Freeview Light on the Scoval (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Scoval (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Scoval (Highland, Scotland) transmitter._______
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 Scoval (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Scoval 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 -6.2dB V -6.2dB | C40 (626.0MHz) | 258m | DTG- | 32W 32W |
1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | H max V -6.2dB | C43 (650.0MHz) | 258m | DTG- | 132W 32W |
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 V -6.2dB | C46 (674.0MHz) | 258m | DTG- | 132W 32W |
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 45 Freeview channels?
The Scoval (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Scoval transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 232km southeast (143°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 281km east (99°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Scoval (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 20 Sep 2017 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||
C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C65 | 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 14 Jul 10 and 28 Jul 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 160W | |
PSB2≡, PSB3≡ | (-0.8dB) 132W | |
PSB1≡, PSB1||, PSB2||, PSB3|| | (-7dB) 32W |
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Thursday, 5 January 2012
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:06 yesterday to 12:37 yesterday BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 on 03 Jan to 16:31 on 03 Jan BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:26 yesterday to 18:35 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 on 03 Jan to 16:31 o [BBC]
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SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 on 03 Jan to 16:31 on 03 Jan BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:06 yesterday to 12:37 yesterday BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:26 yesterday to 18:35 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 on 03 Jan to 16:31 o [BBC]
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Friday, 6 January 2012
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 on 03 Jan to 16:31 on 03 Jan BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:06 on 04 Jan to 12:37 on 04 Jan BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:26 on 04 Jan to 18:35 on 04 Jan HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 on 03 Jan to 16:31 o [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 January 2012
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:26 on 04 Jan to 18:35 on 04 Jan BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:06 on 04 Jan to 12:37 on 04 Jan BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:15 on 03 Jan to 16:31 on 03 Jan HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:26 on 04 Jan to [BBC]
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Sunday, 8 January 2012
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:26 on 04 Jan to 18:35 on 04 Jan BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:06 on 04 Jan to 12:37 on 04 Jan HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 18:26 on 04 Jan to 18:35 on 04 Jan HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:06 on 04 Ja [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 February 2012
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:30 today [BBC]
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Friday, 10 February 2012
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:30 yesterday to 12:02 yesterday [BBC]
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SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 15:01 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:30 yesterday to 12:02 yesterday [BBC]
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SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:30 yesterday to 12:02 yesterday HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 15:01 today [BBC]
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SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 15:01 today to 21:37 today HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:30 yesterday to 12:02 yesterday [BBC]
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