Freeview Light on the Borve (Eilean Siar, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Borve (Eilean Siar, 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 Borve (Eilean Siar, 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 Borve (Eilean Siar, 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, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), 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 Borve 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) | 16m | 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) | 16m | 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 16m | DTG- | 2W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 43 Freeview channels?
The Borve (Eilean Siar, 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, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), 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 Borve transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 236km southeast (125°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 330km east (89°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Borve (Eilean Siar, 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 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C32 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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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Saturday, 4 February 2012
BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:28 yesterday to 14:58 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:28 yesterday to 14:58 yesterday [BBC]
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Sunday, 5 February 2012
BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:28 on 03 Feb to 14:58 on 03 Feb HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:28 on 03 Feb to 14:58 on 03 Feb [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 February 2012
BORVE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:30 today [BBC]
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Friday, 10 February 2012
BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 yesterday to 17:12 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 yesterday to 17:12 yesterday HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:30 yesterday to 12:02 yesterday [BBC]
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BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 yesterday to 17:12 yesterday HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:30 yesterday to 12:02 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 yesterday to 17:12 yesterday [BBC]
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BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 yesterday to 17:12 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 yesterday to 17:12 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:20 today to 15:27 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:30 yesterday to 12:02 yesterday [BBC]
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BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 yesterday to 17:12 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:20 today to 15:27 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 yesterday to 17:12 yesterday HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:30 yesterday to 12:02 yesterday [BBC]
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Saturday, 11 February 2012
BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 on 09 Feb to 17:12 on 09 Feb HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:20 yesterday to 15:27 yesterday HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:30 on 09 Feb to 12:02 on 09 Feb HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 on 09 Feb to 17:12 on 09 Fe [BBC]
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BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 on 09 Feb to 17:12 on 09 Feb HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:30 on 09 Feb to 12:02 on 09 Feb HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 on 09 Feb to 17:12 on 09 Feb HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:20 yesterday to 15:27 yesterda [BBC]
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BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 on 09 Feb to 17:12 on 09 Feb HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:20 yesterday to 15:27 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:27 on 09 Feb to 17:12 on 09 Feb HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:30 on 09 Feb to 12:02 on 09 Fe [BBC]
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