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The symbol shows the location of the Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 63,000 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 Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) mast?

Rosemarkie transmitter - Rosemarkie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Rosemarkie 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
 H max
C45 (666.0MHz)327mDTG-20,000W
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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
C39+ (618.2MHz)327mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C42 (642.0MHz)327mDTG-20,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C43 (650.0MHz)327mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C46 (674.0MHz)327mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C40+ (626.2MHz)327mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Rosemarkie (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 Rosemarkie transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 198km south (186°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 132km east-southeast (116°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

BhlaraidhActive deflector40 km SW Inverness5 homes
CullodenTransposer10 km E Inverness25 homes Caravan site
U.strthnairn AActive deflector20 km S Inverness25 homes
Upper FoyersActive deflectorUpper Foyers42 homes

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

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20102010-132013-182013-176 Sep 2017
VHFB E TB E TB E TB E TB E TB E TB E T
C2BBCtvwaves
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves +D3+4+D3+4D3+4
C40 +ArqB+ArqBArqB
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCBBBCBBBCB
C43SDNSDNSDNSDN
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCABBCABBCA
C46ArqAArqAArqAArqA
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+D3+4
C50tv_off+ArqB
C52tv_off_local_local_local_local

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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 6 Oct 10 and 20 Oct 10.

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

Analogue 1-4 100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 10kW
Mux C*, Mux D*(-11dB) 8kW

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

Sep 1961-Jun 1997Grampian 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. Rosemarkie 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

9:56 PM

M. Partington: Yes. For C39+, for example, just specifying C39 will tune it.

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Monday, 12 November 2012
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Mairi Maciver
8:36 PM

I have just bought a new car 2 months ago and the radio reception in and around Inverness is terrible, with a continuous background crackling. Is there some problem with radio reception in Highland. If yes, can you suggest a solution?

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Tuesday, 4 December 2012
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Paul Warrener
9:12 AM
Forres

How Long are the rosemarkie transmitter engineering works going to continue?

The information mentions 2nd December engineering information but it is flagged up 3rd Dec and now 4th Dec. I can confirm poor reception or non existence/low signal strength on the PSB1 set on 4th DEC.

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Sunday, 9 December 2012
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Paul Warrener
9:03 AM
Forres

This transmitter is showing serviceable here. SINCE the work was carried out 2-4 Dec I have found a great number of people in my location that are suffering from a dreadful service.

THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

I would like to see some action taken please.

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Tuesday, 5 February 2013
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Charles Wilson
12:48 PM
Inverness

My post code is IV2 4LB and my aerial is roof mounted.
Yet again I find this morning between 11am and noon that while rosemarkie claims to have no problems I have no signal or bad signal on my COM6 ArqB channels. This happens every now and again and is very annoying.
Since I regularly take steps to ensure that none of the other potential causes (need to reset/mobile phones/etc.) are ruled out the only possible cause is inversion due to high pressure weather conditions.
However, it is my understanding from reading the notes that the potential disturbance caused by nearby analogue transmitters should only affect the weak digital signals used for freeview prior to digital switchover. Since digital switchover has happened does this explanation no longer hold water?
I can practically see the Rosemarkie transmitter from my home in Inverness so why is this still happening?

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KMJ,Derby
sentiment_satisfiedGold

1:18 PM

Charles Wilson: Having checked the William Hepburn tropospheric ducting forecast for today, there is no indication whatsoever of inversion taking place, however at such times as this does take place out of area digital signals will interfere with your normal service as much if not more than analogue signals used to. There is of course the possibility of locally originating interference from the RF modulators of Sky boxes, VCRs or games consoles. It is also possible that engineering work is taking place to prepare for frequency changes later in the year on PSB2 and ArqB. Such work might not be notified, as much of the engineering information originates from the BBC and deals mostly with their own services.

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

1:30 PM

Charles Wilson: You live in a bungalow which puts your aerial lower down than with a house and you also appear to be well-hampered by some large oak trees on your road.

My feeling is that this is a signal quality issue rather than a signal strength issue. If so, then it starts at the aerial and, for example no amount of amplification will make the slightest bit of difference.

I see that you made a posting last July complaining of the same issue with the same channel. In July this year C50 is due to move to C40, so if it is a particular frequency that is being hit, as it appears to be, then it might go away when it changes channel.

Granted, you would put up with it until then, but if you do do something to try and solve the issue, be mindful that that work may only be required for the next five months.

I'm not an aerial installer; just a technical bod. Perhaps, if you can do so, turning your aerial a little, preferably so it's pointing nearer to the edge of the tree might help.

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Thursday, 1 August 2013
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Vicky Goss
1:03 PM

I live beside the Invergordon distillery and i am having problems tuning in the BBC4 TV channel. I can get all 77 other channels but always have problems getting the BBC4 channel every time i retune.

Why is this?

thanks in advance

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Friday, 2 August 2013
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Bronislaw
4:15 PM
Inverness

From 01/08/2013 there is no signal on channel 14 (film4) and a few other channels. What has happened?

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Bronislaw
4:18 PM
Inverness

from yesterday the film 4 signal (channel 14) disappeared? What is going on?
I live Inverness IV2 3DL

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