Freeview Light on the Arrochar (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Arrochar (West Dunbartonshire, 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 Arrochar (West Dunbartonshire, 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 Arrochar (West Dunbartonshire, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Freeview channels does the Arrochar 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 | C27 (522.0MHz) | 122m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 122m | 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 | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 122m | 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 44 Freeview channels?
The Arrochar (West Dunbartonshire, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Arrochar transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 48km southeast (144°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 49km southeast (144°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Arrochar (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 30 Sep 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 9 February 2012
ARROCHAR transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:07 on 07 Feb to 05:35 on 07 Feb HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:02 yesterday to 18:37 yesterday [BBC]
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Friday, 10 February 2012
ARROCHAR transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:07 on 07 Feb to 05:35 on 07 Feb HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:02 on 08 Feb to 18:37 on 08 Feb [BBC]
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Sunday, 12 February 2012
ARROCHAR transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:02 on 08 Feb to 18:37 on 08 Feb [BBC]
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Monday, 12 March 2012
ARROCHAR transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:32 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:00 yesterday to 01:46 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:23 yesterday to 16:32 yesterday HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:55 on 10 Mar to 02:42 yesterday H [BBC]
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Steven Naismith10:50 AM
Why is there so much engineering works going on with this transmitter? seems to be near constant reduced quality since before xmas.
Is it being upgraded to provide all the freeview channels that the rest of the country recieves? or is it just old and knackered?
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Steven Naismith: I can't offer you an explanation as to why there might be frequent engineering works at Arrochar, but I can tell you that it won't be likely to be getting any more (Commercial) channels. This is because the Commercial operators decide where to broadcast from and operated on a commercial (profit) basis. See here for an explanation:
Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
Your only way to get extra free-to-air channels is probably Freesat.
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ARROCHAR transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:32 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:23 yesterday to 16:32 yesterday HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:00 yesterday to 01:46 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:55 on 10 Mar to 02:42 yesterday H [BBC]
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ARROCHAR transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:32 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:32 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:53 today to 05:47 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:23 yesterday to 16:32 yesterday HD Digital TV Reduced Qualit [BBC]
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ARROCHAR transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:32 today to 11:05 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:23 yesterday to 16:32 yesterday HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:00 yesterday to 01:46 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:55 on 10 Mar to 02 [BBC]
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ARROCHAR transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:35 today BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:32 today to 11:05 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:23 yesterday to 16:32 yesterday HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:00 yesterday to 01:46 today HD Digit [BBC]
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