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56.454,-4.270 or 56°27'14"N 4°16'12"W

FK21 8TY

4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

A retune will happen 17 April 2013 to clear channels for other TV transmitters to use: PSB1 C49 to C39 PSB1 C49 to C39.
See How do I know if the 4G broadband will overload my Freeview? and Full UK map of 4G issue areas for details.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

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

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The symbol shows the location of the Killin (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter which serves 600 homes.

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Angus region

BBC Scotland

STV North (Dundee micro region)

Radiation patterns

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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.

List by multiplex|List by channel number|List by channel name|See terrain plot

Killin transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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.

Mux	Aerial position	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	vertical -7.7dB horizontal -7.7dB	C39 (618.0MHz)	445m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	4W 4W
	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, 301 301, plus 14 others
PSB2 D3+4	vertical max horizontal -7.7dB	C42 (642.0MHz)	445m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	23W 4W
	3 STV (STV North (Dundee 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 horizontal -7.7dB	C45 (666.0MHz)	445m	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	23W 4W
	101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, plus 1 others 232 The Space,

Looking for these 26 channels?

The Killin (Stirling, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5*, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, 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.

Regional news from the Killin transmitter

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 66km south
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.2m homes 0.8%
from Dundee DD1 4QB, 80km east
to STV North (Dundee) region - 24 masts.

Self-help relays

Crianlarich	Transposer	30 km NW Callander	6 homes
Loch Tay	Transposer	30 km SW Pitlochry	30 homes

How the transmission frequencies change over time

	years	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2010	2010-13	17/4/13-	2013-18
	aerial group	B E	B E	B E	B E	B E K	B E K
	C39	BBC1	BBC1	BBC1		BBCA	BBCA
	C42	C4	C4	C4	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
	C45	BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
700	C49	ITV	ITV	ITV	BBCA

orange background for multiplexes names more

green background for transmission frequencies

lilac background for power levels in watts

800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013

700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more

600MHz 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 4th August and 18th August 2010.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-4	130W
PSB2\|\|, PSB3\|\|	(-7.4dB) 23.4W
PSB1\|\|, PSB1≡, PSB2≡, PSB3≡	(-15.1dB) 4W

History of Channel 3 in the Angus transmitter area

Sep 1961-Dec 2014

Grampian Television

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Killin 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
Wednesday 23 January 2013 10:31AM

KILLIN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:36 today. [BBC]

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