Freeview Light on the Oban (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Oban (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter which serves 4,100 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 Oban (Argyll and Bute, 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 Oban (Argyll and Bute, 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 Oban 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 164m | 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 | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 164m | DTG- | 2W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 164m | 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 Oban (Argyll and Bute, 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 Oban transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 96km southeast (131°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 96km southeast (131°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Oban (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Dec 2017- | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | ||||
| C4 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 | 12W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2.4W |
Local transmitter maps
Oban Freeview Oban AM/FM Torosay TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Glasgow micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Torosay transmitter area
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Thursday, 8 August 2013
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Mister jimmy11:05 AM
Pa34 4 jl. Free view. No reception on bbc1or2 in the morning
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jb3812:13 PM
Mister jimmy: Nothing has been reported as yet on the engineering notice board with regards to any faults on the Oban transmitter, although if its being caused by a failure in the electrical supply to the transmitter then this would be a reason for it not having being reported.
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Mister jimmy3:33 PM
PA34. 4JL. No no no receive signal from Stv and more but no bbc1 or 2
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Friday, 9 August 2013
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Mister jimmy5:31 PM
Hello from Miser Jimmy again. Pa34. 4 JL. Signal for BBC was at 43pc other at 59pc..Last night all programmes went up to 65pc signal received and all stations were available..Whoever did what thank you very much very quick service....
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Wednesday, 9 December 2015
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BOC10:06 AM
cathy: There is no mains electricity supply to the Torosay transmitter, which feeds Oban.
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Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Hi, I have own a caravan at Tralee Bay holiday park near Benderloch and since I was last there weeks ago I have lost all my Freeview HD channels. I have retuned my TV and Digital Recorder twice but have lost all the HD channels. I have tried moving my Ariel but with no success. Can anyone help or advise or is experiencing the same problem? Thanks
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Richard Cooper6:54 PM
Norwich
Kenneth Love: Hi, Kenneth. According to Digital UK, you should be using the Oban Freeview Light transmitter which only transmits a limited number of channels anyway, but it does transmit the MAIN HD channels. The polarisation of your aerial must be VERTICAL, i.e. the little elements or rods along the aerial should point UP AND DOWN, with the aerial pointing to the transmitter, to your South-South- West. The UHF channels used at Oban are channels 44, 41 and 47 if you care to carry out a 'manual tune'. Richard, Norwich.
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby9:01 PM
Kenneth Love: the full service transmitter that serves the Benderloch area is Torosay. Aerials should point to 259 degrees (almost West) and be set for vertical polarisation. Manual tuning requires C22 to be selected for PSB3 which carries the main HD channels. Reception is predicted to be good, but is subject to the amount of foliage present on any trees growing in the signal path.
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Hi KMJ, problem solved by retuning
on manual tuning on C22 with Ariel directed almost due west to Torosay and all HD channels are back on now. Many thanks.
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