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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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) mast?

Craigkelly transmitter - Craigkelly transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Craigkelly transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)311mDTG-20,000W
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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
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)311mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Edinburgh 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
 H max
C21+ (474.2MHz)311mDTG-20,000W
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
 H -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)311mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C31 (554.0MHz)311mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C37+ (602.2MHz)311mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LEH
 H -6dB
C32 (562.0MHz)311mDTG-125,000W
Channel icons
from 30th June 2014: 8 STV Edinburgh,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 70km west-southwest (252°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
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?

DullaturTransposer20 km NE Glasgow40 homes
EdinburghTransposerSighthill area167 homes

How will the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-133 Oct 2018
A K TK TK TK TW T
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCBBBCB
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C29SDN
C30LEH
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesArqA
C32_local
C33com7
C34com8
C37ArqB
C39+ArqB
C42SDN
C45ArqA
C48C5wavesC5waves
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

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Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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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

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. Craigkelly 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.

Comments
Thursday, 21 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

7:29 AM

CRAIGKELLY transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 20 May 11:10 until 20 May 11:48. . FM: Broadcasting in mono due to a fault from 18 May 11:24 until 18 May 11:53. . [BBC]

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Monday, 25 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:29 PM

CRAIGKELLY transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 20 May 11:10 until 20 May 11:48. . [BBC]

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Sunday, 28 June 2020
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Rupert
11:21 AM
Balerno

"Which Freeview channels does the Craigkelly transmitter broadcast?"

This list is not up-to-date, e.g. the local LEH mux now broadcasts on C32 (562 MHz) not C30.

When some of the site is maintained it is confusing not to maintain all of it.

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Chris.SE
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4:25 PM

Rupert:

Here's the up-to-date list for the UHF multiplex channels at Craigkelly in the order PSB1-3, COMs4-7, Local -
They are C27, C24, C21, C29, C31, C37, C55, C32 (C meaning UHF channel).

As per my other reply to you - I haven't checked every miniscule detail on this site, but AFAIK none of it is currently being maintained by the site owner who hasn't had time with all the changes resulting from the 700MHz clearance programme and broadcaster changes moving multiplexes etc. Even Engineering updates do not always appear, as the previous automated scanning of the BBC information doesn't work correctly due to changes on the BBC site, which made it even more difficult than before to obtain transmitter information manually. I for one have criticised the BBC, as have others, for this ridiculous change.

Updates to information are provided by the regular contributors in posts here usually in response to queries from posters, but sometimes when there are major changes. As already advised Platform management | Freeview is the place to go for the latest "information" (usually) rather than a technical query or help with reception issues.

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Rupert
7:35 PM
Balerno

Chris.SE: Yes, Chris, I understand all that now. Thanks for responding.

As I said over on Black Hill, there's lots of useful and interesting information on this site - I have referred to it on and off for years. It's a real pity it's not being maintained.

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Tuesday, 14 July 2020
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AEKostas
10:49 PM

Since the rearrangements for 5G I am struggling with BBC Four HD. Will things improve when we lose 55 and 56 in November?

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Chris.SE
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11:23 PM

AEKostas:

What makes you think that you'll (necessarily) lose 55 in November? 56 (COM8) has already been closed by Arqiva for commercial reasons - nothing else. There's still quite a bit of misleading information around, some based on some comment that the auction of 700MHz frequencies will take place in November, but I have yet to see an official OFCOM statement to that effect. Please read Rebuilding Freeview High Definition from 2019 onwards | free and easy

As it says at the end of that post Arqiva could decide to close COM7 at any time for commercial reasons. In any event COM7 signals will not change between now and June 2022 which is the final end date for COM7 if it doesn't close before. As for BBC4HD, you need to look to the BBC for what may happen there, there is (I believe) a review concerning BBC4 and rumours about it possibly being closed. If it continues, whether there will be space on the BBC HD multiplex for it when COM7 closes, or whether Arqiva will have started converting another multiplex to HD and the BBC move it there, is all speculation and an unknown at this time.

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Sunday, 26 July 2020
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AEKostas
5:04 PM

Thanks Chris and sorry for the delay in answering. I read about c55 going under How will the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time? above. Thanks in particular for the Four news; no point changing my aerial if it's to go.

Ach well...

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Chris.SE
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9:31 PM

AEKostas:

As per my post towards the top of the page, that section is not up-to-date (and is misleading). On the list of channels ArqB is wrongly listed as C38, the Local mux is wrongly listed as C30. COM7 is wrongly shown on C33 as is COM8 on C34. As already stated Arqiva closed COM8 (C56) for commercial reasons.
If there has been an announcement of an auction date in November (well hidden and not found yet) it will be some considerable time after IF any MNOs buy the centre frequencies where C55 & C56 are, as equipment to use these as SDOs has to be developed (and installed) as do handsets. That will not happen in a hurry.

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Saturday, 27 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

9:31 PM

CRAIGKELLY transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Feb 00:40 until 27 Feb 02:30. Off the air due to a fault from 26 Feb 16:00 until 26 Feb 16:08. Off the air due to essential engineering from 26 Feb 15:34 until 26 Feb 16:00. Off the air due to essential engineer [BBC]

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