Freeview Light on the Skriaig (Skye) (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Skriaig (Skye) (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,400 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 Skriaig (Skye) (Highland, Scotland) mast?
SKRIAIG (SKYE) transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 13 Nov 14:45 until 13 Nov 14:52. . 
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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 Skriaig (Skye) (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 Skriaig (Skye) 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 | C27 (522.0MHz) | 449m | DTG- | 320W |
 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 449m | DTG- | 320W |
 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 | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 449m | DTG- | 320W |
 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 Skriaig (Skye) (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 Skriaig (Skye) transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 208km south-southeast (147°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 252km east (98°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Carbost | Active deflector | See TPG | |
| Inverinate | Active deflector | 15-20 km E Kyle of Lochalsh | 126 homes |
| Luib | Active deflector | Isle of Sky | 15 homes |
| Totardor | Active deflector | Isle of Skye | 4 homes |
| Uig C | Active deflector | 20 km NW Portree | 17 homes |
How will the Skriaig (Skye) (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Dec 2017- | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C3 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 1000W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.9dB) 320W |
Local transmitter maps
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 27 August 2011
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Nick Fairweather11:12 PM
Can you tell me when I will be able to receive ITV4 from the Skriaig transmitter on my television in Inverarish Terrace, Isle of Raasay?
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Sunday, 28 August 2011
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Jim F9:06 PM
Nick Fairweather: The Skriaig transmitter is unusual, in that it is a "main" transmitter that only transmits the 3 PSB MUXs post switchover (same as the relays at Inverarish and Penifiler, and it uses vertical polarisation too).
ITV4 is on the Arqiva B MUX, which is why you're not finding it at the moment. I've no idea if there are any plans to add the COM MUXs to Skriaig, but you have Freesat as an alternative.
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Tuesday, 6 September 2011
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Richard Newman12:00 PM
Hi,
Does anybody out there know why we have lost BBC4 hd on the Skriaig transmitter on Skye?
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MikeP
1:50 PM
1:50 PM
Richard Newman:
Skriag does not transmit COM7, which is where it would normally be. It was present for the duration of the Olympics on PSB3 but is no longer offered on that multiplex, things having been returned to the normal correct settings since the Olympics finished.
There are many similar questions on this website that have all been answered in a similar way.
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Thursday, 1 March 2018
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Richard Newman12:20 AM
Hi,
As anybody noticed that the Skriag transmitter on Skye now carries ITV3 on channel 788.
Richard Newman
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Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
SKRIAIG (SKYE) transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 13 Nov 14:45 until 13 Nov 14:52. . [BBC]
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