Freeview Light on the Rothesay (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Rothesay (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter which serves 5,800 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 Rothesay (Argyll and Bute, 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 Rothesay (Argyll and Bute, 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 Rothesay 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 218m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 218m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 218m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 Rothesay (Argyll and Bute, 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 Rothesay transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 44km east (95°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 45km east (95°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Rothesay (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 30 Sep 2018- | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C8 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C32 | 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 8 Jun 11 and 22 Jun 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 2kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Black Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 4 July 2011
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Charlie8:12 PM
and as if by magic..CH22 returns. No idea what the problem was but I'll wait for the BBC to get back and hopefully clarify what was going on. No matter, I've read up a lot on this topic now so it was sort of worth it..thanks again for all for the help... Let's hope it stays up for more than 2 days!
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Tuesday, 5 July 2011
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David Reid11:00 AM
Greenock
Yes, as with Charlie,CH22 (HD) came back yesterday and is still there this morning.
Happy 4th of July indeed!
Thanks for all the posts and advice.
David.
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb385:19 PM
David Reid: I found what you have reported really interesting as it backs up Charlie's experience, it would also have been of interest to find out if anyone actually on the Island itself experienced a failure of Ch22, or maybe even a reduced signal strength! as that could have blanked out mainland reception without killing it for locals to the TX.
Unfortunately the only person on the Island who did report a problem (alan denholm 28th June @ 08.05) could have had his problem caused by experiencing too strong a signal, however he only made the one posting so the outcome isn't known.
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011
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Stuart 6:33 PM
Acording to the web sirte at my address in Largs i should be in reciept of 4 HD channels from the Rothsay transmitter, however i they are not detected using my freeview box or on any of the freeview enabled tv's. Does anyone recieve them?
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Stuart : Yes, all you need a Freeview HD (DVB-T2) receiver. See What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Thursday, 5 July 2012
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Brian5:50 PM
Why do we have so few channels broadcast ? in england NW my relatives have over double the amount of channels, including Dave, Quest, Yesterday, Sky Sports, Espn, why are they missing from our reception in Rothesay!
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Mark Fletcher6:12 PM
Halifax
Brian.That is because the Rothesay relay is a freeview lite mast broadcasting only the public service broadcast multiplexes BBCA,D3+4 and if you have a DVB-T2 tuner the BBCB (HD) multiplex too.All freeview lite relays have no obligation to transmit SDN,ArqA and ArqB commercial multiplexes due to cost,hence why only two or three PSB (only) and zero COM multiplexes as such !
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 30 March 2013
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Kenneth Fraser3:31 PM
Wemyss Bay
When is the transmitter getting updated to include all of the freeview channels ??
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Kenneth's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Kenneth Fraser: The likely answer is "never". See here for an explanation:
Londonderry (Northern Ireland) digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
You may be lucky and be able to receive the full service from Rosneath, subject to the expense of a new aerial.
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Wednesday, 16 October 2013
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stevie 2:50 AM
I would like to know if rothesay isle of bute will ever recive all the digi channels as wee only recive 34 max were I am?
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