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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 Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter. Click to recheck

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

Other maps:Craigkelly DABCraigkelly AM/FMCraigkelly regionBBC ScotlandSTV Central (Edinburgh micro region)

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

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 Craigkelly transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 horizontal max
C27 (522.0MHz)311m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		20,000W
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
 horizontal max
C24 (498.0MHz)311m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		20,000W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 horizontal max
C21+ (474.2MHz)311m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		20,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 horizontal -3dB
C42 (642.0MHz)311m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		10,000W
Channel icons
10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 21 others

COM5
ArqA
 horizontal -3dB
C45 (666.0MHz)311m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		10,000W
Channel icons
11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, 302 BBC Red Button 2, plus 9 others

COM6
ArqB
 horizontal -3dB
C39+ (618.2MHz)311m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		10,000W
Channel icons
15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 22 others



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


BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 70km west-southwest
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.5m homes 1.7%
from Edinburgh EH3 9QG, 14km south
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?

years1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-182019-
aerial groupA KKKKKWA K
C21C4C4C4+BBCB+BBCB+BBCBBBCB
C22SDN
C23-A
C24ITVITVITVD3+4D3+4D3+4D3+4
C25ArqA
C26-B
C27BBC2BBC2BBC2BBCABBCABBCABBCA
C28ArqB
C292
600C31BBC1BBC1BBC1
C331com7
C34com8
C39D+ArqB+ArqB+ArqB
C42CSDNSDNSDN
C45ArqAArqAArqA
C48C5C5
700C52local

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 1st June and 15th June 2011.

  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Edinburgh including Dunfermline could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Craigkelly transmitter using C52
  • COM7, COM8 projected for 2013-16.

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

Analogue 1-4 100kW
com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 10kW
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.


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rob
Wednesday 16 May 2012 10:15PM Dunfermline
Hi
I am getting a broken signal, squiffy sound and picture on coms 4,5 and 6. Worse on 5 and 6.
This has been like this for as long as I can remember. I am in a top floor flat and I presume I have a shared aerial. I am knowledgeable enough to do all basic interference and connection tests. I have a booster from the wall and a split aerial feeding 2 freeview boxes. I have plugged direct to socket, rewired the socket and connections. I have basically eliminated all causes except the aerial.
Should I contact the property management company or just install a loft aerial?
Many thanks
J
jb38
Wednesday 16 May 2012 11:24PM
rob: As you are not that terribly far away from the transmitter I would be inclined to try a test using a set top aerial or a piece of wire about 12" long pushed into the inner part of the aerial socket, and if a picture of sorts is obtained then a simple loft aerial could be fitted as that should be suffice for satisfactory reception.

And with regards to the communal aerial, it might be prudent to ask any neighbours that you might be friendly with if they are also experiencing any of the problems you are having.
Transmitter engineering
Friday 18 May 2012 4:30PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Over the next week Craigkelly main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 18 May 2012 4:30PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Over the next week Craigkelly main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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R. Rankine
Friday 18 May 2012 11:20PM
Why does STV+1 on Freeview from Cragkelly have poor crackly sound. This has been the case since the Channel launched.
STV do nothing about it.
ITV+1 sound on Sky is perfect. STV prevent its viewers from having ITV+1 on Sky because of its contract with Sky.
Does STV+1 from Blackhill have similar sound problems.
Why is this problem not being fixed.
T
Touchwood
Saturday 2 June 2012 8:23PM
The Craigkelly signal over the last couple of days has been appalling. Anyone else experiencing problems?
Transmitter engineering
Monday 13 August 2012 12:11PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Over the next week Craigkelly main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 13 August 2012 12:11PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Over the next week Craigkelly main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
A
Alister Greig
Monday 24 September 2012 4:58PM Edinburgh
Postcode: EH7 4QY
Location of aerial: loft
Last weekend (22/23 Sept) I lost access to a number of freeview channels including ESPN which I subscribe to via BT Vision. I have attempted to retune and reran my setup but they still don't appear. Can anyone say whether channel 34 (ESPN) will be resurrected for me?
F
Ford
Thursday 27 September 2012 1:32PM Edinburgh
COM6/ARQ-B/MUX-D (or whatever it is referenced as - it includes Film4, Yesterday, Sky News, AlJazeera, etc) HAS MOVED as of Sept 15 2012 approx...

Was channel 39 / 618mhz. >>>>> Now channel 47 / 682 mhz

May be hard to retune either manually or auto or combo, but when signal found and tuning update is successful the new frequency much better/stronger than old! Worth the hassle.. and anyway the channels no longer appear on old frequency :-)
M
Michael
Thursday 27 September 2012 11:07PM
Ford: Craigkelly has not changed any of its UHF channel numbers since the switchover in June 2011. Arq B on UHF 47 will be coming from Black Hill.
Transmitter engineering
Monday 19 November 2012 10:49AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Over the next week Craigkelly main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Liable to interruption, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 19 November 2012 10:49AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Over the next week Craigkelly main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Liable to interruption, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:02PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview - No reported problems -. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:02PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview - No reported problems -. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:50PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview No problems on any service. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:50PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview No problems on any service. [BBC]
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Rowland Nicholson
Friday 18 January 2013 9:17PM North Berwick
Our tv is a sony bravia with freeview and hd enabled, we have this coupled to a humax hdr fox t2 digital recorder. we constantly get a broken picture and failed recordings. when picture break up occurs we can switch to tv reception with out going through humax and picture usuall ok. we also run a small tv in the kitchen from the same ariel, using a splice, this set rarely gets break up. Strangely each tv receives different versions of the programme, ie weather and news on sonyhumax is Aberdeen biased!!! when tuning/retuning humax we are given only 2 areas to tune from. 1 Scotland North and 2 Scotland Central. being in the Central Belt of Scotland we tune humax to Central?? I have just done some online searching and find that Craigkelly appears to be the transmitter we should use. Advice please
J
jb38
Friday 18 January 2013 9:49PM
Rowland Nicholson: Referring to the Humax box, select BBC1 and carry out a signal condition check, as along with the signal strength / quality being indicated the mux channel associated with the indications will also be seen and if its from Craigkelly it should be Ch27.

You should also carry out this check on the remaining muxes which should come up with the following "if" all are being received from Craigkelly.

ITV (Ch24) / HD service (Ch21) / ITV3 (42) / Pick TV (Ch45 / Film 4 (Ch39)

The other point is, that you would be much better to use a powered splitter to feed the signals to each device, as this guarantees that each device will be getting the exactly the same level of signal as well as what they are getting being slightly boosted.

By the way, you are indicated as being at 18 miles away from the transmitter.
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Derek McLean
Friday 18 January 2013 11:10PM Dunbar
John Robinson

Sorry, I've only just come to this thread and seen your problem of area selection, which is exacly what I get too.

My solution may not be totally to your satisfaction, but it does seem to have worked for me.

Incidentally, I am near Dunbar and my preferred transmitter is Craigkelly too, although I can also get strong signals from Black Hill, Angus and Durris.

What I do is let it do its full automatic scan, and then do a manual scan on one channel, which is obviously 24, to ensure I get the Edinburgh STV service. I think that then becomes the default signal for all the channels on that MUX.

It doesn't seem to compromise the box's ability to do auto scans. For example, it has just found BBC1 Scotland HD, which only came on stream yesterday.

I hope this is helpful.
J
John Fotheringham
Tuesday 5 February 2013 8:26PM Airdrie
I replaced my roof aerial with a loft aerial to see i I could improve reception. The installer was adamant that it was correct direction for Black Hill but I still seem to get STV from Edinburgh. I tried a set top box and found I could get Glasgow by aiming at approx 120 degrees instead of 80. That was some time ago, and I've just tried again to see if by some miracle it had improved, but no luck. I'm 86 year of age and would appreciate any advise.
Dave Lindsay
Tuesday 5 February 2013 10:11PM
John Fotheringham: It's possible that your TV is tuned to Craigkelly with the aerial pointing at Black Hill.

The signal strength screen usually says which UHF channel (frequency) the set is tuned to.

BBC One | Black Hill=C46 | Craigkelly=C27
STV | Black Hill=C43 | Craigkelly=C24
BBC One HD | Black Hill=C40 | Craigkelly=C21

ITV3, Pick TV and Film4 should be tuned to channels 41, 44 and 47 respectively, although it's less likely that anything else will have been picked up.

Because Craigkelly uses lower channel numbers it will have been found before Black Hill during the automatic tuning scan. If your receiver goes with the first it finds then that might explain why it's done what it's done.

The trick is to unplug the aerial lead for the first 30% (or until it gets past UHF channel 30) so as to miss out Craigkelly (and Darvel come to that).
Ian Ireland
Monday 11 February 2013 11:29PM Kirkcaldy
All channels except ITV 3 good quality and reception. Can you explain why this one channel is so poor. Picture all noise and very poor quality. I have a Panasonic Viera Plasma TV
J
jb38
Monday 11 February 2013 11:53PM
Ian Ireland: You should carry out a signal strength / quality check on mux Ch42 (ITV3) (this called "signal condition" on most Panasonics) noting whats indicated and then do likewise on mux Ch45 (Pick TV etc) then comparing the two readings, and although you have not mentioned any time factor being involved I was wondering if the problem has just started recently? or has ITV3 always been inferior, because if it has then moving the aerial a fraction to the left or right sometimes clears that type of deficiency even although you are relatively close to the Craigkelly transmitter.
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