Freeview Light on the Bruernish (Eilean Siar, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bruernish (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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Bruernish (Eilean Siar, Scotland) mast?
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 30 Nov 11:12 until 30 Nov 14:00. . 
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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 Bruernish (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, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Bruernish 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 36m | 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 36m | 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 36m | 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 Bruernish (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, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Bruernish transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 230km southeast (126°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 323km east (89°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Bruernish (Eilean Siar, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Dec 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 | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| 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 14 Jul 10 and 28 Jul 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 10 April 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:07 AM
4:07 AM
Bruernish transmitter - Bruernish transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 10/04/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 17 April 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:07 AM
4:07 AM
Bruernish transmitter - Bruernish transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 17/04/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 28 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:04 AM
8:04 AM
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 28 Jul 01:35 until 28 Jul 03:05. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Jul 23:44 until 28 Jul 01:35. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to essential engineering from 17 Aug 10:39 until 17 Aug 10:46. . [BBC]
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Monday, 28 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:19 AM
8:19 AM
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 28 Aug 06:05 until 28 Aug 06:13. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 15 October 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 15 Oct 14:25 until 15 Oct 14:38. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 30 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
1:04 PM
1:04 PM
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 30 Nov 11:12. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:19 PM
4:19 PM
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 30 Nov 11:12 until 30 Nov 14:00. . [BBC]
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