Freeview Light on the Lumphanan (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Lumphanan (Aberdeenshire, 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 Lumphanan (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmitter.Which Freeview channels does the Lumphanan 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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 231m | DTG-3 | 2W |
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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 231m | DTG-3 | 2W |
E4, 3 ITV (STV North (Aberdeen micro region)), 3 STV (STV North (Aberdeen 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 231m | DTG-6 | 2W |
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 Lumphanan (Aberdeenshire, 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 Lumphanan transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 173km southwest (217°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 36km east (91°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Lumphanan (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
years | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31/7/13- | 2013-17 | 30th Sep 2018- | ||
aerial group | B E | B E | B E | B E | B E K | B E K | B E K | ||
C39 | ITV | ITV | ITV | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C42 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
C45 | C4 | C4 | C4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
700 | C49 | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBCB |
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 1st September and 15th September 2010.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 7W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-5.4dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
LUMPHANAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:06 AM
9:06 AM
LUMPHANAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 today to 02:33 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 today to 02:33 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 4 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
LUMPHANAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 yesterday to 02:33 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 yesterday to 02:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 5 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
LUMPHANAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 on 03 Oct to 02:33 on 03 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 on 03 Oct to 02:33 on 03 Oct. [BBC]
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Monday, 11 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
LUMPHANAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:03 yesterday to 09:00 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:23 yesterday to 07:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
LUMPHANAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:23 yesterday to 07:03 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:03 yesterday to 09:00 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
LUMPHANAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:23 on 10 Feb to 07:03 on 10 Feb, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:03 on 10 Feb to 09:00 on 10 Feb. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
LUMPHANAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:03 on 10 Feb to 09:00 on 10 Feb, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:23 on 10 Feb to 07:03 on 10 Feb. [BBC]
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