Full Freeview on the Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter which serves 24,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Selkirk 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Selkirk transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 100km west-northwest (291°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 75km south (187°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
Are there any self-help relays?
Sourhope | Active deflector | Nr Yetholm | 6 homes |
How will the Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1961-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2008 | 2008-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 14 Aug 2019 | ||
VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | ||
C13 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
C33 | SDN | ||||||||
C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
C48 | ArqB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C52tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C53tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C57tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
C60tv_off | -ArqB | -ArqB | |||||||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 6 Nov 08 and 20 Nov 08.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-5 | 50kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 10kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 5kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-12.2dB) 3kW | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 500W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Selkirk transmitter area
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Friday, 31 January 2014
SELKIRK transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:34 on 29 Jan to 10:38 on 29 Jan. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
SELKIRK transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 on 02 Jun. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
SELKIRK transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 on 02 Jun to 15:57 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 12 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
SELKIRK transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 on 02 Jun to 15:57 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 13 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
SELKIRK transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 on 02 Jun to 15:57 on 11 Jun. [BBC]
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Monday, 28 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:38 AM
10:38 AM
SELKIRK transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:12 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:37 PM
7:37 PM
SELKIRK transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:12 today to 15:18 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:36 AM
4:36 AM
SELKIRK transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:12 yesterday to 15:18 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:38 PM
1:38 PM
SELKIRK transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:31 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:43 PM
4:43 PM
SELKIRK transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:31 today to 14:08 today. [BBC]
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