Full Freeview on the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter which serves 430,000 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 Craigkelly (Fife, 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Craigkelly 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Craigkelly transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 70km west-southwest (252°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.5m homes 1.7%
from Edinburgh EH3 9QG, 14km south (174°)
to STV Central (Edinburgh) region - 8 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Dullatur | Transposer | 20 km NE Glasgow | 40 homes |
| Edinburgh | Transposer | Sighthill area | 167 homes |
How will the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 3 Oct 2018 | |||||
| A K T | K T | K T | K T | W T | |||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C30 | LEH | ||||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqA | |||||
| C32 | _local | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C39 | +ArqB | ||||||||
| C42 | SDN | ||||||||
| C45 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C48 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
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 1 Jun 11 and 15 Jun 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| com7, com8 | (-9.7dB) 10.8kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| LEH | (-13dB) 5kW | |
| Analogue 5, Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-14dB) 4kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 2kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Craigkelly transmitter area
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Monday, 2 March 2015
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D Mac.8:12 PM
We are currently on black hill transmitter, do I need to change the direction of my antenna to receive a signal from Craigkelly?
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jb389:01 PM
D Mac.: Although the chances are that you "will" have to change its direction, but though its impossible to advise on what the direction should be without having knowledge of your location, this preferably being in the form of a post code or one from nearby, e.g: a shop / post office.
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Sunday, 22 March 2015
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John M Francis4:05 PM
Edinburgh
We registered a 'No Signal' on the evening of Friday 20 March 2015, although the Sony TV was operating as normal earlier in the day. All attempts to restore the signal have failed. Please can you advise us on next steps. We are both over 75 so many thanks for any help you can provide. Our postcode is EH16 5NU - and the system has been operating without interruption since the switchover in 2011.
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MikeB8:39 PM
John M Francis: If you look at the top of the page, you'll see that there are no apparent problems with the transmitter. And R & Ti Services say the same thing.
So, if its not the transmitter, it must be you! Check that the aerial lead hasn't fallen out the back of the TV, etc. If that looks fine, its likely to be a break in the cable somewhere leading from the aerial to the socket, water in the cable, a busted booster, etc. Your probably best getting someone out to look at it.
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Wednesday, 12 August 2015
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Al 3:33 PM
Hi, I'm moving from Sky to Talktalk / free view. My question is around aerials, I am buying a wideband and wonder how to fit it, in my loft, but do I point it directly at the Craigkelly transmitter? My postcode is eh288ty
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Dave Lindsay
5:51 PM
5:51 PM
Al : Craigkelly is on a bearing of 29 degrees from your location. Barring any nearby obstructions such as trees you would appear to have a clear line-of-sight to the transmitter:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
If you have an existing aerial, used for analogue, and this is a Group A one then it might be worth trying it as it might be OK receiving the out-of-group Group B channels, which are COM4, COM5 and COM6.
To mount the aerial in the loft, you need a loft bracket. Lots of information and products here:
Loft and indoor aerial installations for TV, FM and DAB
Other products and retailers are available, of course.
Without question a log periodic at your location.
Craigkelly Transmitter
Yagi widebands are much a compromise and not necessary for Craigkelly -- if it's a yagi then a "semi-wideband" Group K one. Group K=Group A+Group B. But at such close proximity a log periodic is the best choice.
Rowridge Transmitter
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Thursday, 13 August 2015
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David10:46 PM
Hi,
I am in Methil, Fife and pick up signals from Craigkelly. At times over the last couple of weeks I have been unable to pick up any BBC channels for what could be 1 or 2 hours but everything else is ok. Then all BBC channels come back at the same time.
Can anybody help with this? I can't understand why only BBC channels can be affected by any problem.
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Friday, 14 August 2015
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MikeB12:38 PM
Macclesfield
David: You can check your expected reception by puuting your postcode into the site and then clicking on the links. However, a good guess would be to look at your aerial lead and go from there. Could be loose, or the cable damaged. Then follow it back up to the aerial. Your losing a mux, but cables can do funny things - just because a weak mux is OK, whilst a strong mux goes does not mean that there isn't a problem.
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MikeB's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 7 September 2015
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dave fleming9:15 AM
Hi,
I am planning on installing an aerial in my loft space for reception from craigkelly.My postcode is ky26hz..Can you please advise what aerial type I should go for.
Thanks
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