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The symbol shows the location of the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter which serves 430,000 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 Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) mast?

Craigkelly transmitter - Craigkelly transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Craigkelly 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
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)311mDTG-20,000W
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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
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)311mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Edinburgh 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
 H max
C21+ (474.2MHz)311mDTG-20,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)311mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C31 (554.0MHz)311mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C37+ (602.2MHz)311mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LEH
 H -6dB
C32 (562.0MHz)311mDTG-125,000W
Channel icons
from 30th June 2014: 8 STV Edinburgh,

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Craigkelly transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 70km west-southwest (252°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 0.5m homes 1.7%
from Edinburgh EH3 9QG, 14km south (174°)
to STV Central (Edinburgh) region - 8 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

DullaturTransposer20 km NE Glasgow40 homes
EdinburghTransposerSighthill area167 homes

How will the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-133 Oct 2018
A K TK TK TK TW T
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCBBBCB
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C29SDN
C30LEH
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesArqA
C32_local
C33com7
C34com8
C37ArqB
C39+ArqB
C42SDN
C45ArqA
C48C5wavesC5waves
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

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 1 Jun 11 and 15 Jun 11.

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

Analogue 1-4 100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20kW
com7, com8(-9.7dB) 10.8kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 10kW
LEH(-13dB) 5kW
Analogue 5, Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-14dB) 4kW
Mux C*, Mux D*(-17dB) 2kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Craigkelly 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. Craigkelly 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.

Comments
Friday, 3 June 2011
Briantist
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1:20 PM

John Riddick: Yes, the D3+4 multiplex will also broadcast at 20kW.

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Transmitter engineering
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4:30 PM

CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview - No problems - BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:18 on 01 Jun to 02:31 on 01 Jun BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:29 on 01 Jun to 02:18 on 01 Jun Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:23 on 01 Jun to 02:09 on 01 Jun [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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4:30 PM

CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview - No problems - BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:18 on 01 Jun to 02:31 on 01 Jun BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:29 on 01 Jun to 02:18 on 01 Jun Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:23 on 01 Jun to 02:09 on 01 Jun [BBC]

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Briantist
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6:31 PM

glb37: Sounds like a problem with the Compro software. Perhaps they have a software update?

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Sunday, 5 June 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

1:38 PM

CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:18 on 01 Jun to 02:31 on 01 Jun BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:29 on 01 Jun to 02:18 on 01 Jun - No problems - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:23 on 01 Jun to 02:09 on 01 Jun [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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1:38 PM

CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:18 on 01 Jun to 02:31 on 01 Jun BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:29 on 01 Jun to 02:18 on 01 Jun - No problems - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:23 on 01 Jun to 02:09 on 01 Jun [BBC]

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Tuesday, 7 June 2011
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Kath
1:50 PM

SO much for this changeover to be problem free. The only freeview channels I can actually receive are .... bbc1, bbc2, itv3 pick tv, dave, QVC, bidtv, daveja vu,e4+1 (no E4 tho just the +1) and that is it. The mainstream, most watched channels I cannot receive. All I keep getting told is to NOT re-tune as I may lose the actual programmes I have at the moment nd that the Craigkelly receiver is having problems and that it will be back 'as soon as possible'. Great, only thing is I have been advised not to re-tune my telly so how will I know that it is working!!!?? All this, and its not due to switchover till the 25th!! Can anyone please tell me what is going on!!??? PLEASE?
Oh. I use an indoor aerial - which I have never had any problems with, EVER.

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Briantist
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6:07 PM

Kath: Reliable Freeview reception requires a rooftop aerial, if you don't have one you will not receive a stable service.

You should have retuned on Wednesday 1st June 2011 and again on 15th June 2011.

You must do a "first time installation" or a "factory reset" on each date.

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Aaron
9:24 PM
Edinburgh

I am on the Craigkelly transmitter. In the last few hours I have lost all freeview channels apart from the BBC channels listed for MUX PSB1 BBCA.

I have retuned but nothing other than BBC channels.

Any ideas?

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Will
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10:45 PM

Aaron: According to Digital UK there is a fault on the Craigkelly Transmitter which is affecting digital TV services. This is not related to the switchover and they are working to resolve it.

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