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4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 1 multiplex in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C21: BBCB
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This transmitter has no current reported problems

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

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, 301 301, 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, 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 22 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, 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 21 others



Regional news 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.

Self-help relays

DullaturTransposer20 km NE Glasgow40 homes
EdinburghTransposerSighthill area167 homes

How the 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.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

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

History of Channel 3 in the Craigkelly transmitter area

Aug 1957-Jun 1997Scottish Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014STV plc
• 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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Transmitter engineering
Thursday 3 March 2011 4:22PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 today to 12:03 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 10:05 today to 10:08 today BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak S Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:01 today to 12:04 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 4 March 2011 4:16AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal; DSO related from 10:05 yesterday to 12:08 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 yesterday to 12:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:01 yesterday to 12:04 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 4 March 2011 6:11AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 yesterday to 12:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal; DSO related from 10:05 yesterday to 12:08 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:01 yesterday to 12:04 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 4 March 2011 7:19AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 yesterday to 12:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal; DSO related from 10:05 yesterday to 12:08 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:01 yesterday to 12:04 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 4 March 2011 8:17AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 10:05 yesterday to 10:08 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 yesterday to 12:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:01 yesterday to 12:04 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 4 March 2011 9:10AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 10:05 yesterday to 10:08 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 yesterday to 12:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:01 yesterday to 12:04 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 4 March 2011 10:17AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 yesterday to 12:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 10:05 yesterday to 10:08 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:01 yesterday to 12:04 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 4 March 2011 12:10PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 yesterday to 12:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 10:05 yesterday to 10:08 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:01 yesterday to 12:04 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 5 March 2011 7:18AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 yesterday to 12:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 10:05 yesterday to 10:08 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB [BBC]
Graham
Sunday 27 March 2011 10:48PM Dunfermline
Hopefully this is not seen to be a stupid question. I don't get a great reception and wanted to direct my ariel at the transmitter. How do I know what compass direction to put it in?
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 5 April 2011 4:33AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 00:13 today to 00:20 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 6 April 2011 4:32AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 00:13 yesterday to 00:20 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 10 April 2011 9:34PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 20:12 today to 20:25 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 11 April 2011 4:30AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 20:12 yesterday to 20:25 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 23 May 2011 4:35PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:37 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:47 today BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:37 today to 15:47 today BBC Digita [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 23 May 2011 6:38PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:37 today to 15:47 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:47 today BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:47 today BBC Digita [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 24 May 2011 4:33AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:47 yesterday to 21:52 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:37 yesterday to 15:47 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Sig [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 24 May 2011 6:31AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:37 yesterday to 15:47 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:47 yesterday to 21:52 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Sig [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 25 May 2011 4:33AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:37 on 23 May to 15:47 on 23 May BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:47 on 23 May to 21:52 on 23 May BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Sig [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 25 May 2011 10:41PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:47 on 23 May to 21:52 on 23 May BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:37 on 23 May to 15:47 on 23 May BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Sig [BBC]
Emma
Monday 30 May 2011 2:29PM Edinburgh
Hi I am hoping you can help.
Approx one month ago I started loosing bbc1 and bbc2 while all other channels work perfectly.
I have an aerial on the roof and FV built in to the tv.
At the weekend I lost STV too.
All other channels work fine. Is there anything you suggest I can do to strenghen the signal?
Post code EH12 8YA
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 1 June 2011 4:30AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:23 today to 02:09 today [BBC]
ANNE MOIR
Wednesday 1 June 2011 9:26AM
No signal on bbc1 or bbc2 my tvs are all digital. phoned a friend in same area their tvs all digital and no signal either
KMJ,Derby
Wednesday 1 June 2011 9:55AM
ANNE MOIR:Have you done a factory reset to clear the channel list, followed by a scan for channels? As from 6am today (1st June 2011) BBC1 and BBC2 are carried on Mux BBCA on C27. You will need to do another retune on 15th June 2011 for stage 2 of the switchover.
Stephen Massie
Wednesday 1 June 2011 10:55AM
As of today June 1 I can no longer receive BBC programmes, especially BBC1 and BBC2. I understand that they were transmitted on C33 and should now be transmitted on C27. On my Toshiba TV it detects no signals on C33 OR C27.
Toshiba itself is no help (number discontinued) on their website. We use the Craigkelly transmitter. I have retuned umpteen times including a factory reset and a manual retune and can receive every other station (including many I do not want) but not the BBC ones.
KMJ,Derby
Wednesday 1 June 2011 12:20PM
Stephen Massie: Check that your receiver is not on the list of equipment that does not support the 8k mode. If it is listed you will need to use a freeview box to receive post switchover channels. If you have amplification on your signal it might now be too strong on C27. Reducing the gain, removing the amplifier or using an attenuator would offer solutions in this case.
Robert
Wednesday 1 June 2011 8:16PM
Lost all BBC channels since yesterday evening. Both digital televisions.

What do I do?
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 1 June 2011 8:41PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:18 today to 02:31 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:29 today to 02:18 today - No problems - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:23 today to 02:09 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 2 June 2011 4:29AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:23 yesterday to 02:09 yesterday [BBC]
Briantist
Thursday 2 June 2011 8:16AM
Robert: You must do a "first time installation" now, due to the first stage of switchover, and do the same on Wednesday 15th June 2011.
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 2 June 2011 9:35AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:18 yesterday to 02:31 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:29 yesterday to 02:18 yesterday - No problems - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:23 yesterday to 02:09 yesterday [BBC]
glb37
Thursday 2 June 2011 12:29PM
Hi agai, I've done a complete reinstall, done a full slow scan, and BBC1, BBC2, and BBC 24 hours news do not exist for detection now. Please can you help?
John Riddick
Thursday 2 June 2011 12:46PM
After retuning (reset),I am receiving poor or interrupted, sometime zero, services from STV and channel 4. All BBC programmes are received well. After 15th June retune, will the signal levels for STV and Channel 4 improve?
glb37
Thursday 2 June 2011 1:36PM
Hi Briantist, it's a pci card which slots inside my computer - it's a Compro T750. BBC1, 2 and alot of the day on a few days ago BBC 24 hours news were all getting good reception 2 or 3 days ago. So I'm wondering if either I'm not getting the same sort of reception, or something technical has happened.
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 2 June 2011 4:32PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:29 yesterday to 02:18 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:18 yesterday to 02:31 yesterday - No problems - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:23 yesterday to 02:09 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 3 June 2011 4:36AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:23 on 01 Jun to 02:09 on 01 Jun [BBC]
Briantist
Friday 3 June 2011 8:48AM
glb37: I can't recall a PCI card that doesn't support the 8k transmission mode.

Perhaps your signal is now too strong. If you have an amplifier, try removing it.
glb37
Friday 3 June 2011 11:41AM Longniddry
Hi, yes, this pci card is compatable with 8k mode.
With a free different software I get BBC now. But with the original Compro software strangely it does not find BBC. It did 3 days ago fine and stable for a long time. I even reinstalled Compro totally and restarted, but BBC is not available.
Briantist
Friday 3 June 2011 1:20PM
John Riddick: Yes, the D3+4 multiplex will also broadcast at 20kW.
Transmitter engineering
Friday 3 June 2011 4:30PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview - No problems - BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:18 on 01 Jun to 02:31 on 01 Jun BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:29 on 01 Jun to 02:18 on 01 Jun Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:23 on 01 Jun to 02:09 on 01 Jun [BBC]
Briantist
Friday 3 June 2011 6:31PM
glb37: Sounds like a problem with the Compro software. Perhaps they have a software update?
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 5 June 2011 1:38PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:18 on 01 Jun to 02:31 on 01 Jun BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 01:29 on 01 Jun to 02:18 on 01 Jun - No problems - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:23 on 01 Jun to 02:09 on 01 Jun [BBC]
Aaron
Tuesday 7 June 2011 9:24PM Edinburgh
I am on the Craigkelly transmitter. In the last few hours I have lost all freeview channels apart from the BBC channels listed for MUX PSB1 BBCA.

I have retuned but nothing other than BBC channels.

Any ideas?
Will
Tuesday 7 June 2011 10:45PM
Aaron: According to Digital UK there is a fault on the Craigkelly Transmitter which is affecting digital TV services. This is not related to the switchover and they are working to resolve it.
James Davidson
Thursday 9 June 2011 7:00PM Edinburgh
POSTCODE EH11 3UJ
I have retuned my tv and get a great signal for all channels except BBC. I get no signal on the BBC channels.
What can I do?

Stephen Robinson
Saturday 11 June 2011 8:04AM
James Davidson: I and friends have exactly the same problem in EH£. why can't we get an answer.
hootsmon2000@icqmail.com
Sunday 12 June 2011 7:43AM
Does Craigkelly broadcast an HD signal?

Will it broadcast in HD after the Digital Changeover?

If not Why?
D Millar
Sunday 12 June 2011 8:18AM Dunfermline
Craigkelly will broadcast HD from 15 June - when final switchover takes place. It will use channel 21 (BBC B Mux)
Alec
Sunday 12 June 2011 3:26PM Edinburgh
I live in EH13 and actually find even though I get a stronger reception from Craig Kelly (and thats what my Tv automatically tunes into) it is prone to picture breaking up.

So I use BlackHill transmitter for the BBC channels - manual tune> on frequency C46 (674.0MHz)

Hope that helps someone



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