Full Freeview on the Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter which serves 41,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) mast?
Rosneath transmitter - Rosneath transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/09/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, 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 Rosneath 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 Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, 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 Rosneath transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 35km east-southeast (117°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 35km east-southeast (117°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Rosneath (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 5 Sep 2018 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | W T | ||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C13 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C53tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C57tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C60tv_off | -ArqB | -ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| 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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 10kW | |
| COM4||, COM5||, COM6||, PSB1||, PSB2||, PSB3|| | (-7dB) 2kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 200W | |
| Mux A* | (-20dB) 100W | |
| COM4≡, COM5≡, COM6≡, PSB1≡, PSB2≡, PSB3≡ | (-31dB) 8W |
Local transmitter maps
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSunday, 6 February 2011
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Graham Kinder5:36 PM
Can someone tell me the height of the Rosneath transmitter mast. This will be used to compare the height with possible wind farm masts?
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Monday, 14 February 2011
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Henry Ellis4:54 PM
I have no bbc itv or several freeview chanels at the moment, when will they be re-instated?
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Henry Ellie: As above, there is work on the transmitter this week. You would normally expect the services to operate normally outside "work hours".
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J. Carson8:48 PM
Port Glasgow
hi,
I can only get 60% strength and 40% quality and very few channels, this has been like this all day, is this a problem with the transmission or have I a problem with my arial.
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J.'s: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
J. Carson: There are no transmitter problems, can you see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Allan McKellar9:48 AM
Last night and this morning, unable to watch STV/C4/Five/C4+1/More4 - all on MUX 2.
If displayed, severe stuttering/pixellation.
BBC channels ok, as are Yesterday and Film4
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Allan McKellar: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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StewartM4:50 PM
Dunoon
Getting nothing on freeview since around 17:00 last night. Analogue extremely poor. Certainly not OK outside "Work Hours".
Location :- Blairmore, Argyll.
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StewartM's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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