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, 3 October 2018
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derek1:08 AM
Edinburgh
its been down for an hour jeez do they get a little time to bring the new gear online maybe? mr collard
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derek's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln110:06 AM
Wayne collard & derek: There was engineering work taking place overnight which was completed by 6am. Given that this was planned work accompanied by onscreen warnings, your remarks both seem a little excessive.
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Gordon1:49 PM
StevensOnln1: Any idea when the very informative website will update the new multiplex frequencies and channels for Craigkelly
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StevensOnln12:25 PM
Gordon: Updating this website is down to the owner (Briantist) who unfortunately doesn't seem to have been able to keep track of the many recent changes across the transmitter network. Putting your postcode into the Digital UK coverage checker and ticking the detailed view box will give you all of the current and planned future frequency changes affecting your area.
Digital UK - Coverage checker
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John Robinson3:36 PM
Having just retuned, it looks like we now have:
(Unchanged)
PSB1 BBCA BBC SD - CH27
PSB2 D3+4 ITV, C4, C5 etc SD - CH24
PSB3 BBCB HD - CH21
(Changed)
Com4 SDN Drama, 5USA etc - CH29
Com5 ArqA Pick, Really, etc - CH31
Com6 ArqB 4Music, Yesterday etc - CH37
LEH Local - CH32
Com7 BBC News HD, 5USA+1 - CH55
Com8 BBC4 HD, CBeebies HD - CH56
And either my aerial is the wrong group, or the signal's very low on Com7/Com8 compared to before the change, because my PVR is showing 2 bars out of 10 for signal strength for them, and it used to be about 4 when they were on CH33, while my PSB3/BBCB signal strength still shows 5/10. Maybe I need a new aerial anyway if 5/10 is the best any of them show though!
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Bidge4:14 PM
John Robinson: Hey John
Thank you for the list. Unfortunately it seems whatever was done today has screwed me over, as I have lost more than half the channels I should be getting. Only getting 49 out of 111. I've manually retuned to those frequencies and despite my box telling me I've got 100% signal quality and 80-90% signal strength, no channels on many on the muxes.
These are the muxes that I have lost since the engineers did whatever they did:
29: 85% Str / 100% quality
31: 85% Str /100% quality
37: 84% / 100%
55: 84% / 100%
56: 83% / 100%
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StevensOnln14:15 PM
John Robinson: COM7 & COM8 are both broadcasting at 15.8kW according to Digital UK. If you don't already have a wideband aerial you may well find reception of COM7/8 more difficult as they are about as far out of band compared to most of the main muxes as it's possible to be.
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StevensOnln15:47 PM
Bidge: Make a note of any planned recordings, then unplug the aerial and do a full retune/rescan which should clear your channel list (if it doesn't, try a factory reset). Then reconnect the aerial and retune again which should give you a complete channel list with fresh tuning data.
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John Robinson5:48 PM
Bidge: you probably need to do a full re-tune - maybe even a from-scratch install - to get your TV/box to clear out the channel list before you retune. Digital TV has guidance for various devices here: Digital UK | Retuning instructions
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John Robinson5:50 PM
Heh, StevensOnln1 got there first! :-)
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