Freeview Light on the High Keil (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the High Keil (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 High Keil (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter.Which Freeview channels does the High Keil 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) | 68m | DTG-3 | 4W |
2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 601 BBC RB 1, plus 8 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 68m | DTG-3 | 4W |
E4, 3 ITV (STV Central (Glasgow micro region)), 3 STV (STV Central (Glasgow micro region)), 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 15 Film4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (STV Edinburgh), 33 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), 73 Sewing Quarter, | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 68m | DTG-6 | 4W |
101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (STV West), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, |
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview channels?
The High Keil (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 High Keil transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 105km east-northeast (57°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 106km east-northeast (57°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the High Keil (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
years | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 30th Sep 2018- | ||
aerial group | B E | B E | B E | B E K | B E K | B E K | B E K | ||
C41 | C4 | C4 | C4 | +BBCB | +BBCB | +BBCB | BBCB | ||
C44 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
C47 | ITV | ITV | ITV | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
700 | C51 | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBC1 |
orange background for multiplexes names more
green background for transmission frequencies
lilac background for power levels in watts
800MHz band: 4G mobile started in 2013
700MHz band: 4G from 30 June 2020more
600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 11th May and 25th May 2011.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 20W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.2dB) 3.8W |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 8 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
1:26 PM
1:26 PM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:27 PM
4:27 PM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 today to 14:30 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 today to 14:30 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 9 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 yesterday to 14:30 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 yesterday to 14:30 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 11 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 on 08 Feb to 14:30 on 08 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 on 08 Feb to 14:30 on 08 Feb. [BBC]
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Friday, 15 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:26 today to 08:32 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 16 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:26 yesterday to 08:32 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 17 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:26 on 15 Feb to 08:32 on 15 Feb. [BBC]
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