Freeview Light on the Mallaig (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Mallaig (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 Mallaig (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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Mallaig (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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Mallaig 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- (673.8MHz) | 92m | DTG- | 4W |
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- (649.8MHz) | 92m | DTG- | 4W |
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow 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) | 92m | DTG- | 4W |
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 Mallaig (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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Mallaig transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 159km southeast (145°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/stv-glasgow.jpg)
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 159km southeast (145°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Isle Ornsay A | Transposer | Island of Skye | |
Isle Ornsay B | Active deflector | Island of Skye | 50 homes |
Isle Ornsay C | Transposer | Island of Skye |
How will the Mallaig (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 4 Oct 2017 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | |||||
C43 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | -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 13 Oct 10 and 27 Oct 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 22W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 4.4W |
Local transmitter maps
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Sunday, 22 May 2011
MALLAIG transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:10 on 19 May to 01:41 on 20 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:04 on 19 May to 02:09 on 19 May [BBC]
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Monday, 23 May 2011
MALLAIG transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:04 on 19 May to 02:09 on 19 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:10 on 19 May to 01:41 on 20 May [BBC]
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Tuesday, 24 May 2011
MALLAIG transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:10 on 19 May to 01:41 on 20 May [BBC]
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Friday, 24 June 2011
MALLAIG transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 today [BBC]
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MALLAIG transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 today to 13:57 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 today to 13:57 today [BBC]
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Saturday, 25 June 2011
MALLAIG transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 yesterday to 13:57 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 yesterday to 13:57 yesterday [BBC]
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Sunday, 26 June 2011
MALLAIG transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 on 24 Jun to 13:57 on 24 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 on 24 Jun to 13:57 on 24 Jun [BBC]
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Sunday, 3 July 2011
MALLAIG transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:55 today to 08:05 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:55 today to 08:05 today [BBC]
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Monday, 4 July 2011
MALLAIG transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:55 yesterday to 08:05 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:55 yesterday to 08:05 yesterday [BBC]
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Tuesday, 5 July 2011
MALLAIG transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:55 on 03 Jul to 08:05 on 03 Jul HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:55 on 03 Jul to 08:05 on 03 Jul [BBC]
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