Freeview Light on the Attadale (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Attadale (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 Attadale (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 Attadale (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 Attadale 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 13m | 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 13m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 13m | 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 Attadale (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 Attadale transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 186km south-southeast (159°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 205km east (99°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Achmore | Active deflector | 80 km W Inverness | 29 homes |
How will the Attadale (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Dec 2017- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C32 | 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 14 Jul 10 and 28 Jul 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 8W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011
ATTADALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:10 on 08 Dec to 16:48 on 09 Dec BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:17 on 11 Dec to 23:44 on 11 Dec HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:10 on 08 Dec to 16:48 on 09 Dec HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:17 on 11 Dec to 23:44 on 11 Dec [BBC]
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Wednesday, 14 December 2011
ATTADALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:17 on 11 Dec to 23:44 on 11 Dec HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:17 on 11 Dec to 23:44 on 11 Dec [BBC]
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Thursday, 22 December 2011
ATTADALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:32 today to 12:40 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:32 today to 12:40 today [BBC]
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Friday, 23 December 2011
ATTADALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:32 yesterday to 12:40 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:32 yesterday to 12:40 yesterday [BBC]
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Saturday, 24 December 2011
ATTADALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:32 on 22 Dec to 12:40 on 22 Dec HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:32 on 22 Dec to 12:40 on 22 Dec [BBC]
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Tuesday, 3 January 2012
ATTADALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 today [BBC]
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ATTADALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 today to 16:31 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 today to 16:31 today [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 January 2012
ATTADALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 yesterday to 16:31 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 yesterday to 16:31 yesterday [BBC]
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ATTADALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 yesterday to 16:31 yesterday BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:06 today to 12:37 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 yesterday to 16:31 yesterday HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:06 today to 12:37 today [BBC]
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ATTADALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:26 today to 18:35 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 yesterday to 16:31 yesterday BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:06 today to 12:37 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:26 today to 18:35 today HD Digi [BBC]
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