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The symbol shows the location of the Clettraval (Eilean Siar, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,600 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Clettraval (Eilean Siar, Scotland) mast?

Clettraval transmitter - Clettraval transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/03/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Clettraval 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
C44 (658.0MHz)173mDTG-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
C41+ (634.2MHz)173mDTG-400W
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C47 (682.0MHz)173mDTG-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 Clettraval (Eilean Siar, 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 Clettraval transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 275km southeast (138°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 327km east (101°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

SeilebostActive deflector See TPG

How will the Clettraval (Eilean Siar, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1331 Dec 2017-
B E TB E TB E TB E K TB E K T
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+D3+4D3+4
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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 14 Jul 10 and 28 Jul 10.

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 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. Clettraval 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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Tuesday, 22 October 2019
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2:08 AM

CLETTRAVAL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 21:22 on 11 Oct to 21:58 on 11 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:59 on 12 Oct to 13:33 on 12 Oct. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 30 October 2019
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2:09 AM

CLETTRAVAL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 21:22 on 11 Oct to 21:58 on 11 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:59 on 12 Oct to 13:33 on 12 Oct. [BBC]

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Thursday, 7 November 2019
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2:11 AM

CLETTRAVAL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 21:22 on 11 Oct to 21:58 on 11 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:59 on 12 Oct to 13:33 on 12 Oct. [BBC]

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Friday, 15 November 2019
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2:13 AM

CLETTRAVAL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 21:22 on 11 Oct to 21:58 on 11 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:59 on 12 Oct to 13:33 on 12 Oct. [BBC]

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Saturday, 23 November 2019
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2:15 AM

CLETTRAVAL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 21:22 on 11 Oct to 21:58 on 11 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:59 on 12 Oct to 13:33 on 12 Oct. [BBC]

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Sunday, 1 December 2019
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2:19 AM

CLETTRAVAL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 21:22 on 11 Oct to 21:58 on 11 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:59 on 12 Oct to 13:33 on 12 Oct. [BBC]

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Monday, 9 December 2019
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2:09 AM

CLETTRAVAL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 21:22 on 11 Oct to 21:58 on 11 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:59 on 12 Oct to 13:33 on 12 Oct. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 17 December 2019
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12:58 AM

CLETTRAVAL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 21:22 on 11 Oct to 21:58 on 11 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:59 on 12 Oct to 13:33 on 12 Oct. [BBC]

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12:58 AM

CLETTRAVAL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 21:22 on 11 Oct to 21:58 on 11 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:59 on 12 Oct to 13:33 on 12 Oct. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 25 December 2019
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2:14 AM

CLETTRAVAL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 21:22 on 11 Oct to 21:58 on 11 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:59 on 12 Oct to 13:33 on 12 Oct. [BBC]

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