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The symbol shows the location of the Penicuik (Midlothian, Scotland) transmitter which serves 9,900 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 Penicuik (Midlothian, Scotland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Penicuik 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C39 (618.0MHz)298mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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
C42 (642.0MHz)298mDTG-400W
Channel icons
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Edinburgh 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
C45 (666.0MHz)298mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

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the effected channels

The Penicuik (Midlothian, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, W, Yesterday +1.

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 Penicuik transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 69km west (276°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 0.5m homes 1.7%
from Edinburgh EH3 9QG, 14km north (358°)
to STV Central (Edinburgh) region - 8 masts.

How will the Penicuik (Midlothian, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-133 Oct 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TB E K T
C39BBCA
C42D3+4
C45BBCB
C49tv_offD3+4
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCA
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCB
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 1 Jun 11 and 15 Jun 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 2kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 400W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Craigkelly transmitter area

Aug 1957-Jun 1997Scottish Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014STV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Penicuik was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

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Monday, 4 December 2023
Transmitter engineering
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5:11 AM

Penicuik transmitter - Penicuik transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/12/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 11 December 2023
Transmitter engineering
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10:09 AM

Penicuik transmitter - Penicuik transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/12/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Saturday, 20 January 2024
Transmitter engineering
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2:20 PM

PENICUIK transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Jan 12:40 until 20 Jan 12:47. . [BBC]

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Sunday, 21 January 2024
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Cammy
8:52 PM
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Transmitter engineering: is there an ongoing problem with the Penicuik DAB transmitter? I can tune my radio to normal stations but some are missing sound (i.e. Classic FM). I notice there was a fault with the Penicuik DAB transmitter yesterday (that was quickly rectified) so I'm trying to work out if it's my radio with the problem or the transmitter. EH25 9NJ (Roslin)

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Monday, 22 January 2024
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2:09 AM

Cammy:

Hi Cammy. Classic FM changed it's transmission mode at the beginning of January from plain DAB to DAB+. If your receiver isn't DAB+ you may not get the sound. Some non-DAB+ sets wouldn't even recognise the station.

Classic FM is on the D1 National Commercial multiplex which in Scotland is Block 12A: 223.936MHz
There are now only 5 (i think it is) stations not DAb+ -they're all mono - KISS, KISSTORY, LBC, Magic and TalkSport, so you should get those.

The SDL National Commercial multiplex is Block 11A: 216.928 MHz but you may or may not get it as the nearest transmitter with it I think could be Craigkelly or Black Hill, but again there's only 6 stations not DAB+ also all mono - Fix Radio, PremierChristian, Premier Praise, Sunrise Radio UK, Times Radio and Virgin Radio.

There's a Local Commercial multiplex Block 12D: 229.072 MHz
with BBC Scotland and 11 commercial stations, none are DAB+, they're stereo or mono.
And the BBC National multiplex Block 12B: 225.648 MHz none are DAB+ yet.

There's a "Trial" multiplex in Edinburgh Block 9B: 204.640 MHz but they're all DAB+

Hope that's of some help.


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