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Freeview Light on the Auchtermuchty (Fife, Scotland) transmitter

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4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

A retune will happen 17 April 2013 to clear channels for other TV transmitters to use: PSB1 C49 to C39.
See How do I know if the 4G broadband will overload my Freeview? and Full UK map of 4G issue areas for details.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Auchtermuchty (Fife, Scotland) transmitter. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Auchtermuchty (Fife, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,800 homes.

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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.


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Auchtermuchty 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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 vertical max
C39 (618.0MHz)130m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		20W
Channel icons
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

PSB2
D3+4
 vertical max
C42 (642.0MHz)130m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		20W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 vertical max
C45 (666.0MHz)130m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		20W
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, plus 1 others



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The Auchtermuchty (Fife, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5*, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Community Channel, Dave, Dave ja vu, E4+1, Film 4, Food Network, ITV 2 +1, ITV 3, ITV 4, Movie Mix, PICK TV, Quest, Really, RT English , Sky News, The Zone, VIVA, Yesterday.

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.

Regional news from the Auchtermuchty transmitter


BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 78km southwest
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 27km northeast
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.

How the transmission frequencies change over time

years1984-971997-981998-20102010-1317/4/13-2013-18
aerial groupB EB EB EB EB E KB E K
C39BBC1BBC1BBC1 BBCABBCA
C42C4C4C4D3+4D3+4D3+4
C45BBC2BBC2BBC2BBCBBBCBBBCB
700C49ITVITVITVBBCA

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz 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.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-4 50W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-4dB) 20W

History of Channel 3 in the Angus transmitter area

Sep 1961-Jun 1997Grampian Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014STV plc
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Auchtermuchty was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.


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