Full Freeview on the Rumster Forest (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Rumster Forest (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 21,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Rumster Forest (Highland, Scotland) mast?
Rumster Forest transmitter - Rumster Forest transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/11/2024 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Rumster Forest (Highland, 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 Rumster Forest 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 Rumster Forest (Highland, 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 Rumster Forest transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 281km south-southwest (193°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 154km south-southeast (150°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Altnaharra | Active deflector | 30 km N Lairg | 20 homes |
| Armadale | Transposer | 30 km W Thurso | 30 homes |
| Blandy | Active deflector | 50 km W Thurso | 20 homes |
| Borrobol | Active deflector | 80 km NE Inverness | 7 homes |
| Daviot | Active deflector | 8 km SE Inverness | 7 homes |
| Glenmore | Active deflector | 8 km SE Aviemore | 25 homes 1000 caravans |
| Kinbrace | Active deflector | 22 km NW Helmsdale | 20 homes School |
| Macduff | Transposer | 30 km W Fraserburgh | 30 homes |
| Portsoy C/p | Transposer | 10 km W Banff | 1 homes 60 caravans |
| Strath Halladale | Active deflector | Strath Halladale (south) | 20 homes |
| Strathnaver B | Active deflector | 48km SW Thurso | 21 homes |
| Strathy West | Active deflector | 22 km W Thurso | 17 homes |
| Suisgill | Active deflector | ||
| U.strthnairn B | Active deflector | 20 km S Inverness | 8 homes holiday |
How will the Rumster Forest (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1965-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 23 Aug 2017 | ||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | W | W T | W T | A K T | ||
| C8 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | +BBCB | +BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C30 | -SDN | -SDN | -SDN | ||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C32 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C59tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
| C62 | ArqB |
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 2 Jun 10 and 16 Jun 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux A*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 2kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rumster Forest transmitter area
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Monday, 28 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Rumster Forest transmitter - Rumster Forest transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 25 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
Rumster Forest transmitter - Rumster Forest transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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