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The symbol shows the location of the Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter which serves 41,000 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 Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) mast?

ROSNEATH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Nov 12:58 until 23 Nov 13:04. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Nov 12:47 until 23 Nov 12:59. . BBC


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Which Freeview channels does the Rosneath 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
 H -24dB
C39 (618.0MHz)
216mDTG-2,000W
8W
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
 H -24dB
C42 (642.0MHz)
216mDTG-2,000W
8W
Channel icons
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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
 H -24dB
C45 (666.0MHz)
216mDTG-2,000W
8W
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

COM4
SDN
 V max
 H -24dB
C33 (570.0MHz)
216mDTG-82,000W
8W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
 H -24dB
C36 (594.0MHz)
216mDTG-82,000W
8W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
 H -24dB
C48- (689.8MHz)
216mDTG-82,000W
8W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, 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 Rosneath transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 35km east-southeast (117°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 35km east-southeast (117°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.

How will the Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1968-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-175 Sep 2018
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TC/D E TW T
C2BBCtvwaves
C13ITVwaves
C33SDN
C36ArqA
C39BBCA
C42D3+4
C45BBCB
C48_local_local_local_local
C49tv_off BBCABBCA
C53tv_offSDNSDNSDN
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C57tv_offArqAArqAArqA
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C60tv_off -ArqB-ArqBArqB
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 10kW
COM4||, COM5||, COM6||, PSB1||, PSB2||, PSB3||(-7dB) 2kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-17dB) 200W
Mux A*(-20dB) 100W
COM4≡, COM5≡, COM6≡, PSB1≡, PSB2≡, PSB3≡(-31dB) 8W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rosneath 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
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David Moore
8:18 PM

Transmitter engineering: Still no signal in Helensburgh , it is now 8:17 pm will we be getting a signal soon?

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StevensOnln1
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11:18 PM

David Moore: Have you retuned yet? The Rosneath transmitter was back on air by 4am this morning.

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Thursday, 6 September 2018
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Alan L
2:29 PM

Had to remove my group C/D filter to get BBC back. Only added because we weakly pick up Darvel and the NowTV box gets very confused.

Indoor reception seems to be much poorer last 24h. My EyeTV stick struggling to pick up all muxes. Any change in radiated power? Have LoS to Rosneath mast.

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Saturday, 8 September 2018
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Jack
5:54 PM

I have lost all channels on one of my TVs since the engineering works on friday and they have not returned. Have tried to retune and no joy, however if i move the TV into a different room connected to a different socket it is fine. Anyone with similar issues?

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Sunday, 9 September 2018
MikeP
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10:55 AM

Jack:

Please check all the aerial system, checking all the cables and connections. Check also that any splitter is working correctly and is properly set and powered (if relevant). You also need to unplug the aerial, do a retune without it and then refit the aerial and do another retune.

I assume you have a wideband aerial fitted and in use?



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Joe Graham
2:13 PM

Hi Brian
On checking multiplexes for Rosneath post the 5 September retune, the channel allocations do not agree with
what you have further up the page (admittedly the only 2018 figures you give are for Dec onwards). My observations agree with those in the DigitalUK 700MHz Clearance document for STV region.
C33 SDN,
C36 ArqA,
C39 PSB1,
C42 PSB2,
C45 PSB3,
C48 ArqB

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Wednesday, 19 September 2018
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Picken
4:32 PM

No tv reception on 2 sets. Transmitter p roblems?

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StevensOnln1
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5:32 PM

Picken: There are no faults showing for Rosneath. Are both TVs using the same aerial? Do you have an amplifier? Have you checked that it is still powered on, if it can be safely accessed?

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Tuesday, 6 November 2018
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sarah macrae
1:53 PM
Helensburgh

hi

we are having repeated problems with tv reception we are not getting channels in sdn group at all group psb2 works all the time, the others can be intermittent BBC1 is fine today but was pixelated yesterday
it has got worse in last couple of months have re tuned from scratch numerous times

it was working perfectly until end of September nothing has changed in terms of our aerial TV's etc
oddly it appears to be worse when it is raining

my post code is G84 0EN we use rosneath transmitter

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sarah macrae
1:54 PM
Helensburgh

hi

we are having repeated problems with tv reception we are not getting channels in sdn group at all group psb2 works all the time, the others can be intermittent BBC1 is fine today but was pixelated yesterday
it has got worse in last couple of months have re tuned from scratch numerous times

it was working perfectly until end of September nothing has changed in terms of our aerial TV's etc
oddly it appears to be worse when it is raining, aerial is on roof

my post code is G84 0EN we use rosneath transmitter

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