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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Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:35 PM
4:35 PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Feb 00:40 until 27 Feb 02:30. . [BBC]
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Friday, 19 March 2021
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Dean Steele2:29 PM
Hi - I've had my aerial set up for around six months or so (South-Central Edinburgh facing Craigkelly), but the last few days (maybe a week), I've been unable to get COM6, COM7 and LEH. I'm only particularly bothered about COM7 but I'm perplexed what has happened or what I need to do. Any ideas appreciated - thanks!
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Saturday, 20 March 2021
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Chris.SE2:34 PM
Dean Steele:
Make sure you are tuned to the correct UHF channels, see my post at Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) Full Freeview transmitter | free and easy and some following posts give some further relevant information.
Check you don't have any HDMI leads close to any aerial or flyleads especially if the aerial/flyleads are not high quality double screened types. HDMI is known to sometimes cause interference.
Otherwise check all your coax connections as the transmitter hasn't been listed for Planned Engineering and I can't track down any reported faults (that doesn't mean there hasn't been any!).
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Sunday, 21 March 2021
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Dean Steele1:50 PM
Thanks Chris. Will keep attempting to improve things - no silver bullet it seems!
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Tuesday, 23 March 2021
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Chris.SE1:38 PM
Dean Steele:
No problem. Post back if you need any more help.
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Thursday, 17 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:08 PM
4:08 PM
Craigkelly transmitter - Craigkelly transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/06/2021 Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 25 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
Craigkelly transmitter - Craigkelly transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/06/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 28 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:46 AM
5:46 AM
Craigkelly transmitter - Craigkelly transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/06/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 4 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:46 PM
11:46 PM
Craigkelly transmitter - Craigkelly transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:47 PM
2:47 PM
Craigkelly transmitter - Craigkelly transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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