Freeview Light on the Ullapool (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ullapool (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 800 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 Ullapool (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 Ullapool (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, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, 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 Ullapool 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 16W |
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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 16W |
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 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 16W |
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 Ullapool (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, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, 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 Ullapool transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 232km south (169°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 201km east-southeast (116°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Ullapool (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 20 Sep 2017 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C42 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
C52tv_off | 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 7 Jul 10 and 21 Jul 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 78W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.9dB) 16W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 4 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:06 PM
9:06 PM
ULLAPOOL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 17:49 today to 17:56 today. FM: Radio nan Gaidheal FM Off Air from 17:49 today to 17:57 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 5 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
ULLAPOOL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 17:49 yesterday to 17:56 yesterday. FM: Radio nan Gaidheal FM Off Air from 17:49 yesterday to 17:57 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 6 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
ULLAPOOL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 17:49 on 04 Oct to 17:56 on 04 Oct. FM: Radio nan Gaidheal FM Off Air from 17:49 on 04 Oct to 17:57 on 04 Oct. [BBC]
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Thursday, 18 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
ULLAPOOL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 23:40 yesterday to 00:12 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 23:40 yesterday to 00:12 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
ULLAPOOL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 23:05 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 23:05 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 23:05 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 23:0 [BBC]
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Friday, 19 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
ULLAPOOL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 23:05 on 17 Apr to 23:45 on 17 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 23:05 on 17 Apr to 23:45 on 17 Apr. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 23:05 on 17 Apr to 23:45 on 17 Apr, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 23:0 [BBC]
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Monday, 17 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
ULLAPOOL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 13:14 today to 13:31 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 13:14 today to 13:31 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 13 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
ULLAPOOL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today to 14:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today to 14:00 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 13:14 today to 13:31 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 13:14 today to 13:31 today, [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
ULLAPOOL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today to 14:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today to 14:00 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 13:14 today to 13:31 today, Radio 1 FM Reduced Quality from 15:00 today, Radio 2 [BBC]
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Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
ULLAPOOL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 yesterday to 14:00 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 yesterday to 14:00 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Reduced Quality from 15:00 yesterday, Radio 1 FM Off Air from 13:14 yesterday [BBC]
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