Angus transmitting station


The Angus transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated approximately five miles due north of the city of Dundee, approximately between the villages of Charleston and Tealing, Scotland. It includes a guyed steel lattice mast which is 229.5 metres in height. Mounted at the top are the UHF television antennas, contained within a GRP shroud. These antennas have an average height above Ordnance Datum of 547 metres .. It is owned and operated by Arqiva.

History

It covers parts of the City of Dundee, eastern Perth and Kinross, southern Angus and north and east Fife. Reception is also possible in the coastal areas of East Lothian, as far along as the town of Dunbar .

Channels listed by frequency

Analogue radio (FM VHF)

† Mixed polarisation.

Digital radio (DAB)

Television

Analogue

28 July 1969 – 1972
1972 – November 1983
November 1983 – 14 November 1998

Analogue and digital

15 November 1998 – 3 August 2010
Digital terrestrial television was first transmitted from the Angus mast from 15 November 1998 using the frequency gaps between the analogue TV broadcasts. To limit interference to the analogue transmissions, power output on the digital multiplexes was low.
FrequencyUHFkWOperatorSystem
53100Channel 4PAL System I
56-2Arqiva DVB-T
57100BBC One ScotlandPAL System I
59-4SDN DVB-T
60100STVPAL System I
62-4BBC DVB-T
63100BBC Two ScotlandPAL System I
65-2Arqiva DVB-T
66+4Digital 3&4 DVB-T
684BBC DVB-T
4 August 2010 - 17 August 2010
On 4 August 2010, BBC Two was switched off on UHF 63 and ITV1 was switched from UHF 60 for its final weeks of service. Multiplex 1 on UHF 68 was closed and replaced by BBC A on UHF 60. BBC A was transmitted at full power and in 64QAM, 8k carriers mode from the start.
FrequencyUHFkWOperatorSystem
53100Channel 4PAL System I
56-2Arqiva DVB-T
57100BBC One ScotlandPAL System I
59-4SDN DVB-T
6020BBC ADVB-T
62-4BBC DVB-T
63100STVPAL System I
65-2Arqiva DVB-T
66+4Digital 3&4 DVB-T

Digital

18 August 2010 to 16 April 2013
Following the completion of analogue TV shutdown on 18 August 2010, Angus transmitted all of its higher powered multiplexes at 20 kW for PSB 1, 2 and 3, and 10 kW for COM 4, 5 and 6. From this date the frequency allocation was:
FrequencyUHFkWOperatorSystem
5320Digital 3&4DVB-T
5410SDNDVB-T
5720BBC BDVB-T2
5810Arqiva ADVB-T
6020BBC ADVB-T
6110Arqiva BDVB-T
17 April 2013 to 26 November 2019
Due to the clearance of the 800MHz band, Arqiva B was moved from UHF 61 to UHF 49 and BBC A gained a negative offset. Also during this time, COM 7 and 8 and the Local TV multiplex launched.
FrequencyUHFkWOperatorSystem
481Local TVDVB-T
4910Arqiva BDVB-T
5320Digital 3&4DVB-T
5410SDNDVB-T
555COM 7DVB-T2
565COM 8DVB-T2
5720BBC BDVB-T2
5810Arqiva ADVB-T
60-20BBC ADVB-T
27 November 2019 to 24 June 2020
Due to the clearance of the 700MHz band, the following channels come into use:
FrequencyUHFkWOperatorSystem
3310SDNDVB-T
341Local TVDVB-T
3610Arqiva ADVB-T
3920BBC ADVB-T
4220Digital 3&4DVB-T
4520BBC BDVB-T2
4810Arqiva BDVB-T
555COM 7DVB-T2
565COM 8DVB-T2
25 June 2020 to Present
Due to the clearance of UHF 56, in the 700MHz band, the following channels come into use:
FrequencyUHFkWOperatorSystem
3310SDNDVB-T
341Local TVDVB-T
3610Arqiva ADVB-T
3920BBC ADVB-T
4220Digital 3&4DVB-T
4520BBC BDVB-T2
4810Arqiva BDVB-T
555COM 7DVB-T2