Freeview Light on the Badachro (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Badachro (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 Badachro (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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Badachro (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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Badachro 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) | 43m | DTG- | 7W |
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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 43m | DTG- | 7W |
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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 43m | DTG- | 7W |
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 Badachro (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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Badachro transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 223km south-southeast (159°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/stv-aberdeen.jpg)
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 228km east-southeast (107°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Badachro (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 20 Sep 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 7 Jul 10 and 21 Jul 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 35W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 7W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 11 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BADACHRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 today to 02:12 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:55 on 07 Dec to 20:40 on 07 Dec, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 yesterday to 00:00 today, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 today to 02:12 to [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
BADACHRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:55 on 07 Dec to 20:40 on 07 Dec, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 today to 02:12 today, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 yesterday to 00:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:55 on 07 Dec to 20:40 on [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:31 PM
4:31 PM
BADACHRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 yesterday to 00:00 today, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 today to 02:12 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:55 on 07 Dec to 20:40 on 07 Dec, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 today to 02:12 to [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
BADACHRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 yesterday to 00:00 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:55 on 07 Dec to 20:40 on 07 Dec, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 today to 02:12 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:55 on 07 Dec to 20:40 on [BBC]
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Friday, 12 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BADACHRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 yesterday to 02:12 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 on 10 Dec to 00:00 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 yesterday to 02:12 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 o [BBC]
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Saturday, 13 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BADACHRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 on 11 Dec to 02:12 on 11 Dec, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 on 10 Dec to 00:00 on 11 Dec, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 on 11 Dec to 02:12 on 11 Dec, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 o [BBC]
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Sunday, 14 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
BADACHRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 on 11 Dec to 02:12 on 11 Dec, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 on 10 Dec to 00:00 on 11 Dec, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 on 10 Dec to 00:00 on 11 Dec, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 o [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
BADACHRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 on 10 Dec to 00:00 on 11 Dec, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 on 11 Dec to 02:12 on 11 Dec, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 on 11 Dec to 02:12 on 11 Dec, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 o [BBC]
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Friday, 9 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
BADACHRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:50 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:50 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
BADACHRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:40 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:50 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:50 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:40 yesterday. [BBC]
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