Freeview Light on the Pitlochry (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Pitlochry (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,800 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 Pitlochry (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) mast?
Pitlochry transmitter - Pitlochry transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/11/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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 Pitlochry (Perth and Kinross, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Freeview channels does the Pitlochry 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 438m | DTG- | 25W |
 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 438m | DTG- | 25W |
 3 STV (SD) (STV North (Dundee 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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 438m | DTG- | 25W |
 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 Pitlochry (Perth and Kinross, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Pitlochry transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 98km south-southwest (202°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 55km east-southeast (119°)
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.
How will the Pitlochry (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Dec 2018- | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 4 Aug 10 and 18 Aug 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 125W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 25W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 11 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:33 AM
5:33 AM
PITLOCHRY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:11 today to 00:20 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 12 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
PITLOCHRY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:11 yesterday to 00:20 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 13 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
PITLOCHRY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:11 on 11 May to 00:20 on 11 May. [BBC]
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Sunday, 18 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:31 PM
5:31 PM
PITLOCHRY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 14:00 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:32 PM
11:32 PM
PITLOCHRY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 14:00 today to 21:30 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 19 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
PITLOCHRY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 14:00 yesterday to 21:30 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
PITLOCHRY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 14:00 on 18 Jun to 21:30 on 18 Jun. [BBC]
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Saturday, 1 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
PITLOCHRY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 today to 12:28 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 2 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
PITLOCHRY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 yesterday to 12:28 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 3 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
PITLOCHRY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 on 01 Jul to 12:28 on 01 Jul. [BBC]
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