Freeview Light on the Ardintoul (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ardintoul (Highland, 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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Ardintoul (Highland, 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 Ardintoul 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 23m | DTG- | 9W |
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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 23m | DTG- | 9W |
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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 23m | DTG- | 9W |
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 Ardintoul (Highland, 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 Ardintoul transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 175km south-southeast (155°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/stv-aberdeen.jpg)
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 212km east (95°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Auchtertyre | Active deflector | 60 km NNW Fort William | 17 homes |
Reraig | Active deflector | 6 km E Kyle of Lochalsh | 13 homes |
How will the Ardintoul (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Dec 2017- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 |
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 14 Jul 10 and 28 Jul 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 47W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 9.4W |
Local transmitter maps
Ardintoul Freeview Skriaig TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Aberdeen micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Skriaig transmitter area
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Monday, 22 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:26 PM
1:26 PM
ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 22 Jun 11:09 until 22 Jun 11:24. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 25 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Jun 11:55 until 23 Jun 13:45. Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 22 Jun 11:09 until 22 Jun 11:24. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced quality due to a fault from 28 Jun 23:48 until 29 Jun 00:08. Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 28 Jun 16:11 until 28 Jun 16:12. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 5 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced quality due to a fault from 28 Jun 23:48 until 29 Jun 00:08. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 7 Jul 09:24 until 7 Jul 09:32. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 8 Jul 12:35 until 8 Jul 12:48. Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Jul 09:49 until 8 Jul 09:59. Off the air due to essential engineering from 7 Jul 09:24 until 7 Jul 09:32. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 8 Jul 12:35 until 8 Jul 12:48. Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Jul 09:49 until 8 Jul 09:59. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 25 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Jul 06:21 until 25 Jul 06:44. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 2 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Jul 06:21 until 25 Jul 06:44. . [BBC]
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Friday, 28 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:29 PM
1:29 PM
ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Reduced quality due to a fault from 28 Aug 06:58 until 28 Aug 06:58. Reduced quality due to a fault from 28 Aug 02:42 until 28 Aug 03:30. . [BBC]
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