Full Freeview on the Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter which serves 41,000 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.
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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 Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Rosneath 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)
The Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Rosneath transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 35km east-southeast (117°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 35km east-southeast (117°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 5 Sep 2018 | ||
VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | W T | ||
C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C13 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C33 | SDN | ||||||||
C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C48 | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C53tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C57tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C60tv_off | -ArqB | -ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 10kW | |
COM4||, COM5||, COM6||, PSB1||, PSB2||, PSB3|| | (-7dB) 2kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 200W | |
Mux A* | (-20dB) 100W | |
COM4≡, COM5≡, COM6≡, PSB1≡, PSB2≡, PSB3≡ | (-31dB) 8W |
Local transmitter maps
Rosneath Freeview Rosneath DAB Rosneath AM/FM Rosneath TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Glasgow micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rosneath transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 29 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:20 AM
8:20 AM
ROSNEATH transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 29 Oct 02:17 until 29 Oct 05:07. . [BBC]
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