Freeview Light on the Dalmally (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Dalmally (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Dalmally (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Dalmally (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Dalmally 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 | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 180m | DTG- | 8W |
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 | V max | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 180m | DTG- | 8W |
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow 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 | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 180m | DTG- | 8W |
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 |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Dalmally (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Dalmally transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 74km southeast (145°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 74km southeast (145°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Inverinan | Active deflector | 20 km SE Oban | 4 homes |
How will the Dalmally (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Dec 2017- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 13 Oct 10 and 27 Oct 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 41W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 8.2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 17 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:59 AM
4:59 AM
DALMALLY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Jan 18:35 until 15 Jan 18:37. Poor quality due to a fault from 12 Jan 12:36 until 12 Jan 12:41. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 18 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:59 AM
4:59 AM
DALMALLY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Jan 18:35 until 15 Jan 18:37. . [BBC]
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Monday, 27 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
DALMALLY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 26 Jan 14:04 until 26 Jan 14:11. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 9 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
DALMALLY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 8 Feb 01:04 until 8 Feb 01:05. . [BBC]
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Monday, 17 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
DALMALLY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Feb 18:00 until 16 Feb 18:02. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
DALMALLY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Feb 14:07 until 18 Feb 14:11. Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Feb 13:46 until 18 Feb 13:53. Off the air due to a fault from 17 Feb 12:04 until 17 Feb 12:08. Off the air due to [BBC]
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Tuesday, 25 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
DALMALLY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Feb 14:07 until 18 Feb 14:11. Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Feb 13:46 until 18 Feb 13:53. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 10 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 AM
7:29 AM
DALMALLY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Oct 10:58 until 4 Oct 11:03. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 16 Jun 12:34 until 16 Jun 12:52. . [BBC]
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Friday, 12 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
DALMALLY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Jun 13:54 until 9 Jun 13:56. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 20 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
DALMALLY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Sep 16:57. . [BBC]
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