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The symbol shows the location of the Fitful Head transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Fitful Head transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Fitful Head 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)299mDTG-19W
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)299mDTG-19W
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)299mDTG-19W
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 Fitful Head 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 Fitful Head transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 483km south-southwest (202°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 312km south (188°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.

How will the Fitful Head transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1330 Sep 2017-
B E TB E TB E TB E K TB E K T
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C41+D3+4D3+4
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C44BBCABBCA
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C47BBCBBBCB
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves

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 5 May 10 and 19 May 10.

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

Analogue 1-4 94W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-6.9dB) 19W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bressay 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. Fitful Head 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
Monday, 4 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
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9:09 AM

FITFUL HEAD transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
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12:09 AM

FITFUL HEAD transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Saturday, 21 December 2019
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jim mcguill
5:21 PM

The fitful transmitter has issues just now with mux 44 47 both blank
Any info on this

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8:00 PM

jim mcguill:

Can't find any reports of problems at the transmitter which doesn't mean there aren't any, just that neither Freeview or the BBC are aware of a problem. Have the services returned?
If not, is the D3&4 multiplex transmitting as normal (ITV,C4 & C5 programmes etc), ie. normal signal strength etc.?
If so, then you could try contacting the BBC Engineering/Reception Advice on 03700-100-123.

If you are having problems with D3&4 as well then perhaps check all you coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads can be a common problem, try swapping them. See what signal strengths (if any) and quality you are getting any of the multiplexes shown in your TV's tuning section, this might indicate potential issues with your aerial or downlead. Also check that your downlead looks undamaged and that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction.
Problematic connections, water ingress etc. can seem to affect reception of just an individual or several multiplexes.

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Friday, 31 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
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10:07 AM

Fitful Head transmitter - Fitful Head transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/03/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 3 April 2023
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4:08 AM

Fitful Head transmitter - Fitful Head transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 03/04/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Fitful Head transmitter - Fitful Head transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 10/04/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Fitful Head transmitter - Fitful Head transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Fitful Head transmitter - Fitful Head transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/01/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Fitful Head transmitter - Fitful Head transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/01/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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