Freeview Light on the Scoval (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Scoval (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 Scoval (Highland, Scotland) transmitter._______
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 Scoval (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 Scoval 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 | H -6.2dB V -6.2dB | C40 (626.0MHz) | 258m | DTG- | 32W 32W |
 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 | H max V -6.2dB | C43 (650.0MHz) | 258m | DTG- | 132W 32W |
 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 | H max V -6.2dB | C46 (674.0MHz) | 258m | DTG- | 132W 32W |
 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 Scoval (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 Scoval transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 232km southeast (143°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 281km east (99°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Scoval (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 20 Sep 2017 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | 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 | 160W | |
| PSB2≡, PSB3≡ | (-0.8dB) 132W | |
| PSB1≡, PSB1||, PSB2||, PSB3|| | (-7dB) 32W |
Local transmitter maps
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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cedas9:01 PM
Isle Of Skye
We are receiving no TV signal tonight. Any comments re Scoval?
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cedas: No problems are reported. See BBC - Reception problems .
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Wednesday, 12 January 2011
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terry wilding9:15 AM
Still no signal from Scoval. Electrical power went off yesterday on Husabost township
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terry wilding: Please report via BBC - Reception problems if you still have problems as nothing is showing up officially.
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Friday, 17 February 2012
Scoval transmitter is primarily vertically polarised with an ERP of 32W.
The horizontally polarised signals from Scoval are at 132W and are radiated from lower down the structure and in the direction of the Clettraval relay on Uist, as explained by mb21:
mb21 - The Transmission Gallery
The Ofcom documention further confirms this as it says that Scoval VP is at 290m whereas HP is at 258m.
The radiation patternclass at the top of this page says it is the HP one. Is there a VP one?
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Sunday, 26 February 2012
Dave Lindsay: Yes, I need to fix the page to list both aerial heights where the H and V are not at the same height.
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Friday, 24 June 2016
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Richard.9:46 AM
Hi,
With regard to the Scoval transmitter on the Isle of Skye, I am confused about the erp of the transmitter
There are two power outputs stated, 32watts and 132 watts.
Could anybody explain this, also what is the polarisation of this transmitter.
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Richard Cooper12:35 PM
Norwich
Richard.: Hi, Richard on Skye. Scoval transmits at two different powers and polarisations, depending on which mux you consider. On multiplex PSB1, the group of channels which includes BBC1, BBC Alba and BBC4 where you are, Scoval transmits at only 32 watts power whether the aerial is polarised horizontal or vertical. On the other hand on multiplex PSB2, which is the group of channels that includes STV, Channel 4, Channel 5, itv2, etc., this multiplex is transmitted at 132 watts power with horizontal polarisation but only 32 watts with vertical polarisation. Finally, the PSB3 mux, which includes the HD services for the main channels and also the channel called Film4+1 and a couple of red button services, this transmits at 132 watts power at horizontal polarisation but only 32 watts at vertical polarisation. I believe I've now answered your question. I'd be inclined to set my aerial at horizontal polarisation or maybe experiment by rotating it a few degrees on the slant 'on the huh' as we say in Norfolk, and see which works best across the whole range of channels you can get from Scoval. Richard, Norwich, on the Isle of Eaton (NR2)!
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Saturday, 25 June 2016
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KMJ,Derby3:40 PM
Richard: further to Richard Cooper's post regarding the Scoval transmitter, I have done a bit of delving and basically the antenna at the top of the mast serves an area in the West of Skye with a vertically polarised signal and transmitter power of 32w on each of the three PSB muxes. The antenna sited partway up the mast at 15m agl sends a narrow beam across Little Minch to the mast at Clettraval. This signal is horizontally polarised and transmits each of the PSP muxes at 132w. The purpose of this beam is to provide a feed for the DTT services transmitted from Clettraval. Photos of the antennas at Scoval can be found on the mb21 website.
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Richard Cooper4:00 PM
Norwich
KMJ,Derby: Hi KMJ,Derby. Thank you so much for delving into the details behind the beams of different powers at Scoval. I'm sure the results of you research work will further enlighten Richard on Skye. Thanks again, Richard, Norwich.
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