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The symbol shows the location of the Rumster Forest (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 21,000 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 Rumster Forest (Highland, Scotland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Rumster Forest transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)454mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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
C24 (498.0MHz)454mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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
C21+ (474.2MHz)454mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C32- (561.8MHz)454mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
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, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C34 (578.0MHz)454mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
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 TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C35 (586.0MHz)454mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Rumster Forest (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 Rumster Forest transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 281km south-southwest (193°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 154km south-southeast (150°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

AltnaharraActive deflector30 km N Lairg20 homes
ArmadaleTransposer30 km W Thurso30 homes
BlandyActive deflector50 km W Thurso20 homes
BorrobolActive deflector80 km NE Inverness7 homes
DaviotActive deflector8 km SE Inverness7 homes
GlenmoreActive deflector8 km SE Aviemore25 homes 1000 caravans
KinbraceActive deflector22 km NW Helmsdale20 homes School
MacduffTransposer30 km W Fraserburgh30 homes
Portsoy C/pTransposer10 km W Banff1 homes 60 caravans
Strath HalladaleActive deflectorStrath Halladale (south)20 homes
Strathnaver BActive deflector48km SW Thurso21 homes
Strathy WestActive deflector22 km W Thurso17 homes
SuisgillActive deflector
U.strthnairn BActive deflector20 km S Inverness8 homes holiday

How will the Rumster Forest (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1965-80s1984-971997-981998-20102010-132013-182013-1723 Aug 2017
VHFA K TA K TA K TWW TW TA K T
C8ITVwaves
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCB+BBCB+BBCBBBCB
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4D3+4D3+4
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCABBCABBCA
C30-SDN-SDN-SDN
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C32SDN
C34ArqA
C35ArqB
C55tv_off ArqBArqB
C59tv_offArqAArqAArqA
C62ArqB

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 2 Jun 10 and 16 Jun 10.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 10kW
Mux A*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-17dB) 2kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B*(-20dB) 1000W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rumster Forest transmitter area

Sep 1961-Jun 1997Grampian Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014STV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Comments
Sunday, 18 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
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5:32 AM

RUMSTER FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:06 on 14 Jun to 11:06 on 14 Jun. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 12:39 on 16 Jun to 14:18 on 16 Jun, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 12:39 on 16 Jun to 14:18 on 16 Jun, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 12:39 on 16 Jun to 14:18 on 16 Ju [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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11:32 AM

RUMSTER FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:06 on 14 Jun to 11:06 on 14 Jun. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 10:09 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 10:09 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 10:09 today, Radio 4 FM Off Air from 10:09 today, Radio Scotland FM Off Air fro [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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2:32 PM

RUMSTER FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:06 on 14 Jun to 11:06 on 14 Jun. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 10:09 today to 11:24 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 10:09 today to 11:24 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 10:09 today to 11:24 today, Radio 4 FM Off Air fr [BBC]

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Tuesday, 27 June 2017
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Liz manson
11:02 AM

I live in wick and cannot connect to stv2. I have connections to all other digital free view channels.
I have tried to retune but with no success. Please advise

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Liz manson
11:10 AM

Transmitter engineering: why is Rumster transmitter not licenced to transmit STV2

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StevensOnln1
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12:00 PM

Liz manson: STV2 was created by STV acquiring several local TV licences to broadcast to several cities across Scotland. There is no large town or city served by Rumster Forest so therefore no local TV licence was advertised for the area as it would not have been financially viable for any broadcaster to run a local TV service in an area of relatively low population. STV2 is available on Sky channel 117 across all areas which receive STV on 103, as well as via STV's website and smart phone/smart TV apps.

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Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

5:32 AM

RUMSTER FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:02 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:02 today. FM: Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 16:58 on 20 Aug to 21:11 on 20 Aug. [BBC]

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8:33 AM

RUMSTER FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:02 today to 05:55 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:02 today to 05:55 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 06:06 today. FM: Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 16:58 on 20 Aug to 21:11 on 20 Aug. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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11:33 AM

RUMSTER FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:02 today to 05:55 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:02 today to 05:55 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 06:06 today to 07:05 today. FM: Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 16:58 on 20 Aug to 21:11 on 20 Au [BBC]

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Thursday, 24 August 2017
Transmitter engineering
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5:32 AM

RUMSTER FOREST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:02 yesterday to 05:55 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:02 yesterday to 05:55 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 06:06 yesterday to 07:05 yesterday. FM: Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 16:58 on [BBC]

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