Full Freeview on the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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56.071,-3.234 or 56°4'17"N 3°14'1"W

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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.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C27 (522.0MHz)	311m	DTG-	20,000W
	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	H max	C24 (498.0MHz)	311m	DTG-	20,000W
	3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Edinburgh 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	H max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	311m	DTG-	20,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C29 (538.0MHz)	311m	DTG-8	10,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 35 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C31 (554.0MHz)	311m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C37+ (602.2MHz)	311m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 others
LEH	H -6dB	C32 (562.0MHz)	311m	DTG-12	5,000W
	from 30th June 2014: 8 STV Edinburgh,

DTG-8 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	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C24	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C27	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C29					SDN
C30					LEH
C31	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves		ArqA
C32					_local
C33					com7
C34					com8
C37					ArqB
C39				+ArqB
C42				SDN
C45				ArqA
C48		C5_waves	C5_waves
C55_{tv_off}					com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					COM8_{tv_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 AM/FM Craigkelly TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Edinburgh micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Craigkelly transmitter area

Aug 1957-Jun 1997	Scottish Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014	STV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Craigkelly was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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Bernard
11:26 PM

We used to have a cheapo set top box and got all pre . Preparing for switchover we updated to new Samsung set that got most or all, channels prior to switchover. Now only get around 20 - 30 channels. Eventually got this up to 75% of available but worried a retune will lose them again.

We are in Astruther in a fairly high position.

Help

Bernard

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Briantist

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7:57 AM

Bernard: Bit hard to be specific without a full postcode.

Not all receivers have the same level of sensitivity, but you would expect the high signals that will be provided after to work with your newer equipment.

The best thing to do whilst you wait is to use your old Freeview box.

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8:02 AM

Bernard: has already switched over, so levels are as high as they are going to get. See has Changed.

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Steven
2:46 PM
Edinburgh

I have lost all , i've tried a re- (nothing), then i tried a first time installation and all i keep getting No , it's like the signal has been cut or something. I'm using , my post code is EH3 8JL.

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Briantist

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8:25 AM

Steven: Can you please see the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page?

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11:56 AM

- BBC TV Weak from 09:19 today to 09:57 today BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:57 today to 10:28 today HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:19 today to 09:31 today [BBC]

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- BBC TV Weak from 09:19 today to 09:57 today BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:57 today to 10:28 today HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:19 today to 09:31 today [BBC]

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- BBC TV Weak from 09:57 yesterday to 10:28 yesterday BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:19 yesterday to 09:57 yesterday HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:19 yesterday to 09:31 yesterday [BBC]

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- BBC TV Weak from 09:57 yesterday to 10:28 yesterday BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:19 yesterday to 09:57 yesterday HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:19 yesterday to 09:31 yesterday [BBC]

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- BBC TV Weak from 09:19 on 27 Oct to 09:57 on 27 Oct BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:57 on 27 Oct to 10:28 on 27 Oct HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:19 on 27 Oct to 09:31 on 27 Oct [BBC]

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