Freeview Light on the Lochearnhead (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Lochearnhead (Stirling, 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.
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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 Lochearnhead (Stirling, 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 Lochearnhead 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 | C32 (562.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | C34 (578.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 2W |
3 STV (SD) (STV North (Dundee 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 | C35 (586.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 2W |
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 Lochearnhead (Stirling, 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 Lochearnhead transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 58km south (183°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 81km east (85°)
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.
How will the Lochearnhead (Stirling, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 27 Nov 2019 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | A K T | |||||
C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | |||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 4 Aug 10 and 18 Aug 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 8W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
Lochearnhead Freeview Angus TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Dundee micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Angus transmitter area
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Sunday, 20 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:20 PM
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LOCHEARNHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Oct 18:51. . [BBC]
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Monday, 21 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:20 AM
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LOCHEARNHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Oct 18:51 until 21 Oct 06:39. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
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LOCHEARNHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Oct 07:45. Off the air due to a fault from 20 Oct 18:51 until 21 Oct 06:39. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
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LOCHEARNHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Oct 07:45 until 21 Oct 14:04. Off the air due to a fault from 20 Oct 18:51 until 21 Oct 06:39. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 26 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:20 AM
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LOCHEARNHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Oct 07:45 until 21 Oct 14:04. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 23 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:35 PM
11:35 PM
LOCHEARNHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Nov 10:53 until 23 Nov 19:44. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:20 PM
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LOCHEARNHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Dec 17:24 until 17 Dec 17:34. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
LOCHEARNHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Dec 18:03 until 17 Dec 23:45. Off the air due to a fault from 17 Dec 17:24 until 17 Dec 17:34. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 22 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:06 PM
8:06 PM
LOCHEARNHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 22 Dec 17:10 until 22 Dec 17:43. Off the air due to a fault from 17 Dec 18:03 until 17 Dec 23:45. . [BBC]
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