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 |
Local transmitter maps
Craigkelly Freeview Craigkelly DAB Craigkelly TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Edinburgh micro region)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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Graham Ellery8:28 PM
Anstruther
Hi Aaron.
I have tried everything. Good freeview pre switchover. Now lost 3 multiplexes and no sign of promised HD. Looks like switchover was designed to benefit big business (Aqiva - who interestingly will be doing the smart meters for our utilities).
Cannot get onto DigitalUK helpsite for missing channel help as it seems to be overloaded.
Will keep trying but suspect next recommendations will be:
"Is your car parked too close to the house"
"Have you just put washing on your line , if so please move"
" Does your house number have a 3 in it".
Think you get the idea. Good luck.
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Aaron8:30 PM
I should add to my above post:
When I retune I have two bars showing on the screen. The top bar shows the scanning progress from 1 - 100% and the bottom bar shows the % of signal strength being received.
For the first 30% of the scan it shows a signal strength being received of 80% then for the remainder 70% of the scan it changes from 80% to 'No signal on this frequency'.
Hope that makes sense?
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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
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 on 15 Jun to 02:59 on 15 Jun Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 on 14 Jun to 10:50 on 14 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 on 14 Jun to 09:53 on 14 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun [BBC]
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CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 on 15 Jun to 02:59 on 15 Jun Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 on 14 Jun to 10:50 on 14 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 on 14 Jun to 09:53 on 14 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun [BBC]
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CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 on 15 Jun to 02:59 on 15 Jun Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 on 14 Jun to 10:50 on 14 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 on 14 Jun to 09:53 on 14 Jun [BBC]
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CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 on 15 Jun to 02:59 on 15 Jun Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 on 14 Jun to 10:50 on 14 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 on 14 Jun to 09:53 on 14 Jun [BBC]
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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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