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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Sunday, 18 September 2016
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StevensOnln110:26 AM
Nick Wallace: If you click the Digital UK Trade link under your post it will provide the compass bearings of the Craigkelly and Black Hill transmitters which are both predicted as having good reception at your location.
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Friday, 20 January 2017
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JamieT5:34 PM
Hi, looking for help with choosing the right aerial. Managed to find out that Craigkelly is the best transmitter for me but the aerial groups are confusing me so I've no idea what to go for. I'd like to install the aerial in the loft, could someone point me in the right direction please?
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StevensOnln111:29 PM
JamieT: We need to know how far you are from the transmitter (please provide a postcode) in order to advise on what type of aerial would be suitable. Log periodic type aerials are generally the best in areas with strong signal but we don't know if you'll get a strong signal or not.
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Saturday, 21 January 2017
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StevensOnln112:15 PM
Jamie T: A Log36 such as the one linked below would probably be fine. You might get away with a smaller one but I would stick with something bigger if you have space for it (it needs to be mounted so that it is not pointing through any metal objects like hot water tanks or neighbouring lofts etc).
Online FM DAB TV Aerial sales
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Sunday, 28 May 2017
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C Fisken4:39 PM
DD2
The aerial for my main TVs is tuned in to the booster at the south end of the Tay Road Bridge and has been in situ since before I occupied my home 40 years ago. When digital TVs replaced analogue TVs engineers installed a further aerial to Service another TVs in my home and tuned it into the ame transmitter. Both TVs receive only limited channels. As a number of neighbours have their aerials pointed to Craigkelly which offers a larger amount of channels I decided to try the same. I contacted two different aerial fitters by phone and when neither were in left a message stating what I hoped to do. Neither responded and I decided to turn the aerial myself. When I did so my TVs with the older aerial received only BBC 1 and BBC2 while the one with the newer aerial got good reception on the channels I previously had. Auto tuning the TVs made no difference.
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StevensOnln15:02 PM
C Fisken: Please provide a full postcode so we can see which transmitters are predicted to be available to you, where you are in relation to them and predicted signal strength etc. If practical to do so, try taking the two TVs connected to the old aerial and connect them to the new aerial then run an auto tune and see if that results in your channels being restored to those TVs.
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Monday, 29 May 2017
MikeP
10:40 AM
10:40 AM
C Fisken:
It is often not just a case of moving an aerial so it points towards another transmitter as it may not cover the channels transmitted by the second transmitter. That would give the effect your are reporting.
You need, as StevensOnLn1 states, to provide a full post code so we can check what transmitters may be available at your precise location (it can vary from one side of a road to the other, hence the need for a full post code).
Further advice may be available depending on the provision of that information.
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Saturday, 22 July 2017
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Gary8:30 PM
Musselburgh
Hi, Can I use an indoor aerial with my mums TV. She's in a block of flats facing west in Musselburgh, Scotland. Post code is EH21 6PU.
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Gary's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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