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.
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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: 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 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 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) | 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 16m | 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 44 Freeview channels?
The Borve (Eilean Siar, 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 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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Wednesday, 13 July 2011
BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:37 yesterday to 12:41 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 July 2011
BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:37 on 12 Jul to 12:41 on 12 Jul [BBC]
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Monday, 25 July 2011
BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:51 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:51 today [BBC]
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BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:51 today to 11:17 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:51 today to 11:17 today [BBC]
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:51 yesterday to 11:17 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:51 yesterday to 11:17 yesterday [BBC]
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:51 on 25 Jul to 11:17 on 25 Jul HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:51 on 25 Jul to 11:17 on 25 Jul [BBC]
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Monday, 15 August 2011
BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 14:34 today to 14:39 today HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 14:34 today to 14:39 today [BBC]
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BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:43 today to 18:53 today BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 14:34 today to 14:39 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:43 today to 18:53 today HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 14:34 today to 14:39 today [BBC]
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BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:43 today to 18:53 today BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 14:34 today to 14:39 today HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 14:34 today to 14:39 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:43 today to 18:53 today [BBC]
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BORVE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 14:34 today to 14:39 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:43 today to 18:53 today HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 14:34 today to 14:39 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:43 today to 18:53 today [BBC]
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