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The symbol shows the location of the Skriaig (Skye) (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,400 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 Skriaig (Skye) (Highland, Scotland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Skriaig (Skye) 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C27 (522.0MHz)449mDTG-320W
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
 V max
C24 (498.0MHz)449mDTG-320W
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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C21+ (474.2MHz)449mDTG-320W
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
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the effected channels

The Skriaig (Skye) (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.

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 Skriaig (Skye) transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 208km south-southeast (147°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 252km east (98°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

CarbostActive deflector See TPG
InverinateActive deflector15-20 km E Kyle of Lochalsh126 homes
LuibActive deflectorIsle of Sky15 homes
TotardorActive deflectorIsle of Skye4 homes
Uig CActive deflector20 km NW Portree17 homes

How will the Skriaig (Skye) (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20102010-1331 Dec 2017-
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C3BBCtvwaves
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCBBBCB
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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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 1000W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-4.9dB) 320W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Skriaig 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. Skriaig (Skye) 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

Comments
Saturday, 27 August 2011
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Nick Fairweather
11:12 PM

Can you tell me when I will be able to receive ITV4 from the Skriaig transmitter on my television in Inverarish Terrace, Isle of Raasay?

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Sunday, 28 August 2011
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Jim F
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9:06 PM

Nick Fairweather: The Skriaig transmitter is unusual, in that it is a "main" transmitter that only transmits the 3 PSB MUXs post switchover (same as the relays at Inverarish and Penifiler, and it uses vertical polarisation too).
ITV4 is on the Arqiva B MUX, which is why you're not finding it at the moment. I've no idea if there are any plans to add the COM MUXs to Skriaig, but you have Freesat as an alternative.

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Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Sunday, 28 August 2016
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Richard Newman
12:00 PM

Hi,
Does anybody out there know why we have lost BBC4 hd on the Skriaig transmitter on Skye?


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MikeP
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1:50 PM

Richard Newman:

Skriag does not transmit COM7, which is where it would normally be. It was present for the duration of the Olympics on PSB3 but is no longer offered on that multiplex, things having been returned to the normal correct settings since the Olympics finished.

There are many similar questions on this website that have all been answered in a similar way.



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Thursday, 1 March 2018
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Richard Newman
12:20 AM

Hi,
As anybody noticed that the Skriag transmitter on Skye now carries ITV3 on channel 788.

Richard Newman

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