Freeview Light on the Acharacle (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Acharacle (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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Acharacle (Highland, 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 Acharacle (Highland, 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 Acharacle 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 100m | 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 | V max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 100m | 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 | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 100m | 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 Acharacle (Highland, 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 Acharacle transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 137km southeast (139°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 137km southeast (139°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Acharacle (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 4 Oct 2017 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB |
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 13 Oct 10 and 27 Oct 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 10W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 24 May 2012
ACHARACLE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 yesterday to 18:22 yesterday BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 yesterday to 19:57 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 yesterday to 18:22 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 yesterday to 19:57 yesterday [BBC]
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ACHARACLE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 yesterday to 19:57 yesterday BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 yesterday to 18:22 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 yesterday to 19:57 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 yesterday to 18:22 yesterday [BBC]
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Friday, 25 May 2012
ACHARACLE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 on 23 May to 19:57 on 23 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 23 May to 18:22 on 23 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 on 23 May to 19:57 on 23 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 23 May to 18:22 on 23 May [BBC]
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ACHARACLE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 23 May to 18:22 on 23 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 on 23 May to 19:57 on 23 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 23 May to 18:22 on 23 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 on 23 May to 19:57 on 23 May [BBC]
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ACHARACLE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 23 May to 18:22 on 23 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:21 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 on 23 May to 19:57 on 23 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 on 23 May to 19:57 on 23 May HD Digital TV Off Air from [BBC]
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ACHARACLE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:21 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 23 May to 18:22 on 23 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 on 23 May to 19:57 on 23 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:21 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 23 May to 18:2 [BBC]
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ACHARACLE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:21 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 23 May to 18:22 on 23 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 on 23 May to 19:57 on 23 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 23 May to 18:22 on 23 May HD Digital TV Off Air from [BBC]
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Saturday, 26 May 2012
ACHARACLE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:21 yesterday to 01:01 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 on 23 May to 19:57 on 23 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 23 May to 18:22 on 23 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:21 yesterday to 01:01 today HD Digital T [BBC]
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ACHARACLE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:21 yesterday to 01:01 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 on 23 May to 19:57 on 23 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 23 May to 18:22 on 23 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 on 23 May to 19:57 on 23 May HD Digit [BBC]
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Sunday, 27 May 2012
ACHARACLE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 on 23 May to 19:57 on 23 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 23 May to 18:22 on 23 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:21 on 25 May to 01:01 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:52 on 23 May to 19:57 on 23 May HD D [BBC]
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