Freeview Light on the Balnaguard (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Balnaguard (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmitter which serves less than 500 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Balnaguard (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmitter._______
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 Balnaguard (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Balnaguard 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 193m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 193m | DTG- | 2W |
 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 193m | DTG- | 2W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 43 Freeview channels?
The Balnaguard (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Balnaguard transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 94km south-southwest (205°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 49km east-southeast (115°)
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.
How will the Balnaguard (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 27 Nov 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA |
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 1-4 | 9W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.5dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
Balnaguard Freeview 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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Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
BALNAGUARD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:34 yesterday to 15:00 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:34 yesterday to 15:00 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 23 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
BALNAGUARD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:34 on 21 Jun to 15:00 on 21 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:34 on 21 Jun to 15:00 on 21 Jun. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 30 December 2016
Transmitter engineering
7:32 PM
7:32 PM
BALNAGUARD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:36 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:36 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:32 PM
10:32 PM
BALNAGUARD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:36 today to 19:04 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:36 today to 19:04 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 31 December 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BALNAGUARD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:36 yesterday to 19:04 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:36 yesterday to 19:04 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 1 January 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BALNAGUARD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:36 on 30 Dec to 19:04 on 30 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:36 on 30 Dec to 19:04 on 30 Dec. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:33 PM
11:33 PM
BALNAGUARD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 today to 20:03 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
BALNAGUARD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 yesterday to 20:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
BALNAGUARD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 on 21 Mar to 20:03 on 21 Mar. [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:33 AM
5:33 AM
BALNAGUARD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:11 today to 00:20 today. [BBC]
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