Freeview Light on the Aberfoyle (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Aberfoyle (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter which serves 700 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 Aberfoyle (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter._______
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 Aberfoyle (Stirling, 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 Aberfoyle 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 | C32 (562.0MHz) | 122m | DTG- | 18W |
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 | C34 (578.0MHz) | 122m | DTG- | 18W |
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 | V max | C35 (586.0MHz) | 122m | DTG- | 18W |
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 Aberfoyle (Stirling, 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 Aberfoyle transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 34km south (172°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/stv-edinburgh.jpg)
STV News 0.5m homes 1.7%
from Edinburgh EH3 9QG, 77km east-southeast (109°)
to STV Central (Edinburgh) region - 8 masts.
How will the Aberfoyle (Stirling, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 3 Oct 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C55tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C59tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | 87W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.8dB) 18W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 15 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:08 AM
4:08 AM
Aberfoyle transmitter - Aberfoyle transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 22 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:08 AM
4:08 AM
Aberfoyle transmitter - Aberfoyle transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 24 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:25 AM
10:25 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Jul 09:20. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:34 PM
12:34 PM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Jul 09:20 until 24 Jul 12:26. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 21 December 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:21 AM
8:21 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Dec 05:55 until 21 Dec 06:06. . [BBC]
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Monday, 29 January 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:49 AM
10:49 AM
Aberfoyle transmitter - Aberfoyle transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/01/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 5 February 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Aberfoyle transmitter - Aberfoyle transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/02/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 27 Feb 13:45 until 27 Feb 14:05. . [BBC]
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Monday, 8 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
Aberfoyle transmitter - Aberfoyle transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/04/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 14 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 9 Apr 09:01 until 9 Apr 17:02. . [BBC]
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