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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Penicuik (Midlothian, Scotland) mast?
PENICUIK transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Nov 11:52 until 15 Nov 12:19. . 
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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 Penicuik (Midlothian, 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 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 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) | 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 298m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 Penicuik (Midlothian, 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 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 |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Craigkelly transmitter area
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Saturday, 26 November 2011
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Mike Dimmick7:55 PM
Ian: I'm afraid it's not very likely. It's expected to roughly double the cost of transmission to broadcast from all relays, which would only increase the overall coverage by 8% of the population. There also aren't that many spare frequencies, although Scotland is better off than elsewhere as you're not that close to other countries! If the broadcasters do extend coverage it's most likely to be at transmitters that cover a large number of households with low power, and that are easy to feed. Penicuik is predicted to cover 9,900 households, joint 50th (of approximately 1000 'Freeview Light' relays not carrying all muxes).
If you provide a full postcode, we can see whether another transmitter is likely to give reliable results; however, I wouldn't hold out a lot of hope, as Penicuik is quite a distance from the edge of the old analogue coverage areas of Craigkelly, Black Hill and Angus (which does have some overspill into Midlothian, around Dalkeith, but not as far south-west as Penicuik).
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Monday, 2 July 2012
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Alan Murray7:15 PM
Penicuik
I know the answer to this question is above, but I'd like to confirm before buying a Freeview HD box. Do we really get HS channels on the Penicuik transmitter ?
Many thanks
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Alan's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Alan Murray: Yes, Freeview HD is operated by the Public Service Broadcasters and is therefore available from all transmitters.
It is the Commercial services that don't have as good a coverage, as you already know and this is because they have no "Public Service" obligation.
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Saturday, 8 September 2012
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jim11:08 PM
Following engineering work on 5 sept my freeview box has gone U/S and the tv only works with a different box Question has the Penicuik transmiter changed in someway ie stronger signal more output that would blow the box like blowing a fuse///?Hope this is not a daft question but cannot think of any other way to put it
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Sunday, 9 September 2012
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jb387:49 AM
jim: Nothing done at a transmitter can damage anyone's box and so your problem has to have an element of the coincidental attached to it.
However a better assessment of your situation cannot be made without knowledge of your location (post code or one from nearby) as this would then enable the signal levels expected in your area to be assessed, as if the signal level received by a box is running at either the top or bottom end of its operating range then even very slight changes in signal strength can cause its tuner to cut out, and so it would also be of assistance to know the model of Freeview box that is being referred to as tuner sensitivities vary between brands.
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10:11 AM
Hi Thank you for quick response. The post code is EH268PP The box is the one we were given at the switchover time name AVIONICS type DV3 alsoMDR252. Thanks again for your help
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Monday, 10 September 2012
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jb383:51 PM
Jim: If you can access the menu system then I suggest that you carry out another auto-tune, if however you cannot get into the menu then unplug the box from the mains supply for a few minutes before reconnecting again and then (hopefully!) carry out the auto-tune.
Should though the disconnecting from the mains supply procedure not have made any difference to the situation then the box has developed a fault, and so you should contact the suppliers.
By the way you are indicated as being approx 2 miles away from the Penicuik transmitter.
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jb383:56 PM
Jim: Also meant to add, that if you are using any form of booster then try a test by-passing it, or alternatively another retune with a short piece or wire (about 2 or 3 feet long) connected into the boxes aerial socket rather than using the normal aerial.
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Thursday, 13 September 2012
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Jim 9:54 AM
Thank you again. Ido have an antenuator whatever that is. It was put in at trhe time of the switchoverIs this a type of booster?
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jb3811:55 PM
Jim : No! as its the opposite, although if this was fitted at the time of the switchover then its obviously been accepted by whoever that your signal is on the strong side, and sometimes this can be just as bad as it being on the weak side.
Can you access the menu system? and have you tried a test using a short piece of wire instead of the normal aerial? rescanning after having connected same or nothing will be received.
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