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.
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: 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 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- | 2W |
 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 | H max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 447m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 447m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 Abington (South Lanarkshire, 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 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, 57km 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 | 19 Sep 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C63 | 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 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 |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 11 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:17 yesterday to 10:25 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:17 on 10 Oct to 10:25 on 10 Oct. [BBC]
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Thursday, 13 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 AM
7:29 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Feb 16:45 until 11 Feb 17:19. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Feb 14:38 until 11 Feb 15:08. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 15 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Feb 14:15 until 14 Feb 16:26. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Feb 16:45 until 11 Feb 17:19. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Feb 14:38 until 11 Feb 15:08. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Feb 14:15 until 14 Feb 16:26. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 PM
7:29 PM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 27 Mar 12:45 until 27 Mar 12:47. Off the air due to essential engineering from 27 Mar 12:45 until 27 Mar 12:47. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 28 Apr 11:17 until 28 Apr 11:34. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 10 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 PM
7:29 PM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Sep 10:19 until 5 Sep 10:28. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 22 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
6:28 PM
6:28 PM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Aug 14:25 until 21 Aug 14:47. . [BBC]
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Friday, 18 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:27 PM
7:27 PM
ABINGTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 17 Sep 14:06 until 17 Sep 14:07. . [BBC]
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