Freeview Light on the Kingussie (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kingussie (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,600 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 Kingussie (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 Kingussie (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Kingussie 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) | 372m | DTG- | 20W |
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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 372m | DTG- | 20W |
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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 372m | DTG- | 20W |
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 Kingussie (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Kingussie transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 135km south (189°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 118km east (87°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Laggan | Active deflector | 50 km S Inverness | 84 homes |
How will the Kingussie (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 30 Sep 2017- | ||||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | ||||
C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
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 8 Sep 10 and 22 Sep 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 91W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.6dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
Kingussie Freeview Kingussie AM/FM Knock More TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Aberdeen micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Knock More transmitter area
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Saturday, 17 February 2018
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Ron Kennedy7:25 PM
Hi on free view channels freeze and speech is intermittent is there a problem with the Kingussie
Transmitter ? Or does my aerial need looked at ( my friend also has same problem
Thank you
Ron Kennedy
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StevensOnln111:06 PM
Ron Kennedy: There are no faults showing for the transmitter. Start by checking for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV.
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Tuesday, 6 March 2018
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Ron Kennedy9:26 PM
Bt are installing 4G in the Newtonmore/Kingussie area would this affect the free view digital
Service ? As we are still having problems with the BBC channels , ie picture freezing and pixelation
Regards,
Ron Kennedy
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StevensOnln111:42 PM
Ron Kennedy: If you contact at800 | 4G & Freeview | 4G interference | 4G Filters | 800 MHz they will check if there are any 4G masts operating in the 800MHz which are likely to affect your Freeview and send out a free filter to block block the unwanted signals.
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Monday, 4 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
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Kingussie transmitter - Kingussie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 11 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
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Kingussie transmitter - Kingussie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
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Kingussie transmitter - Kingussie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Switching Breaks [DUK]
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