Freeview Light on the Penicuik (Midlothian, Scotland) transmitter
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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._______
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 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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C39 (618.0MHz) | 298m | DTG- | 400W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 298m | DTG- | 400W |
 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 298m | DTG- | 400W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 43 Freeview 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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 69km west (276°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
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?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 3 Oct 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | |||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| 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 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 |
Local transmitter maps
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Sunday, 26 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
PENICUIK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:53 today to 05:23 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:26 today to 11:16 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 27 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PENICUIK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:53 yesterday to 05:23 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:26 yesterday to 11:16 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PENICUIK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:53 on 26 May to 05:23 on 26 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:26 on 26 May to 11:16 on 26 May. [BBC]
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Thursday, 30 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PENICUIK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:26 on 26 May to 11:16 on 26 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:53 on 26 May to 05:23 on 26 May. [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 PM
5:08 PM
PENICUIK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:30 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:08 PM
8:08 PM
PENICUIK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:30 today to 17:15 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:19 today to 18:33 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 12 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PENICUIK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:30 yesterday to 17:15 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:19 yesterday to 18:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 13 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PENICUIK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:30 on 11 Jul to 17:15 on 11 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:19 on 11 Jul to 18:33 on 11 Jul. [BBC]
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Monday, 15 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:08 AM
8:08 AM
PENICUIK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:19 on 11 Jul to 18:33 on 11 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:30 on 11 Jul to 17:15 on 11 Jul. [BBC]
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Friday, 26 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
PENICUIK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:41 yesterday to 20:06 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:41 yesterday to 20:06 yesterday. [BBC]
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