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 Aberfoyle (Stirling, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 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, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 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 45 Freeview channels?
The Aberfoyle (Stirling, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Aberfoyle transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 34km south (172°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
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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Thursday, 12 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:52 on 10 May to 21:24 on 10 May. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:26 today to 04:35 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:26 today to 04:35 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 4 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:26 yesterday to 04:35 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:26 yesterday to 04:35 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 5 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:26 on 03 Aug to 04:35 on 03 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:26 on 03 Aug to 04:35 on 03 Aug. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:27 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:27 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:32 AM
8:32 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:27 today to 06:06 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:27 today to 06:06 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 1 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:27 yesterday to 06:06 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:27 yesterday to 06:06 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 2 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:27 on 31 Aug to 06:06 on 31 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:27 on 31 Aug to 06:06 on 31 Aug. [BBC]
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Friday, 16 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:33 today to 08:45 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:33 today to 08:45 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 17 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:33 yesterday to 08:45 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:33 yesterday to 08:45 yesterday. [BBC]
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