Freeview Light on the Auchmore Wood (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Auchmore Wood (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,700 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 Auchmore Wood (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 Auchmore Wood (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Auchmore Wood 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) | 237m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 237m | DTG- | 20W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 237m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 Auchmore Wood (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Auchmore Wood transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 185km south (177°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 153km east-southeast (107°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Garve | Active deflector | 30 km NW Inverness | 67 homes |
| Glascarnoch | Transposer | 40 km NW Inverness | 12 homes |
How will the Auchmore Wood (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 30 Sep 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 6 Oct 10 and 20 Oct 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
Auchmore Wood Freeview Rosemarkie TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Aberdeen micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rosemarkie transmitter area
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Saturday, 31 March 2012
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Deryck Hughes1:49 PM
Dingwall
We have a FM Omni aerial on our chimney in Conon Bridge with booster and struggle to receive FM radio stations. We wish we could receive the radio Scotland news for the Highlands and Islands which has such interesting bulletins. We know it is available on the Internet but we are a long way from the Dingwall exchange so there is a poor service. We wonder if investing in a larger aerial is worth while, do you have any suggestions.
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Deryck's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Deryck Hughes: A directional aerial would be likely to improve the signal, as by it's nature, it has a better gain. What in fact happens is that the sensitivity of a directional aerial is greater in one direction at the expense of the other directions. So that is where the improved "gain" comes from.
Obviously the downside to such an antenna is that it won't be as sensitive picking up signals from other directions. However, if you are in an area where the only services that you could possibly receive (or only those you want) are coming from one direction, then that's probably not such a great issue; the improvement in gain where the signal is weak is what you want.
For lots of information on aerials, see ATV Sheffield's site:
FM / DAB Radio Aerials
BBC Radio Scotland is on Freeview in Scotland, logical channel number 719. As you're using a roof-top FM aerial I take it that you're listening on a hifi rather than a portable radio. You could either use your existing Freeview receiver (connecting it to your hifi), or purchase a cheap set-top box to site adjacent to your hifi which will allow you to receive Radio Scotland and other BBC national radio stations. Once it has been set-up, there may be no need to have it connected to the television, although the only issue might be that they don't usually have a display on so you won't know easily what channel its on.
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KMJ,Derby2:53 PM
Deryck Hughes: Checking your postcode with the BBC reception service reveals that officially you are out of coverage for FM radio services. However it does suggest that you could have reception of DAB from Mounteagle, which transmits the Inverness local DAB multiplex. This carries BBC Radio Scotland. If you are able to borrow a DAB radio it could be worth a try.You are,I assume needing to receive the opt-outs for Highlands and Islands for the news bulletins that you require. These would not be carried on Freeview or satellite, which only carry the basic BBC Radio Scotland national service.
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Wednesday, 17 January 2018
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L MacLachlan10:21 PM
Can someone advise why in 2018 the Auchmore Wood transmitter is only able to offer a restricted amount of Freeview channels. In Conon Bridge we received 20 TV Channels, 6 HD Channels and 13 radio stations. We moved from Maryburgh, one mile away, a few years ago and there they receive signals from Rosemarkie transmitter which provides 77 TV Channels, 6 HD Channels and 29 radio stations. Quite a difference. When is Auchmore to be upgraded?
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MikeB11:06 PM
L MacLachlan: Its not. Its a Light transmitter, and the commercial broadcasters dont think the cost of using it is worth it. See Steven's answer to a similar question here: I can't get Freeview yet, when will it start in my area?
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Friday, 9 February 2018
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Deryck Hughes12:10 PM
We have lived in Conon Bridge since 2005 and have used Auchmore. The service and signal has been poor over the years, in spite of using a large aerial high on the chimney. Some days the signal was so bad, it was unusable. In 2016 the aerial was blown away & replaced with a smaller one, with a strong steel mast, the signal was slightly weaker. A few months later our Sky satellite disk failed & was replaced, at the same time we asked the engineer to turn our terrestrial aerial from Auchmore to Rosemarie. To everyone's surprise this provided a satisfactory signal for the main channels (unlike Auchmore) but the others were poor. We have continued to use this but have supplemented it with Freesat using a Humax recorder which we think is excellent and better than Sky. Hope this helps.
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Monday, 30 September 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:06 PM
5:06 PM
Auchmore Wood transmitter - Auchmore Wood transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/09/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 7 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Auchmore Wood transmitter - Auchmore Wood transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:20 PM
8:20 PM
AUCHMORE WOOD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Oct 19:15 until 29 Oct 19:16. Off the air due to a fault from 29 Oct 17:24 until 29 Oct 17:55. . [BBC]
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