Full Freeview on the Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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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 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
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 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.
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?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 198km south (186°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
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?
| Bhlaraidh | Active deflector | 40 km SW Inverness | 5 homes |
| Culloden | Transposer | 10 km E Inverness | 25 homes Caravan site |
| U.strthnairn A | Active deflector | 20 km S Inverness | 25 homes |
| Upper Foyers | Active deflector | Upper Foyers | 42 homes |
How will the Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 6 Sep 2017 | ||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | ||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C40 | +ArqB | +ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C43 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C46 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | |||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C50tv_off | +ArqB | ||||||||
| C52tv_off | _local | _local | _local | _local |
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 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 |
Local transmitter maps
Rosemarkie Freeview Rosemarkie TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Aberdeen micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rosemarkie transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 7 July 2014
C
CD9:24 PM
Anyone having probelms tonight from Rosemarkie - seems to be weak or no signal on COM4?
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Tuesday, 8 July 2014
C
CD10:44 AM
Same problem this morning - seems to be low power? Other 10 kW muxes are fine.
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C
CD10:50 AM
Also, CHs 800 - 824 have appeared in the EPG, but no names or event information.
I remember, on a couple of occasions previously, some Norwegian channels appeared in the EPG (during prolonged High Pressure) - don't know if this has anything to do with the problem at the moment?
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Friday, 31 October 2014
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Paul W5:17 PM
Forres
For the second time this week BBC1 and HD suddenly drop signal to poor quality or no signal at All! No servicing being done. Started exactly 1700.
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 24 December 2015
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Mrs j hopes6:14 PM
Why can't I receive freeview channel 81. When I phoned freeview they said it was because rosemarkie was not transmitting this signal . Is this correct , if so when or if is this likely to be upgraded , or is there anything I can do myself to improve this situation , best wishes for Christmas if you are working over the holiday .
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Tuesday, 7 June 2016
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mollie Miller9:32 PM
Brora
Hello, My post code is KW9 6NN (Doll, near Brora). For the last 4 days, the picture on my tv keeps breaking up. My aerial is in the loft but I have had no problems in the past. I have another tv in the kitchen plugged in to a different aerial and it is also breaking up. Could this be due to atmospherics? Mollie.
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mollie's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
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jb3812:02 AM
mollie Miller: Most likely yes!, as many areas in the UK are presently experiencing reception problems related to high atmospheric pressure zones sweeping across the UK, channels either being completely wiped out or alternatively suffering from severe levels of glitching, tropospheric chart indications inclined to suggest that the situation is destined to last until at least next Sunday, various areas being affected at random.
The main thing to remember being *not* to be tempted into carrying out a retune, as all this will achieve is to delete the channels already stored in the tuner, numerous retunes then being required in order to recover same.
By the way, Knockmore (@ 43 miles) is indicated as being the station that provides the best signal in your area, although Rosemarkie is also a possible, albeit it that reception from the COM transmitters from the latter are predicted as being poor.
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Saturday, 19 November 2016
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A Fraser9:52 AM
We have had very poor reception on BBC channels for the last 10 days or so . We got in our TV aerial engineer who did tests on our reception, no problems with cables etc within the house. He found the reception was low, much lower than usual and a lot of his work in the last week or so was to households experiencing the same problem. He reckoned there was some problem at the transmission site. Is this the case? Our postcode is IV2.
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StevensOnln112:28 PM
A Fraser: There have been no reported faults or recent engineering work at Rosemarkie. If the problem is affecting various separate households I would suggest reporting it to the BBC (see link below).
BBC - Reception - Help Receiving TV and Radio
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Saturday, 22 April 2017
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Mark1:09 AM
Avoch
Hi
I am missing all channels on com5....all other multiplexes are OK
Hi gain wide and antenna loft mounted.
Any advice gratefully received.
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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