Freeview Light on the Fodderty (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Fodderty (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 800 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 Fodderty (Highland, 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 Fodderty (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Fodderty 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 | C41 (634.0MHz) | 223m | DTG- | 24W |
1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 223m | DTG- | 24W |
3 STV (SD) (STV North (Aberdeen 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) | 223m | DTG- | 24W |
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 45 Freeview channels?
The Fodderty (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Fodderty transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 196km south (178°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 154km east-southeast (111°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Fodderty (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 6 Sep 2017 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||
C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C54tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C58tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C61 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 6 Oct 10 and 20 Oct 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 120W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 24W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 23 February 2012
Duncan MacPhail: No, not likely. See here:
Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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Sunday, 23 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 PM
4:23 PM
FODDERTY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:49 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:49 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:23 PM
10:23 PM
FODDERTY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:49 today to 21:23 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:49 today to 21:23 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 24 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 AM
4:23 AM
FODDERTY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:49 yesterday to 21:23 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:49 yesterday to 21:23 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:24 AM
4:24 AM
FODDERTY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:49 on 23 Feb to 21:23 on 23 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:49 on 23 Feb to 21:23 on 23 Feb. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
11:31 PM
11:31 PM
FODDERTY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 AM
1:31 AM
FODDERTY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:35 AM
3:35 AM
FODDERTY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 yesterday to 22:35 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 yesterday to 22:35 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 18 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:29 AM
1:29 AM
FODDERTY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 on 16 Apr to 22:35 on 16 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 on 16 Apr to 22:35 on 16 Apr. [BBC]
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Friday, 9 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
FODDERTY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:37 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:37 today. [BBC]
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