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Freeview Light on the Rothesay (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the Rothesay (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter which serves 5,800 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 Rothesay (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Rothesay 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
C28 (530.0MHz)218mDTG-400W
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
C25 (506.0MHz)218mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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
C22 (482.0MHz)218mDTG-400W
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
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Rothesay (Argyll and Bute, 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, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, 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 Rothesay transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 44km east (95°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 45km east (95°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.

How will the Rothesay (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1968-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-1330 Sep 2018-
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C8ITVwaves
C22BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCB
C25ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C28BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C32C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 8 Jun 11 and 22 Jun 11.

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

Analogue 1-4 2kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 400W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Black Hill transmitter area

Aug 1957-Jun 1997Scottish 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
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Sandra Macgregor
2:53 PM

gary bull: Same here. Contacted this morning at 10am and was told the problem must be with my ariel.

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Chris.SE
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4:22 PM

Sandra Macgregor:

Who did you contact? Was it the Freeview Advice line on 0808-100-0288?
Did they not know that there is planned engineering this week at the Rothesay Relay with Possible service interruptions?
There's also the Transmitter engineering post just before yours, after gary bull's.
Your aerial is probably fine!

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5:08 PM

ROTHESAY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:32 today to 15:56 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:32 today to 15:56 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:32 today to 16:00 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 09:34 today [BBC]

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Thursday, 15 August 2019
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5:08 AM

ROTHESAY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:32 yesterday to 15:56 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:32 yesterday to 15:56 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:32 yesterday to 16:00 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM [BBC]

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Friday, 16 August 2019
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5:08 AM

ROTHESAY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:32 on 14 Aug to 15:56 on 14 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:32 on 14 Aug to 15:56 on 14 Aug. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:32 on 14 Aug to 16:00 on 14 Aug. FM: Radio 1 FM [BBC]

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Thursday, 21 May 2020
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Heather Grierson
10:28 AM

No TV signal, on any TV in my home

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StevensOnln1
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1:46 PM

Heather Grierson: No one can offer much help if you don't tell us where you are (please provide a full postcode) and which transmitter you are receiving. Without that information, all I can suggest is to check for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV and do not retune.

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Saturday, 3 April 2021
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Stewart Tindal
10:27 AM

We are serviced by the Rothesay Transmitter . Should we get the Dave, Quest and Yesterday channel ?

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StevensOnln1
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10:38 PM

Stewart Tindal: Rothesay is a lite transmitter, it doesn't broadcast any other those channels and probably never will. You may be able to get more channels if you are in a location where you can receive a main transmitter, otherwise look at getting Freesat.

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Chris.SE
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11:53 PM

Stewart Tindal:

As you can see from the title of this Rothesay transmitter page, it says Freeview Light which means it only transmits the PSB multiplexes, that is BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, & BBCB HD/PSB3.

The channels, in the order you mention are on Commercial multiplexes ArqA/COM5, SDN/COM4 & ArqB/COM6.
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplexes.

Unfortunately the commercial operators don't consider it cost effective to install the transmitter equipment for the smaller area and number of viewers that this transmitter serves.

If you have a Smart TV/Box and a reasonable Internet connection, you can stream Dave and Yesterday programmes with the UKTV Play App.
You should be to stream Quest and other channels via https://www.discoveryplus….uk/

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