Freeview Light on the Strontian (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Strontian (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 Strontian (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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Strontian (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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Freeview channels does the Strontian 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 | V max | C39 (618.0MHz) | 253m | DTG- | 3W |
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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 253m | DTG- | 3W |
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow 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 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 253m | DTG- | 3W |
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 44 Freeview channels?
The Strontian (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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Strontian transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 125km southeast (143°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/stv-glasgow.jpg)
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 125km southeast (143°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Strontian (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Dec 2017- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C42 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C45 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C49tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA |
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 13 Oct 10 and 27 Oct 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 12W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.3dB) 2.8W |
Local transmitter maps
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012
STRONTIAN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:20 yesterday to 09:52 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:20 yesterday to 09:52 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 19 January 2012
STRONTIAN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:20 on 17 Jan to 09:52 on 17 Jan HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:20 on 17 Jan to 09:52 on 17 Jan [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
12:30 AM
12:30 AM
STRONTIAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 today to 22:04 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:31 AM
1:31 AM
STRONTIAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 yesterday to 22:04 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:34 AM
2:34 AM
STRONTIAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 yesterday to 22:04 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 yesterday to 22:04 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 18 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:29 AM
1:29 AM
STRONTIAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 on 16 Apr to 22:04 on 16 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:35 on 16 Apr to 22:04 on 16 Apr. [BBC]
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Sunday, 29 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
STRONTIAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:27 today to 12:12 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:27 today to 12:12 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 30 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
STRONTIAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:27 yesterday to 12:12 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:27 yesterday to 12:12 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
STRONTIAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:27 on 29 Jun to 12:12 on 29 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:27 on 29 Jun to 12:12 on 29 Jun. [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 August 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
STRONTIAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:21 today to 13:34 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:21 today to 13:34 today. [BBC]
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