Full Freeview on the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter which serves 430,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter._______
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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Craigkelly 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Craigkelly transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 70km west-southwest (252°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.5m homes 1.7%
from Edinburgh EH3 9QG, 14km south (174°)
to STV Central (Edinburgh) region - 8 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Dullatur | Transposer | 20 km NE Glasgow | 40 homes |
| Edinburgh | Transposer | Sighthill area | 167 homes |
How will the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 3 Oct 2018 | |||||
| A K T | K T | K T | K T | W T | |||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C30 | LEH | ||||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqA | |||||
| C32 | _local | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C39 | +ArqB | ||||||||
| C42 | SDN | ||||||||
| C45 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C48 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
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 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| com7, com8 | (-9.7dB) 10.8kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| LEH | (-13dB) 5kW | |
| Analogue 5, Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-14dB) 4kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 2kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Craigkelly transmitter area
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Wednesday, 27 June 2018
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StevensOnln111:16 PM
Russell Willens: Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? The current hot weather conditions are causing TV and radio signals to travel much further than they normally would, resulting in interference from distant transmitters causing reception problems in various parts of the country which may be a factor (although if you've had the same problem for a couple of weeks it is more likely to be a fault somewhere in your aerial system).
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Friday, 27 July 2018
ive got a youview box and during the past couple of weeks the picture suddenly goes black then a popup says there is a problem with the ariel to check its connected then it reverts back to the channel am on its more prominent on itv3 than the other channels if thats any help
but as you stated to robert willens its due to the recent hot weather causing the signal to do this could i be getting the same problem as robert?
the signal strength is 93% signal quality 100% as are most of the channels so its definately not a signal problem
i do remember in the 60's that hot weather used to cause interference is this the same type of problem being experienced with digital tv?
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Saturday, 28 July 2018
MikeP
3:32 PM
3:32 PM
Donald Kirkbride:
A signal strength of 93% is too high! Ideally you want between 60% and 85% else the tuner can be overloaded and appear deaf - hence the loss of some/all channels and the misleading message saying no signal.
The weather related problems you saw in the '60s is exactly the same now and affected digital transmissions in exactly same way now as it did the older analogue transmissions. Physics has not changed.
So I advise you to check your signal strengths again and if they are above 85% then you need to reduce them using an attenuator, start with one of 3dB.
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Friday, 3 August 2018
the fault of the picture going black then a popup telling me to check the ariel connection hasnt appeared for over a week so am therefore putting it down to being the hot weather affecting the signal
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Wednesday, 19 September 2018
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stuart craig1:00 AM
Hi I stay in Edinburgh & use your transmitter but tonight the whole of edinbugh has no signal on there tv. I have done all the checks before I sent this message to you.
What seems to be the problem?
Many Thanks
Stuart Craig
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stuart harris1:32 AM
stuart craig: The transmitter is off air for engineering works.
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Thursday, 20 September 2018
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John Robinson12:54 AM
Seems to be off again tonight. Or maybe the wind blew my aerial off the roof...?
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Chris3:20 PM
Post 3rd October for the 700 MHz clearance Digital UK website recommends a Group T aerial as Com 7 and Com 8 are moving to channels 55 and 56 resp. Your information recommends a Group A aerial and makes no mention of Com7 & 8. Since channels 55 & 56 are in the 700MHz range is this just a temporary move? Any ideas?
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Friday, 21 September 2018
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MikeP10:26 AM
Chris:
It is a fact that the owner of this website has not been maintaining it as up to date as we'd all like. However, the Digital UK Coverage Checker is always kept up to date and the best place to look for transmitter information. Look at Digital UK - Coverage checker
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Wednesday, 3 October 2018
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Wayne collard12:48 AM
I was told to retune tv on 03/10/2018 and i did that but no channels found message came up for Cambusbarron Area. Not sure what to do other than pay for sky multi room cos this is unacceptable.
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