Freeview Light on the Ballachulish (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ballachulish (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 600 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 Ballachulish (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 Ballachulish (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 Ballachulish 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 | C23 (490.0MHz) | 48m | DTG- | 4W |
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 | C30 (546.0MHz) | 48m | DTG- | 4W |
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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 48m | DTG- | 4W |
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 Ballachulish (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 Ballachulish transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 107km south-southeast (151°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 107km south-southeast (151°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Ballachulish (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 4 Oct 2017 | ||||
VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C30 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 13 Oct 10 and 27 Oct 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 18W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 3.6W |
Local transmitter maps
Ballachulish Freeview Torosay TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Glasgow micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Torosay transmitter area
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Friday, 10 June 2011
Carolyn: The commercial operators do not wish to transmit from this transmitter, so there will be no channels.
The TV Licence pays for the BBC services only and you have all of these.
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Thursday, 10 November 2011
BALLACHULISH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 today [BBC]
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BALLACHULISH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 today to 21:55 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 today to 21:55 today [BBC]
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Friday, 11 November 2011
BALLACHULISH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 yesterday to 21:55 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 yesterday to 21:55 yesterday [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 November 2011
BALLACHULISH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 on 10 Nov to 21:55 on 10 Nov HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 on 10 Nov to 21:55 on 10 Nov [BBC]
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Tuesday, 22 November 2011
BALLACHULISH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:17 today to 22:25 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:17 today to 22:25 today [BBC]
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011
BALLACHULISH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:17 yesterday to 22:25 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:17 yesterday to 22:25 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 24 November 2011
BALLACHULISH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:17 on 22 Nov to 22:25 on 22 Nov HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:17 on 22 Nov to 22:25 on 22 Nov [BBC]
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Thursday, 8 December 2011
BALLACHULISH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:40 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:40 today [BBC]
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Friday, 9 December 2011
BALLACHULISH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:40 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:40 yesterday [BBC]
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