Freeview Light on the Garelochhead (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Garelochhead (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,200 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 Garelochhead (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 Garelochhead (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 Garelochhead 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 62m | DTG- | 3W |
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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 62m | DTG- | 3W |
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 | C37 (602.0MHz) | 62m | DTG- | 3W |
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 Garelochhead (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 Garelochhead transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 43km southeast (128°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 43km southeast (128°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Garelochhead (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Sep 2018 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | A K T | |||||
C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C39 | |||||||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C42 | BBCA | ||||||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C45 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C49tv_off | 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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 12W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.8dB) 2.5W |
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Thursday, 17 March 2011
GARELOCHHEAD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 10:02 yesterday to 14:10 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 10:02 yesterday to 14:10 yesterday [BBC]
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Tuesday, 24 May 2011
GARELOCHHEAD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:47 yesterday to 01:32 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:47 yesterday [BBC]
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011
GARELOCHHEAD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:39 yesterday to 19:51 yesterday BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:47 on 23 May to 01:32 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:47 on 23 May [BBC]
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GARELOCHHEAD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:39 yesterday to 19:51 yesterday BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:06 today to 03:15 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:47 on 23 May to 01:32 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:47 on 23 May [BBC]
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GARELOCHHEAD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 07:15 today to 08:03 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:39 yesterday to 19:51 yesterday BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:06 today to 03:15 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:47 on 23 May to 01:32 yes [BBC]
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Thursday, 26 May 2011
GARELOCHHEAD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 07:15 yesterday to 08:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:06 yesterday to 03:15 yesterday BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:39 on 24 May to 19:51 on 24 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:47 on 23 [BBC]
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Friday, 27 May 2011
GARELOCHHEAD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 07:15 on 25 May to 08:03 on 25 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:47 on 23 May to 01:32 on 24 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:39 on 24 May to 19:51 on 24 May BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:06 on 25 [BBC]
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GARELOCHHEAD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 07:15 on 25 May to 08:03 on 25 May BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:06 on 25 May to 03:15 on 25 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:39 on 24 May to 19:51 on 24 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:47 on 23 [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 May 2011
GARELOCHHEAD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:06 on 25 May to 03:15 on 25 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:39 on 24 May to 19:51 on 24 May BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 07:15 on 25 May to 08:03 on 25 May BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:47 on 23 [BBC]
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Sunday, 29 May 2011
GARELOCHHEAD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 07:15 on 25 May to 08:03 on 25 May BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:06 on 25 May to 03:15 on 25 May [BBC]
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