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._______
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 High Keil (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, 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 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- | 4W |
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 | C47 (682.0MHz) | 68m | DTG- | 4W |
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 | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 68m | DTG- | 4W |
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 High Keil (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, 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 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?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 30 Sep 2018- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C47 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
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 | 20W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.2dB) 3.8W |
Local transmitter maps
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Saturday, 25 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Jul 16:12 until 24 Jul 16:53. Off the air due to essential engineering from 21 Jul 11:10 until 21 Jul 11:12. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
6:35 PM
6:35 PM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Jul 16:12 until 24 Jul 16:53. . [BBC]
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Friday, 31 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:36 PM
1:36 PM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 31 Jul 10:14. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Jul 16:12 until 24 Jul 16:53. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 1 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 AM
7:29 AM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 31 Jul 10:14 until 31 Jul 10:20. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 2 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 1 Aug 17:09 until 1 Aug 18:11. Off the air due to a fault from 1 Aug 16:12 until 1 Aug 16:17. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 31 Jul 10:14 until 31 Jul 10:20. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 22 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:09 PM
1:09 PM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 1 Aug 17:09 until 1 Aug 18:11. Off the air due to a fault from 1 Aug 16:12 until 1 Aug 16:17. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 31 Jul 10:14 until 31 Jul 10:20. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:28 PM
6:28 PM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Aug 13:45 until 20 Aug 13:54. . [BBC]
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Friday, 28 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 26 Aug 23:15 until 26 Aug 23:18. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 26 Aug 09:11 until 26 Aug 19:56. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 15 Sep 05:34 until 15 Sep 06:03. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 14 Sep 22:56 until 14 Sep 23:23. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 14 Sep 1 [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
HIGH KEIL transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 16 Sep 01:10 until 16 Sep 01:27. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 15 Sep 05:34 until 15 Sep 06:03. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 14 Sep 2 [BBC]
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