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The symbol shows the location of the Newbattle (Midlothian, Scotland) transmitter which serves 600 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 Newbattle (Midlothian, Scotland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Newbattle 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
 V max
C41 (634.0MHz)87mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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
C44 (658.0MHz)87mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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
 V max
C47 (682.0MHz)87mDTG-2W
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Newbattle (Midlothian, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, W, Yesterday +1.

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 Newbattle transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 76km west (270°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 0.5m homes 1.7%
from Edinburgh EH3 9QG, 11km northwest (316°)
to STV Central (Edinburgh) region - 8 masts.

How will the Newbattle (Midlothian, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-133 Oct 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TB E K T
C41BBCA
C44D3+4
C47BBCB
C50tv_offBBCA
C55tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCB
C59tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C62BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C65C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 10W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 2W

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

Aug 1957-Jun 1997Scottish 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. Newbattle 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.

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Thursday, 23 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
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4:33 AM

NEWBATTLE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 on 21 Mar to 20:03 on 21 Mar. [BBC]

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Saturday, 8 April 2017
Transmitter engineering
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5:32 AM

NEWBATTLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:43 today to 02:48 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:43 today to 02:48 today. [BBC]

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Sunday, 9 April 2017
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5:32 AM

NEWBATTLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:43 yesterday to 02:48 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:43 yesterday to 02:48 yesterday. [BBC]

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Monday, 10 April 2017
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5:33 AM

NEWBATTLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:43 on 08 Apr to 02:48 on 08 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:43 on 08 Apr to 02:48 on 08 Apr. [BBC]

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Thursday, 25 May 2017
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2:36 PM

NEWBATTLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:13 today to 11:18 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:13 today to 11:18 today. [BBC]

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Friday, 26 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
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5:33 AM

NEWBATTLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:13 yesterday to 11:18 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:13 yesterday to 11:18 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 27 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
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5:33 AM

NEWBATTLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:13 on 25 May to 11:18 on 25 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:13 on 25 May to 11:18 on 25 May. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:08 PM

NEWBATTLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:00 today to 14:17 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:00 today to 14:17 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 6 September 2018
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6:08 AM

NEWBATTLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:00 yesterday to 14:17 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:00 yesterday to 14:17 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 7 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:08 AM

NEWBATTLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:00 on 05 Sep to 14:17 on 05 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:00 on 05 Sep to 14:17 on 05 Sep. [BBC]

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