Freeview Light on the Easdale (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Easdale (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter which serves less than 500 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.
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Easdale (Argyll and Bute, 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 Easdale 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 48m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 48m | DTG- | 2W |
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow 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 | C37 (602.0MHz) | 48m | DTG- | 2W |
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 Easdale (Argyll and Bute, 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 Easdale transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 96km east-southeast (122°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 97km east-southeast (122°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Easdale (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 14 Aug 2019 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | A K T | |||||
C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C43 | BBCB | ||||||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C46 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 8 Jun 11 and 22 Jun 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
EASDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:46 on 05 Aug to 01:41 on 05 Aug, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:04 on 05 Aug to 12:11 on 05 Aug. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:07 AM
9:07 AM
EASDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:04 on 05 Aug to 12:11 on 05 Aug, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:46 on 05 Aug to 01:41 on 05 Aug. [BBC]
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Thursday, 27 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
EASDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:46 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:11 yesterday to 00:19 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:07 AM
9:07 AM
EASDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:11 yesterday to 00:19 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:46 today to 06:21 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 28 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
EASDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:11 on 26 Sep to 00:19 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:46 yesterday to 06:21 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 29 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
EASDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:11 on 26 Sep to 00:19 on 27 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:46 on 27 Sep to 06:21 on 27 Sep. [BBC]
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Sunday, 30 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:07 AM
9:07 AM
EASDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 02:46 on 27 Sep to 06:21 on 27 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:11 on 26 Sep to 00:19 on 27 Sep. [BBC]
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Sunday, 14 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:06 PM
12:06 PM
EASDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:32 today to 08:33 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 15 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
EASDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:32 yesterday to 08:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
EASDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:43 today to 00:51 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:32 on 14 Oct to 08:33 on 14 Oct. [BBC]
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