Freeview Light on the Inverarish (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Inverarish (Highland, 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 Inverarish (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 Inverarish (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 Inverarish 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 77m | DTG- | 8W |
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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 77m | DTG- | 8W |
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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 77m | 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 45 Freeview channels?
The Inverarish (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 Inverarish transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 197km south-southeast (149°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 241km east (97°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Inverarish (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 20 Sep 2017 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB |
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 14 Jul 10 and 28 Jul 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 40W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 8W |
Local transmitter maps
Inverarish Freeview Skriaig TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Aberdeen micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Skriaig transmitter area
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Sunday, 12 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
INVERARISH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Mar 11:06 until 12 Mar 11:17. Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 10 Mar 08:40 until 10 Mar 09:22. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 9 Mar 08:18 until 9 Mar 10:43. Weather condi [BBC]
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Monday, 13 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
INVERARISH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Mar 11:06 until 12 Mar 11:17. Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 10 Mar 08:40 until 10 Mar 09:22. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 9 Mar 08:18 until 9 Mar 10:43. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
INVERARISH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Mar 11:06 until 12 Mar 11:17. Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 10 Mar 08:40 until 10 Mar 09:22. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
INVERARISH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Mar 11:06 until 12 Mar 11:17. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 14 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:09 PM
10:09 PM
INVERARISH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 May 21:17 until 14 May 21:44. . [BBC]
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Friday, 28 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:04 AM
8:04 AM
INVERARISH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Jul 23:44 until 27 Jul 23:55. . [BBC]
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Monday, 28 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:19 AM
8:19 AM
INVERARISH transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 28 Aug 06:05 until 28 Aug 06:13. . [BBC]
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