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Freeview Light on the Bruernish (Eilean Siar, Scotland) transmitter

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4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

A retune will happen 31 July 2013 to clear channels for other TV transmitters to use: PSB3 C50 to C40.
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This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Bruernish (Eilean Siar, Scotland) transmitter. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Bruernish (Eilean Siar, Scotland) transmitter which serves less than 500 homes.

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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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What do the colours on the map mean?

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.


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Which Freeview channels does the Bruernish 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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 vertical max
C43 (650.0MHz)36m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		2W
Channel icons
1 BBC One Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Three, 8 BBC Alba, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 BBC Red Button 1, plus 14 others

PSB2
D3+4
 vertical max
C46 (674.0MHz)36m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		2W
Channel icons
3 STV (STV North (Aberdeen micro region)), 4 Channel 4 Scotland ads, 5 Channel 5 Scotland ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 Scotland ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh),

PSB3
BBCB
 vertical max
C50 (706.0MHz)36m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		2W
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 303 BBC Red Button HD, plus 1 others



Are you trying to watch these 27 Freeview channels?



The Bruernish (Eilean Siar, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5*, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, BBC Red Button 2, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Community Channel, Dave, Dave ja vu, E4+1, Film 4, Food Network, ITV 2 +1, ITV 3, ITV 4, Movie Mix, PICK TV, Quest, Really, RT English , Sky News, The Zone, VIVA, Yesterday.

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 Bruernish transmitter?


BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 230km southeast
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 323km east
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.

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

years1984-971997-981998-20102010-1331/7/13-2013-18
aerial groupB EB EB EB EB E KB E K
C40BBC1BBC1BBC1BBCBBBCB
C43ITVITVITVBBCABBCABBCA
C46BBC2BBC2BBC2D3+4D3+4D3+4
700C50C4C4C4BBCB

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 14th July and 28th July 2010.

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

Analogue 1-4 6W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-4.8dB) 2W

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. Bruernish 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.


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Transmitter engineering
Saturday 1 June 2013 4:32AM
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:19 on 29 May to 09:27 on 29 May, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:07 on 30 May to 10:15 on 30 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:19 on 29 May to 09:27 on 29 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:07 on 30 May to 10:15 on [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 2 June 2013 4:33AM
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:07 on 30 May to 10:15 on 30 May, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:19 on 29 May to 09:27 on 29 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:07 on 30 May to 10:15 on 30 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:19 on 29 May to 09:27 on [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 3 June 2013 10:32AM
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:07 on 30 May to 10:15 on 30 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:07 on 30 May to 10:15 on 30 May. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 11 June 2013 1:31PM
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:58 today to 12:16 today. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 11 June 2013 4:31PM
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:58 today to 12:16 today, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:58 today to 12:16 today. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 12 June 2013 4:31AM
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:58 yesterday to 12:16 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:58 yesterday to 12:16 yesterday. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 13 June 2013 4:31AM
BRUERNISH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:58 on 11 Jun to 12:16 on 11 Jun, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:58 on 11 Jun to 12:16 on 11 Jun. [BBC]
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