Freeview Light on the Duncraig (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Duncraig (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 800 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 Duncraig (Highland, 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 Duncraig (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Duncraig 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 355m | DTG- | 33W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba HD, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 13 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 355m | DTG- | 33W |
 3 STV (SD) (STV North (Aberdeen 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 355m | DTG- | 33W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 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 44 Freeview channels?
The Duncraig (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Duncraig transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 183km south-southeast (156°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 214km east (97°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Balmacara Sq | Active deflector | 3 km E Kyle of Lochalsh | 30 homes |
| Heast | Active deflector | Isle of Skye | 21 homes |
| Kishorn | Active deflector | 70 km W Inverness | 29 homes |
| Tarskavaig | Active deflector | Isle of Skye | 29 homes |
How will the Duncraig (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Dec 2017- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 14 Jul 10 and 28 Jul 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 164W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 33W |
Local transmitter maps
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Sunday, 13 June 2021
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Rob11:30 AM
Transmitter engineering:
When will Channel 236 GBnews be available from the Duncraig transmitter.
Our post code IV548YL
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StevensOnln112:57 PM
Rob: Duncraig is a lite transmitter covering just a few hundred homes, so it is unlikely that most commercial channels such as GB News will ever be available. Your best option would be to either look at getting Freesat if you want more channels, or if you're only interested in GB News and have a decent broadband connection you can watch online.
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Chris.SE1:06 PM
Rob:
A lot of modern TVs have a Satellite tuner built-in. If so, you'd only need a Dish and LNB for Freesat.
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