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The symbol shows the location of the Thurso (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 2,000 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 Thurso (Highland, Scotland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Thurso 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)49mDTG-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)49mDTG-2W
Channel icons
3 STV (SD) (STV North (Aberdeen 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)49mDTG-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 Thurso (Highland, 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 Thurso transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 307km south (191°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 183km south-southeast (153°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.

How will the Thurso (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1323 Aug 2017
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TB E K T
C41BBCA
C44D3+4
C47BBCB
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C57tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCA
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 2 Jun 10 and 16 Jun 10.

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

Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rumster Forest transmitter area

Sep 1961-Jun 1997Grampian 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. Thurso 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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Saturday, 26 August 2017
Transmitter engineering
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11:32 PM

THURSO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:17 on 23 Aug to 09:48 on 23 Aug, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:02 on 23 Aug to 05:55 on 23 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:44 on 24 Aug to 15:27 on 24 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:17 on 23 Aug to [BBC]

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Sunday, 27 August 2017
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5:32 AM

THURSO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:17 on 23 Aug to 09:48 on 23 Aug, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:02 on 23 Aug to 05:55 on 23 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:17 on 23 Aug to 09:48 on 23 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:02 on 23 Aug to 05:55 on [BBC]

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2:32 PM

THURSO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:02 on 23 Aug to 05:55 on 23 Aug, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:17 on 23 Aug to 09:48 on 23 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:02 on 23 Aug to 05:55 on 23 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:44 on 24 Aug to [BBC]

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Monday, 28 August 2017
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5:32 AM

THURSO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:44 on 24 Aug to 15:27 on 24 Aug. [BBC]

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Saturday, 25 November 2017
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11:09 AM

THURSO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:33 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:33 today. [BBC]

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5:09 PM

THURSO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:33 today to 15:19 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:33 today to 15:19 today. [BBC]

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Sunday, 26 November 2017
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5:09 AM

THURSO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:33 yesterday to 15:19 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:33 yesterday to 15:19 yesterday. [BBC]

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Monday, 27 November 2017
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5:09 AM

THURSO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:33 on 25 Nov to 15:19 on 25 Nov, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:33 on 25 Nov to 15:19 on 25 Nov. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 1 October 2019
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5:08 AM

THURSO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:13 yesterday to 23:37 yesterday. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 2 October 2019
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5:08 AM

THURSO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:13 on 30 Sep to 23:37 on 30 Sep. [BBC]

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