Freeview Light on the Cannongate (City of Edinburgh, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Cannongate (City of Edinburgh, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,300 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 Cannongate (City of Edinburgh, 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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Cannongate (City of Edinburgh, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Cannongate 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 H max | C35 (586.0MHz) | 69m | DTG- | 3W 3W |
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 max | C34 (578.0MHz) | 79m | DTG- | 3W 3W |
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Edinburgh 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 V max | C33 (570.0MHz) | 79m | DTG- | 3W 3W |
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 Cannongate (City of Edinburgh, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Cannongate transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 70km west (264°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/stv-edinburgh.jpg)
STV News 0.5m homes 1.7%
from Edinburgh EH3 9QG, 2km west-southwest (247°)
to STV Central (Edinburgh) region - 8 masts.
How will the Cannongate (City of Edinburgh, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 3 Oct 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
C33 | BBCB | ||||||||
C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C35 | BBCA | ||||||||
C50tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C55tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C59tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 1 Jun 11 and 15 Jun 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 9W | |
PSB1||, PSB1≡, PSB2≡, PSB2||, PSB3≡, PSB3|| | (-5.4dB) 2.6W |
Local transmitter maps
Cannongate Freeview Craigkelly TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Edinburgh micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Craigkelly transmitter area
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Wednesday, 23 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
CANNONGATE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:55 on 21 Jul to 13:12 on 21 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:17 on 21 Jul to 08:05 on 21 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:55 on 21 Jul to 13:12 on 21 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:17 on 21 Jul to 08:05 on [BBC]
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Thursday, 24 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
CANNONGATE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:17 on 21 Jul to 08:05 on 21 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:55 on 21 Jul to 13:12 on 21 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:17 on 21 Jul to 08:05 on 21 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:55 on 21 Jul to 13:12 on [BBC]
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Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Saturday, 11 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
CANNONGATE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:49 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:49 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:49 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:49 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
CANNONGATE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:00 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:49 today to 08:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:49 today to 08:00 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:00 today, BBC Digital [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
CANNONGATE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:49 today to 08:00 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:00 today to 17:03 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:49 today to 08:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:00 today to 17:03 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air [BBC]
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Sunday, 12 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
CANNONGATE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:00 yesterday to 17:03 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:49 yesterday to 08:00 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:00 yesterday to 17:03 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:49 yesterday to 08:00 ye [BBC]
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jeff haddow9:22 AM
Cannongate Transmitter off air again today
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Transmitter engineering
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
CANNONGATE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:00 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:49 yesterday to 08:00 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:55 today to 08:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:49 yesterday t [BBC]
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