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The symbol shows the location of the South Knapdale (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter which serves 2,600 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 South Knapdale (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the South Knapdale 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
C39- (617.8MHz)530mDTG-365W
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
C42 (642.0MHz)530mDTG-365W
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
C45 (666.0MHz)530mDTG-365W
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 South Knapdale (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 South Knapdale transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 74km east (97°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 74km east (97°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

CairndowActive deflector10 km E Inveraray42 homes

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

1984-971997-981998-20112011-1312 Jun 2019
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TB E K T
C39BBCA
C42D3+4
C45BBCB
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C57tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-BBCA
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 1.45kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-6dB) 365W

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. South Knapdale 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

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Sunday, 1 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
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11:08 AM

SOUTH KNAPDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:28 on 29 Aug to 12:26 on 29 Aug, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:54 on 29 Aug to 13:55 on 29 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:28 on 29 Aug to 12:26 on 29 Aug, HD Digital TV O [BBC]

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Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
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2:08 PM

SOUTH KNAPDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:44 today to 11:47 today. FM: Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today, Radio nan Gaidheal FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today [BBC]

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5:08 PM

SOUTH KNAPDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:44 today to 11:47 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today to 15:54 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today to 15:54 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today to 15:54 today, Radio [BBC]

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Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

SOUTH KNAPDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:44 yesterday to 11:47 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 yesterday to 15:54 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 yesterday to 15:54 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 yes [BBC]

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Thursday, 19 September 2019
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5:08 AM

SOUTH KNAPDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:44 on 17 Sep to 11:47 on 17 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 17 Sep to 15:54 on 17 Sep, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 17 Sep to 15:54 on 17 Sep, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on [BBC]

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11:08 AM

SOUTH KNAPDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:44 on 17 Sep to 11:47 on 17 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:05 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 10:05 today, R [BBC]

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5:08 PM

SOUTH KNAPDALE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:44 on 17 Sep to 11:47 on 17 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:05 today to 15:56 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today to 15:56 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today to 15:56 toda [BBC]

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Friday, 20 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

SOUTH KNAPDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:50 today to 02:31 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:44 on 17 Sep to 11:47 on 17 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:50 today to 02:31 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:05 yest [BBC]

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Saturday, 21 September 2019
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5:08 AM

SOUTH KNAPDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:50 yesterday to 02:31 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:44 on 17 Sep to 11:47 on 17 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:50 yesterday to 02:31 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal [BBC]

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Sunday, 22 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

SOUTH KNAPDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:50 on 20 Sep to 02:31 on 20 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:50 on 20 Sep to 02:31 on 20 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:05 on 19 Sep to 15:56 on 19 Sep, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 [BBC]

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