

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The symbol shows the location of the Angus transmitter. The Angus transmitter covers 130,000 homes.

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STV North (Dundee micro region)

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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.

Angus transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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. The rating shown takes in account the output power level and the various Freeview transmission modes and do not indicate an ongoing fault.

Mux	Effective power level, aerial position	Rating	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	horizontal	Maximum	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	20,000
	1 BBC One Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Three, 8 BBC Alba, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 14 others • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C60- (785.8MHz) from 546m datum.
PSB2 D3+4	horizontal	Maximum	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	20,000
	3 STV (STV North (Dundee micro region)), 4 Channel 4 Scotland ads, 5 Channel 5 Scotland ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 Scotland ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C53 (730.0MHz) from 546m datum.
PSB3 BBCB	horizontal	Maximum	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	20,000
	101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, plus 1 others 232 The Space, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C57 (762.0MHz) from 546m datum.
COM4 SDN	horizontal	Above average	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	10,000
	10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free*), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 22 others • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C54 (738.0MHz) from 546m datum.
COM5 ArqA	horizontal	Above average	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	10,000
	TV News, TV Stars, 11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, plus 9 others • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C58 (770.0MHz) from 546m datum.
COM6 ArqB	horizontal	Above average	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	10,000
	15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 21 others • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C49 (698.0MHz) from 546m datum.

Regional news from the Angus transmitter

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 112km southwest
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 11km south
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.

How the transmission frequencies change over time

	years	1965~85	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2010	2010-13	17/4/13-	2013-18	2019-
	aerial group	VHF	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	K
	C11	ITV
	C22								SDN
	C25								ArqA
	C28								ArqB
	C41								BBCB
	C44								D3+4
	C47								BBCA
	C48							local
700	C49						ArqB	ArqB
	C53		C4	C4	C4	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
	C54					SDN	SDN	SDN
	C56				-C
	C57		BBC1	BBC1	BBC1	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
	C58					ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
	C59				-A
	C60		ITV	ITV	ITV		-BBCA	-BBCA
800	C61					ArqB
	C62				-B
	C63		BBC2	BBC2	BBC2
	C65				-D
	C66				+2
	C68				1

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green background for transmission frequencies

lilac background for power levels in watts

800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013

700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more

600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more

Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 4th August and 18th August 2010.

Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Dundee including Arbroath, Perth could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Angus transmitter using C48

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	20kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB	(-3dB) 10kW
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B	(-7dB) 4kW
Mux C, Mux D	(-10dB) 2kW
Analogue 1-4	(-23dB) 100W

Self-help relays

Glen Cova A	Active deflector	40 km N of Dundee
Glen Cova B	Active deflector

History of Channel 3 in the Angus transmitter area

Sep 1961-Jun 1997	Grampian Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014	STV plc

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