Freeview Light on the Aberfoyle (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Aberfoyle (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter.
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The symbol shows the location of the Aberfoyle (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter which serves 700 homes.
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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.
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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 max | C55 (746.0MHz) | 122m | 64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2 | 18W |
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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 200 BBC Red Button, 700 BBC Radio 1, 701 BBC 1Xtra, 702 BBC Radio 2, 703 BBC Radio 3, 704 BBC Radio 4, 705 BBC Radio 5 Live, 706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, 707 BBC 6 Music, 708 BBC Radio 4 Extra, 709 BBC Asian Network, 710 BBC World Service, 719 BBC Radio Scotland, 720 BBC Radio nan Gaidheal,
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PSB2
D3+4 | vertical max | C50 (706.0MHz) | 122m | 64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2 | 18W |
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3 STV (STV Central (Edinburgh 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),
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PSB3
BBCB | vertical max | C59 (778.0MHz) | 122m | 256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4 | 18W |
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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,
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The
Aberfoyle (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
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Regional news from the Aberfoyle transmitter
How the transmission frequencies change over time
| years | | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-18 | |
| aerial group | | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | |
| 700 | C50 | | | | | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |
| C54 | | C4 | C4 | C4 | | | | |
| C55 | | | | | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |
| C58 | | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBC1 | | | | |
| C59 | | | | | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |
| 800 | C61 | | ITV | ITV | ITV | | | | |
| C64 | | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBC2 | | | | |
| 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 WItalics for
analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 1st June and 15th June 2011.
Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels
| Analogue 1-4 | 87W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.8dB) 18W | |
History of Channel 3 in the Craigkelly transmitter area
| Aug 1957-Dec 2014 | Scottish Television |
| | Feb 1983-Dec 1992 | TV-am• |
| Jan 1993-Sep 2010 | GMTV• |
| Sep 2010-Dec 2014 | ITV Daybreak• |
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• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Aberfoyle 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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ABERFOYLE transmitter - Over the next week Aberfoyle relay: TV (analogue) Short Service Breaks, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] ABERFOYLE transmitter - 1 September 2010 : Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, STV and Channel 4 Digital services - N/A [DUK] Over the next week Aberfoyle relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] joan woodcockWednesday 25 May 2011 12:53PM
Please advise when Aberfoyle transmitter will be back up and running.
Thank you
Joan C. Woodcockjoan woodcock: There does seem to be an ongoing fault, please use the channel icons in the right hand panel to watch online. Robin thyneTuesday 7 June 2011 12:38PM
Stirling I had freeview all day ( 6th. June ) but no signal today
I've re tuned.!
Robin ThyneK ANDREWSThursday 12 January 2012 4:32PM
Stirling Every night around 23.00pm our signal fails
this has been going on since beginning of the New year we have tried everything, also had the Ariel checked.
please check fk8 3lr
we have a Freeview goodmans box
Tel no 01360.850.133
k andrewsjb38Thursday 12 January 2012 5:54PM
K ANDREWS: Taking it that you are using the Aberfoyle relay, have you checked with anyone local to see if they are experiencing the same problem?
Should they not be, then is your aerial going directly to your TV or is it through an amplifier in the loft or wherever? and if so are you sure that the power supply to it isn't connected in any way with another device that's on a timer, like connected with central heating or hot water.ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:22 today to 10:35 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:22 today to 10:35 today [BBC] ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:22 on 22 Aug to 10:35 on 22 Aug HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:22 on 22 Aug to 10:35 on 22 Aug [BBC] updates
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