Freeview Light on the Wanlockhead (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Wanlockhead (South Lanarkshire, 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 Wanlockhead (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) mast?
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 24 Dec 01:11 until 24 Dec 06:46. Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Dec 10:28 until 23 Dec 12:27. . 
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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 Wanlockhead (South Lanarkshire, 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 Wanlockhead 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) | 450m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | C47 (682.0MHz) | 450m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow 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 | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 450m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 Wanlockhead (South Lanarkshire, 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 Wanlockhead transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 61km north-northwest (330°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 61km north-northwest (330°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Wanlockhead (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 30 Sep 2018- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| 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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 20 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 20 Dec 16:23. Poor quality due to a fault from 20 Dec 11:23 until 20 Dec 15:13. Poor quality due to a fault from 19 Dec 15:14 until 20 Dec 00:06. Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Dec 14:22 unt [BBC]
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Saturday, 21 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:20 PM
11:20 PM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 21 Dec 15:46 until 21 Dec 20:05. Poor quality due to a fault from 20 Dec 17:26 until 21 Dec 15:38. Poor quality due to a fault from 20 Dec 16:23 until 20 Dec 17:23. Poor quality due to a fault from 20 Dec 11: [BBC]
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Monday, 23 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:21 AM
11:21 AM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Dec 10:28. Poor quality due to a fault from 21 Dec 15:46 until 21 Dec 20:05. Poor quality due to a fault from 20 Dec 17:26 until 21 Dec 15:38. Poor quality due to a fault from 20 Dec 16:23 unt [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:21 PM
2:21 PM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Dec 10:28 until 23 Dec 12:27. Poor quality due to a fault from 21 Dec 15:46 until 21 Dec 20:05. Poor quality due to a fault from 20 Dec 17:26 until 21 Dec 15:38. Poor quality due to a fault fr [BBC]
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Wednesday, 25 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:07 AM
8:07 AM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 24 Dec 01:11 until 24 Dec 06:46. Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Dec 10:28 until 23 Dec 12:27. Poor quality due to a fault from 21 Dec 15:46 until 21 Dec 20:05. Poor quality due to a fault fr [BBC]
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Thursday, 26 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 24 Dec 01:11 until 24 Dec 06:46. Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Dec 10:28 until 23 Dec 12:27. Poor quality due to a fault from 21 Dec 15:46 until 21 Dec 20:05. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:21 PM
11:21 PM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 24 Dec 01:11 until 24 Dec 06:46. Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Dec 10:28 until 23 Dec 12:27. . [BBC]
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