Full Freeview on the Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 63,000 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 Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Rosemarkie 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Rosemarkie transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 198km south (186°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 132km east-southeast (116°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Bhlaraidh | Active deflector | 40 km SW Inverness | 5 homes |
| Culloden | Transposer | 10 km E Inverness | 25 homes Caravan site |
| U.strthnairn A | Active deflector | 20 km S Inverness | 25 homes |
| Upper Foyers | Active deflector | Upper Foyers | 42 homes |
How will the Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 6 Sep 2017 | ||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | ||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C40 | +ArqB | +ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C43 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C46 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | |||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C50tv_off | +ArqB | ||||||||
| C52tv_off | _local | _local | _local | _local |
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 6 Oct 10 and 20 Oct 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-11dB) 8kW |
Local transmitter maps
Rosemarkie Freeview Rosemarkie TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Aberdeen micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rosemarkie transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 4 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
ROSEMARKIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:27 on 02 Apr to 12:32 on 02 Apr. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 30 April 2019
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Dr J E M Anderson5:37 PM
The Radio Times now lists the Smithsonian Channel, Channel 99, but when I try to add new digital channels it isn't found. When, if ever, will this channel become available to Easter Ross (I can see the Rosemarkie transmitter from my sitting room window)?
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StevensOnln15:59 PM
Dr J E M Anderson: Smithsonian Channel is carried on the temporary COM7 multiplex which is not broadcast from Rosemarkie. You would have to ask the channel if they have any plans to move to a different multiplex with wider coverage.
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Friday, 5 July 2019
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John and Pip9:08 PM
Why can I not get channel 48 (true entertainment ) from Rosemarie transmitter. When was on channel 61 I received it ok but believe has recently moved. Is there anything I can do to get this channel again.
I have no problem with other channels.
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StevensOnln110:05 PM
John and Pip: True Entertainment and True Movies have moved to the local TV multiplex, which is only broadcast in areas where there is a local TV station on Freeview channel 7 or 8.
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Saturday, 10 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
ROSEMARKIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:15 today to 11:24 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 11 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
ROSEMARKIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:15 yesterday to 11:24 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 12 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
ROSEMARKIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:15 on 10 Aug to 11:24 on 10 Aug. [BBC]
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Saturday, 24 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
ROSEMARKIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:19 today to 11:40 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 25 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
ROSEMARKIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:19 yesterday to 11:40 yesterday. [BBC]
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