Full Freeview on the Keelylang Hill transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Keelylang Hill transmitter which serves 9,400 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 Keelylang Hill transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Keelylang Hill 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 Freeview channels does the Keelylang Hill 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Keelylang Hill 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 Keelylang Hill transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 355km south-southwest (194°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 214km south-southeast (164°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Keelylang Hill transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 29 Sep 2017 | |||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | B E K T | |||
| C39 | +ArqB | +ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | +BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
| C45 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | |||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C49tv_off | +ArqB | ||||||||
| 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 12 May 10 and 26 May 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2* | (-20dB) 1000W | |
| Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-22dB) 630W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Keelylang Hill transmitter area
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012
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linda walker11:29 AM
how long is keelylang expected to be off air
today 30/10/12
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Friday, 30 November 2012
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nick ratner6:30 PM
There is a mast at North Ronaldsay, i thnk it is a "repeater station" for Shetland is this true?
Also if you could not get reception when pointing to Keelylang Hill would it be possible to point your aerial to North Ronaldsay, and if not where should i point it?
Thanks for your help. Nick
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nick ratner: Refer to this page which shows all transmitters for BBC Scotland (and therefore STV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 etc):
BBC Scotland | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
If there is a relay transmitter on North Ronaldsay, then it isn't one run by the broadcast authorities.
Keelyland Hill is the main transmitter for the Orkneys and it has two dependant relays, one of which is on the mainland and one on Westray.
Looking at the map, the only other transmitter I can but wonder whether you might be able to receive is Bressay. It uses all Group A channels, so you would be best using a Group A aerial. Not sure if it would be possible.
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nick ratner: See:
Digital TV Transmitters
The relay stations only carry PSB channels. On the Orkney and Shetland Islands, only Keelylang and Bressay broadcast all channels. From both transmitters COM5 (Pick TV etc) and COM6 (Film4 etc) are at half power to the PSBs. From Bressay COM4 (ITV3) is at the same power and Keelyland it is half power to its PSBs.
Therefore there will be a portion of viewers who will receive only PSBs from these stations. If it is the COMs that you are having difficulty with, then you will therefore be no better off, even if there was a local relay that you could pick up off.
To see the full list of Freeview channels (including which are PSBs and which are COMs) see:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
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Nick Ratner: Failing that, or maybe instead of that, you will probably have to look to the sky. Not that owned by Murdoch, but free-to-air satellite, probably Freesat.
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Tuesday, 8 September 2015
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hels9:33 PM
hiya, im guessing you are doing this site voluntarily. is there no "official" comments/ complaints dept for the transmitters?
I am having awful reception this eve (but its going from normal service to no service while trying to watch any channel- so i dont feel that retuning would be needed would it?). I know i am a long way from keeley lang so there is a possibility of interference but i havent experienced this poor quality since i got the telly this year.
there is no apparent problems with keeley lang, so it says. and i wont know till the morn if anyone else here has had probs this eve, so anyone else getting probs with this orkney transmitter tonight? cheers!
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MikeB9:59 PM
Macclesfield
hels: You havn't included a postcode, so we dont know where you are in relation to the transmitter. The transmitter looks OK, and in most cases, its peoples systems, not the transmitter thats the problem.
Could be a couple of things: The most likely is that you've got a loose connection or other problem with your aerial system. Since your problem started when you changed the TV, change the aerial lead, since its possible its come loose, etc. Could be the TV is tuned to the wrong transmitter - check that its the right one.
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MikeB's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 13 August 2018
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Williamina Flett7:42 PM
Please can you tell me why when I'm visiting my daughter in Glasgow she has channels such as pbs America and keep it country but when I return to Orkney I dont get these channels?
Thank you,
Williamina Flett
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StevensOnln18:11 PM
Williamina Flett: Because there is no transmitter that broadcasts PBS America anywhere near the Orkney Islands. If you want more channels look at getting Freesat.
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Tuesday, 14 August 2018
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Williamina Flett7:00 PM
StevensOnln1: Thank you very much for your help and advice.
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