Full Freeview on the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter which serves 430,000 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 Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Craigkelly 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Craigkelly transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 70km west-southwest (252°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.5m homes 1.7%
from Edinburgh EH3 9QG, 14km south (174°)
to STV Central (Edinburgh) region - 8 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Dullatur | Transposer | 20 km NE Glasgow | 40 homes |
| Edinburgh | Transposer | Sighthill area | 167 homes |
How will the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 3 Oct 2018 | |||||
| A K T | K T | K T | K T | W T | |||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C30 | LEH | ||||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqA | |||||
| C32 | _local | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C39 | +ArqB | ||||||||
| C42 | SDN | ||||||||
| C45 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C48 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
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 1 Jun 11 and 15 Jun 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| com7, com8 | (-9.7dB) 10.8kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| LEH | (-13dB) 5kW | |
| Analogue 5, Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-14dB) 4kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 2kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Craigkelly transmitter area
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
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KMJ,Derby9:49 PM
Bruce: The Digital UK postcode checker does not offer a prediction for C39 at present, in 2012 reception becomes variable. Similarly C42 and C45 are shown as variable with a very slight improvement in 2012. It is possible that the problem is interference from the analogue transmissions from Chatton, which are shown on a service area map to deliver a low level of signal in an area to the West of Penicuik. The slight improvement to reception of the Craigkelly COM muxes would coincide with switchover at Chatton. An alternative transmitter for the COM muxes at your location is Black Hill. Use a group B aerial for best results from Black Hill.
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jb389:50 PM
Aaron: In your particular case of being in effect just across the water from Craigkelly you "may" be receiving too strong a signal, the problem being that this can cause blocking of your sets ability to receive properly.
This effect will apply more if you are using a roof mounted aerial or a booster on your system, if you by any chance are then measures will have to be taken to reduce the signal, like by-passing any booster fitted or using an attenuator in line with the aerial lead into the set.
I know exactly where you are in relation to the transmitter, and that's the reason I mention this possibility which may, or may not apply dependant on your aerial arrangements.
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Les Nicol
10:26 PM
10:26 PM
Bruce - There should be no problem in an aerial trained on Blackhill in Easthouses Mayfield Newtongrange or Gorebridge their might be in parts of Dalkeith itself and you may need to check locally from installers in the area. I surmise that the majority of aerial installations in this area are directed at Craigkelly in Fife.
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Friday, 17 June 2011
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Colin Brown7:48 AM
Im in Mortonhall and have the same problem of 'out of group' muxes (e.g. 42, 45). My complaint is that some channels in these muxes(e.g. ITV3, 5USA) which were fine before are now gone. How did they manage the switchover without thinking about continuity of service? We now have only 4 MUXs 'in range' (21,24,27,30). What about the other 12 possible frequencies between C21 and C36???
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kevin10:34 AM
Edinburgh
Hi, I'm situated at leith links with a communal ariel on the roof. Since switchover I can receive all channels but they are unwatchable! They look as if they are scrambled, e4 is particularly bad.
The only channels that work are the new HD ones. Everything worked perfectly before the 15th. This very frustrating. Any help would be appreciated.
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kevin's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb3811:32 AM
kevin: As you are only approximately 7 miles line-of-sight away from Craigkelly you could be receiving a signal on the verges of being too powerful, albeit that HD can tolerate that better.
I cant see that you have any option but to try reducing the signal into your TV by purchasing a simple (minimum reduction) attenuator, these only being a few pounds.
There is always an element of hit and miss with these things, especially when using a communal aerial which will undoubtedly have an element of amplification in the system, but unless your situation improves by trying out a further re-scan I cant see anything else you can do.
Although its not by any means a 100% accurate test, but try and find out if any of your neighbours are having problems just in case its the distribution system at fault.
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Max5511:58 AM
I have retuned three times and even reset factory default. I have all digital channels except HD which all say no signalon on both Sony HD Box and Toshiba Bravia HD Tv.
I am in EH29 and pointing at CraigKelly any thoughts please??
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John1:23 PM
Cowdenbeath
Well I have all the channels and all the HD channels because I have Freeview HD in my TV.
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DSS1:23 PM
Digital Switchover at Craigkelly has been a disaster for me. My TV will not receive channels 39 and 42 now although it got them fine before the switch. I had some idea that the signal strength was going to be boosted on DSO but in my case it has been reduced. What to do ? Any ideas ?
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Jack1:28 PM
Balerno
Have retuned numerous times and am now resignied to the fact that DSO has resulted in even fewer channels than I could receive before. (Am in EH14).
I stumbled across this website more or less by accident and I don't pretend to understand the technical details. I am however interested in who "owns"/"runs" Craigkelly. Why does it not transmit the full range of channels? How or why is it allowed to transmit on lower power than other transmitters?
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