Freeview Light on the Abington (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Abington (South Lanarkshire, 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Abington (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)





The Abington (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 4seven HD, 5SELECT, 5Spike, 5STAR, 5STAR +1, 5USA, 5USA +1, AlJazeera English (SD), Aljazeera English HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, CBS Reality +1, Challenge, Channel 4+1 HD, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, Freesports, Home, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, Movies4Men, NOW 80s, Now 90s, Paramount Network, PBS America, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sewing Quarter, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel HD, Sony Movie Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday, YourTV.
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 Abington 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 | H max | C39 (618.0MHz) | 447m | DTG-3 | 2W |
7 BBC Alba, 82 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC SD, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | H max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 447m | DTG-3 | 2W |
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Scotland ads, 5 Channel 5 (SD), 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Scotland ads, 18 More4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (STV Edinburgh), 33 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), 45 Film4 +1, | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | H max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 447m | DTG-6 | 2W |
86 More4 +1, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (STV West), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 115 BBC Scotland HD, 204 CBBC HD, |
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 60 Freeview channels?
The Abington (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 4seven HD, 5SELECT, 5Spike, 5STAR, 5STAR +1, 5USA, 5USA +1, AlJazeera English (SD), Aljazeera English HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, CBS Reality +1, Challenge, Channel 4+1 HD, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, Freesports, Home, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, Movies4Men, NOW 80s, Now 90s, Paramount Network, PBS America, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sewing Quarter, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel HD, Sony Movie Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday, YourTV.
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 Abington transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 57km northwest (320°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 56km northwest (320°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Abington (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Sep 2018 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) by 30 June 2020 - 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 8 Jun 11 and 22 Jun 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 5W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 2W |
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Monday, 2 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:53 today to 02:11 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:53 today to 02:11 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:53 yesterday to 02:11 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:53 yesterday to 02:11 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:53 on 02 Jun to 02:11 on 02 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:53 on 02 Jun to 02:11 on 02 Jun. [BBC]
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Friday, 9 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 today to 12:10 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 today to 12:10 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 yesterday to 12:10 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 yesterday to 12:10 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 yesterday to 12:10 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 yesterday to 12:10 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 today to 10:27 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 yesterday to 12:10 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 today to 10:27 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 yesterday to 12:10 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 11 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 on 09 Jan to 12:10 on 09 Jan, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 yesterday to 10:27 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 on 09 Jan to 12:10 on 09 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 yesterday to 10:27 ye [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 yesterday to 10:27 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 on 09 Jan to 12:10 on 09 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 yesterday to 10:27 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:52 on 09 Jan to 12:10 on [BBC]
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