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The symbol shows the location of the Ardintoul (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 Ardintoul (Highland, Scotland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Ardintoul 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C45 (666.0MHz)23mDTG-9W
Channel icons
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
C39 (618.0MHz)23mDTG-9W
Channel icons
3 STV (SD) (STV North (Aberdeen 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
C42 (642.0MHz)23mDTG-9W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Ardintoul (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, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, 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 Ardintoul transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 175km south-southeast (155°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 212km east (95°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

AuchtertyreActive deflector60 km NNW Fort William17 homes
ReraigActive deflector6 km E Kyle of Lochalsh13 homes

How will the Ardintoul (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1331 Dec 2017-
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E K T
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves D3+4
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4

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 14 Jul 10 and 28 Jul 10.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 47W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 9.4W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Skriaig transmitter area

Sep 1961-Jun 1997Grampian Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014STV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Ardintoul was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

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Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
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10:39 PM

ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 15:00 until 24 Nov 15:03. Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Nov 09:35 until 24 Nov 15:00. . [BBC]

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Friday, 18 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
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1:58 PM

ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 18 Dec 11:59. . [BBC]

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4:57 PM

ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 18 Dec 11:59 until 18 Dec 12:36. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 9 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
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10:34 PM

ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Mar 21:11. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
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7:26 PM

ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Mar 21:11 until 9 Mar 21:32. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 14 July 2021
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11:45 PM

ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 14 Jul 22:27 until 14 Jul 22:36. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 4 August 2021
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8:50 PM

ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 4 Aug 21:07 until 4 Aug 21:09. . [BBC]

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11:50 PM

ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 4 Aug 22:00 until 4 Aug 22:03. Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 4 Aug 21:07 until 4 Aug 21:09. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 7 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
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11:49 PM

ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 7 Aug 21:59 until 7 Aug 22:01. Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 4 Aug 22:00 until 4 Aug 22:03. Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 4 Aug 21:07 until 4 Aug 21:09. . [BBC]

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Monday, 9 August 2021
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8:49 PM

ARDINTOUL transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 7 Aug 21:59 until 7 Aug 22:01. Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 4 Aug 22:00 until 4 Aug 22:03. . [BBC]

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