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The symbol shows the location of the Onich (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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Onich (Highland, Scotland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Onich 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
 H -5.8dB
C32 (562.0MHz)
84mDTG-3W
1W
Channel icons
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
 H -5.8dB
C34 (578.0MHz)
84mDTG-3W
1W
Channel icons
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
 H -5.8dB
C35 (586.0MHz)
84mDTG-3W
1W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Onich (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 Onich transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 111km south-southeast (150°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 111km south-southeast (150°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

Clachaig InnActive deflectorGlencoe10 homes (mountaineering center)

How will the Onich (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-132013-182013-174 Oct 2017
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TC/D E TA K T
C32BBCA
C34D3+4
C35BBCB
C49tv_off BBCABBCA
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 13 Oct 10 and 27 Oct 10.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 17W
PSB1||, PSB2||, PSB3||(-7dB) 3.4W
PSB1≡, PSB2≡, PSB3≡(-12.8dB) 0.9W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Torosay transmitter area

Aug 1957-Jun 1997Scottish Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014STV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Onich was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Sunday, 13 March 2011
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drew
9:51 AM
Ballachulish

Any idea when the Onich transmitter will be back on air?

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dave
1:10 PM

Is the transmitter back on air or is my btvision box not working?
How am I supposed to watch the most important rugby match of the year?

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very very angry ally
1:46 PM

does anyone know when the onich transmitter will be working again because my dad is getting angry

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dave
2:19 PM

@ ally
I'm peed off here in Lettermore too! It would be nice if someone from the transmitter service etc. would maybe answer (but they should please do not use the words "patient" and "apoligise", I'm passed that phase)!

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very very angry ally
2:39 PM
Appin

@ dave i think we should all complain and get them to upgrade the mast to a main transmitter then we could get more channels

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very very angry ally
6:00 PM
Appin

does anyone know who we can complain to about the mast ie. possibly upgrading it etc.im talking about the onich mast or should it be the community council who deal with it many thanks

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drew
6:12 PM
Ballachulish

Ally, Dave,
Ive contacted out MP Charles Kennedy and asked if he can intervene. There seems to be little direct connection between the provider of the service and the consumer in north argyll, south Lochaber. If and when he responds, I will post back

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very very angry ally
6:20 PM
Appin

Drew,
Good man i will leave it in your capable hands and i will go and get angry at something else cheers mate

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Monday, 14 March 2011
AlexG
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

9:38 AM

This transmitter was off air due to power cuts at the site. It's back on air now.

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Monday, 21 March 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

7:15 AM

I can't see any MP being impressed with comments about known transmitter problems. What a waste of public resources.

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