Freeview Light on the Staffin (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Staffin (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves less than 500 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Staffin (Highland, Scotland) mast?
Staffin transmitter - Staffin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Staffin (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 Staffin 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 107m | DTG- | 9W |
 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 107m | DTG- | 9W |
 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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 107m | DTG- | 9W |
 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 Staffin (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 Staffin transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 228km south-southeast (151°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 253km east-southeast (104°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Staffin (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 20 Sep 2017 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 |
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 7 Jul 10 and 21 Jul 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 44W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 8.8W |
Local transmitter maps
Staffin Freeview Eitshal (Lewis) TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Aberdeen micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Eitshal (Lewis) transmitter area
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Saturday, 21 July 2012
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Dave McAlpin7:58 AM
Trying to receive Staffin Freeview at Flodigarry area, 3mls North of Staffin. Signals very poor or non-existant, even with big antenna for Vert reception.
Are there any plans to increase coverage ? I note that transmitter power is only 9 Watts. An increase in this power would, I am sure, enable several hundred homes here in the North of Skye to receive this service.
Regards
Dave
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jb387:33 PM
Dave McAlpin: Well although you haven't given your exact location and with this making it difficult to check on exactly what you should be able to receive using DUK's reception predictor, however using a couple of test codes based on your area does not indicate reception as being possible in the Flodigarry area from the Staffin transmitter by it being well outside of the transmitters intended coverage area, and although you may well be able to receive a signal, albeit this being on a variable to non existent basis, that's really what would be expected in a situation such as yours or anyone else that picks up a transmitter from outside its coverage range, as variables always exist in every situation.
As far as the situation being improved at any time by increasing the transmitter power, even if it was quadrupled (or more) I don't think that this would make that terribly much of a difference to most of the households I seen in the Flodigarry area, excepting possibly yourself as well as maybe some properties located near to the coastline who are possibly able to pick the signal from Staffin across Bay, as other than that most I have checked on are not remotely anywhere near to a line-of-sight situation of the Staffin transmitter with the path from Staffin being obstructed by low level hills positioned relatively close to the properties, the very type of situation than can block signals from even high powered transmitters.
To be quite honest about it, in my opinion Freesat is the only option people have for guaranteed reliable reception in your area, but with the reliability of that being made even more so by using a slightly larger dish than the types installed in the Central Scottish belt, and which are already larger than is used in Southern England.
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Friday, 4 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:20 AM
8:20 AM
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Oct 04:49. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:08 PM
12:08 PM
STAFFIN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Oct 04:49 until 4 Oct 10:04. . [BBC]
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Monday, 4 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Staffin transmitter - Staffin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 11 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Staffin transmitter - Staffin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 2 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Staffin transmitter - Staffin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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