Full Freeview on the Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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57.634,-4.075 or 57°38'1"N 4°4'30"W

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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.

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C45 (666.0MHz)	327m	DTG-	20,000W
	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	H max	C39+ (618.2MHz)	327m	DTG-	20,000W
	3 STV (SD) (STV North (Aberdeen 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	H max	C42 (642.0MHz)	327m	DTG-	20,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C43 (650.0MHz)	327m	DTG-8	10,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 35 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C46 (674.0MHz)	327m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C40+ (626.2MHz)	327m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 others

DTG-8 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	BBCtv_waves
C39		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves		+D3+4	+D3+4	D3+4
C40						+ArqB	+ArqB	ArqB
C42		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
C43					SDN	SDN	SDN	SDN
C45		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
C46					ArqA	ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
C49_{tv_off}		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	+D3+4
C50_{tv_off}					+ArqB
C52_{tv_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

Sep 1961-Jun 1997	Grampian Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014	STV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Rosemarkie 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

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M MacRae
8:59 PM

It's happened again. This time I pulled out the ariel and went to plug in a very strong indorr ariel, but when I pulled the ariel out the and sound stayed the same. I then plugged in the psare indoor ariel and it didnt change at all. Am pretty sure its the trasnmitter or I would have had a variation when I pulled the mains ariel out...and then when I plugged the indoor one in. It is the picture and sound that is breaking up. the picture has lines in it and the sound breaks up. It was fine until 8.30ish tonight. No one changed anything or turned anything on in the house.

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J Macfie
1:40 PM
Inverness

Lost all at about 1320hrs (Iv63 6XP and we're tuned to the Glenurquhart ). It's pretty gusty here...

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jb38

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2:46 PM

J Macfie: The transmitter (SD and HD) is listed as being off air from 13.18 today, no reason given, although judging by what you have said it might be due to a supply failure.

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Transmitter engineering

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7:23 PM

- Freeview: BBC TV Weak from 17:44 today to 18:04 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:44 today to 18:04 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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4:23 AM

- Freeview: BBC TV Weak from 17:44 yesterday to 18:04 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:44 yesterday to 18:04 yesterday. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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4:24 AM

- Freeview: BBC TV Weak from 17:44 on 16 Jan to 18:04 on 16 Jan, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:44 on 16 Jan to 18:04 on 16 Jan. [BBC]

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CD
9:24 PM

Anyone having probelms tonight from - seems to be weak or on COM4?

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CD
10:44 AM

Same problem this morning - seems to be low ? Other 10 kW muxes are fine.

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CD
10:50 AM

Also, CHs 800 - 824 have appeared in the EPG, but no names or event information.
I remember, on a couple of occasions previously, some Norwegian appeared in the EPG (during prolonged High Pressure) - don't know if this has anything to do with the problem at the moment?

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Paul W
5:17 PM
Forres

For the second time this week BBC1 and HD suddenly drop signal to poor or at All! No servicing being done. Started exactly 1700.

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Paul's: P's Freeview map P's terrain plot P's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage

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