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Tests now show that SOME households that use masthead amplifiers (and some communal aerial systems) AND are in poor signal areas AND that are very close to a 4G phone mast MAY have their Freeview service disturbed: C21: BBCB
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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?

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 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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Briantist
Monday 13 June 2011 7:06PM
Graham Ellery: If I was you I would wait for the full power service on Wednesday.

The output levels of the transmitters are designed for rooftop aerial reception, this is the same for all parts of the UK.
Transmitter engineering
Monday 13 June 2011 11:41PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 13 June 2011 11:41PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 14 June 2011 4:35AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 yesterday to 23:12 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 14 June 2011 4:35AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 yesterday to 23:12 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 14 June 2011 10:34AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 yesterday to 23:12 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 14 June 2011 10:34AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 yesterday to 23:12 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 14 June 2011 12:38PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 today to 10:50 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 today to 09:53 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 yesterday to 23:12 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 14 June 2011 12:38PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 today to 10:50 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 today to 09:53 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 yesterday to 23:12 yesterday [BBC]
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dave
Wednesday 15 June 2011 12:56AM
Central Edinburgh Freeview Half my channels lost!!
Excited about watching freeview HD on my new freeviewHD box, I retuned to watch the first HD broadcasts at midnight.

NO HD channels plus I lost half of my normal freeview channels - all main channels, and ones 'tuned' are not watchable, beyond glitchy.
This has happened on both my new freeviewHD box and internal freeview tuner in TV.

What is going on?!
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David
Wednesday 15 June 2011 1:03AM Stirling
Hi Dave. Don't panic! Switchover Phase 2 is in progress. Analogue channels went between midnight and quarter past. Digital shortly after. Official word is that the new high powered digital services should be up and running by 6am, although I suspect it will be sooner. Remember that you will need to do a full rescan or initial setup as most of the frequencies will be changing in the next few hours.
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Will
Wednesday 15 June 2011 1:06AM
Dave: I would suggest going to bed. It takes a few hours to complete the necessary work on the transmitter. In the meantime, all freeview channels except the BBC channels will be off the air. Digital UK says that the work will be completed by 6am.
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dave
Wednesday 15 June 2011 1:08AM
Cheers guys...Bed time it is.. hopefully everything sorted tomorrow. Will retune then both. Was just a bit keen to see the first HD freeview channels, thats all!
G
Gaz
Wednesday 15 June 2011 1:54AM Livingston
G
Gaz
Wednesday 15 June 2011 1:59AM Livingston
No freeview channels at all is this due to the switchover? I stay in a flat so is it the ariel that is causing the problem?
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 15 June 2011 4:31AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 yesterday to 10:50 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 yesterday to 09:53 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 15 June 2011 4:31AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 yesterday to 10:50 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 yesterday to 09:53 yesterday [BBC]
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Dozer
Wednesday 15 June 2011 8:19AM
I live in Musselburgh, was expecting to be able to receive the freeview HD channels today, but theres no sign of them after a retune. Are they on yet is anyone in Edinburgh receiving them yet?
E
edin
Wednesday 15 June 2011 9:28AM
Nothing still no HD in Duddingston,from here
I get Blackhill and Craigkelly transmitters
all channels but no HD
C
Chris
Wednesday 15 June 2011 10:01AM
Retuned freeview boxes this morning 2 boxes ok but TVonics MDR251 has all PSB2 programmes in the 800 range starting with STV at 800. Strange thing is after retuning box gives options of 2 regions to select. If region 1 is selected PSB2 programmes are in 800 range if region 2 is selected PSB2 is normal but all other MUXES are in 800 range. Both regions are called 'Central Scotland' but the subtle difference is region 2 has a full stop after the name ie 'Central Scotland.' Help!
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 15 June 2011 10:35AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 today to 02:59 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 yesterday to 10:50 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 yesterday to 09:53 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 15 June 2011 10:35AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 today to 02:59 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 yesterday to 10:50 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 yesterday to 09:53 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 15 June 2011 12:40PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 today to 02:59 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 yesterday to 10:50 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 yesterday to 09:53 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 15 June 2011 12:40PM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 today to 02:59 today Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 yesterday to 10:50 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 yesterday to 09:53 yesterday [BBC]
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Jack
Wednesday 15 June 2011 12:51PM
I live in EH14. Have lost Quest, ITV3, BBC Parliament, all shopping channels, Challenge and 5USA overnight. Never did receive Dave, Yesterday, ITV4, Pick TV or Film4 so Freeview is becoming a bit of a joke. Anyone know if this is it or if there are any further changes still to be made?
R
Richard
Wednesday 15 June 2011 12:51PM
I'm in West Linton (EH46), can only get limited Freeview channels and none of the good ones... Anyone in West Linton able to get reception from a different transmitter and all the channels?
Les Nicol
Wednesday 15 June 2011 2:36PM
Richard - It seems you are on a "Freeview" Lite transmitter at West Linton. Dependent on your exact locus it might be just possible to pick up Blackhill, but you really would need to check this out with preferably a local rigger. Your aerial would need re-confiqured were reception possible. I have knowledge of West Linton and I would have thought were you to reside at the south end of the village, in the development that is extremely low lying then you might have a difficulty. If you have a clear line of sight to the South East where you are, then your best option may be to consider "Freest" which will certainly give you a much greater channel selection and choice of viewing material. You however, then would need a "Freesat" receiver and dish installation - not an overlay expensive outlay dependent on the choice of receiver.This service is supported by the BBC and ITV is non subscription.
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Mike Dimmick
Wednesday 15 June 2011 3:11PM
Jack: Have you retuned today? All multiplexes (except for BBC A) have moved to different frequencies this morning. You will need to do a full retune (also called Full Reset, Default Setting, First-Time Installation, or Virgin Mode) to ensure that the box forgets all previous settings.

Can you provide a full postcode?

This is the last set of changes at Craigkelly.

If the retune doesn't fix the problem, check that it is not on the list of boxes that don't support 8K mode at www.digitaluk.co.uk link icon http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/2kequipment and isn't on the list of problems with the larger Network Information Table at www.digitaluk.co.uk link icon http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/splitnit . However, I would have expected you to have had problems with the BBC channels over the last two weeks.

Another common explanation is that you have too much signal. If you have a booster or amplifier, try removing it or turning it down. If that doesn't help, or you don't have one, try adding an attenuator.
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Mike Dimmick
Wednesday 15 June 2011 4:50PM
Chris: Yes, the broadcasters use these dots to indicate changes. As far as they're concerned, the box should be ignoring these dots. Contact TVonics for suggestions - www.tvonics.com link icon TVonics Store - Product Support
J
Jack
Wednesday 15 June 2011 5:06PM Balerno
Mike:

EH14 7LY. I don't have a box. I get my digital from a DVD with Freeview built in. I'll try another retune and see if that makes any difference. Thanks.
M
Mike Dimmick
Wednesday 15 June 2011 5:52PM
edin: You have to have a "Freeview HD"-branded box or TV to receive HD channels. Just an 'HD Ready' TV is not enough.

HD Ready indicates that the TV can accept and display HD signals from another source. It might have an integrated digital tuner, but it won't implement all the standards necessary for HD TV in the UK. These are:

- DVB-T2 (not just DVB-T) for the multiplexed signal
- MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 for the more efficient compressed picture
- The BBC's special Huffman tables to decode the EPG data

If you're using a PC with a TV tuner card or USB tuner that claims to be able to do HD, it may be able to do it overseas, but not here. Some other countries use the older MPEG-2 video compression on DVB-T, and some use MPEG-4 AVC on DVB-T, but here DVB-T2 is required.
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Mike Dimmick
Wednesday 15 June 2011 6:30PM
Gaz: If the flat uses a communal aerial, the system may need adjusting for the new channels and power levels. Check with your landlord or agent - see www.paras.org.uk link icon PARAS - Professional Aerial Riggers Against The Sharks for some more advice.

Looking at the prediction for that postcode - which shows 100% probability of reliable reception across the board - it's probable that you have too much signal. If the landlord won't sort it out, try fitting an attenuator, although if the distortion is occurring at the master distribution amplifier, it won't help you.

Check if your neighbours are affected too.
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Mike Dimmick
Wednesday 15 June 2011 6:31PM
Gaz: Sorry, I've just noticed that you posted at 2am, when all services were off. They should have been restored by 6am, so if you haven't retuned after that, try doing that first.
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Graham Ellery
Wednesday 15 June 2011 7:23PM Anstruther
Graham Ellery: Hi Briantist. 15th is here and now another batch of channels have gone.So no sign of any improvement. See my/your comments 13th June. Perfect freeview on a wide range of channels pre-switch now down to a very limited range. So the benefit of the switchover is that we get less and less channels.
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Graham Ellery
Wednesday 15 June 2011 7:29PM Anstruther
Graham Ellery: From the internet:re Craigkelly:
"The transmitter was originally an A group but has become a K group (or wideband) with the advent of Channel Five and Digital. Craigkelly is one of the few main transmitters which will not be returning to its original group at DSO. In fact after the switchover even less of its Digital output will be receivable on an A group aerial than is the case now, see Ofcom transmitter details".

So I had the right aerial but someone has subsequently decided that more convenient not to service these.

Why could none of the people I have spoken to , online chatted with , emailed and yourself Brianist not have been transparent.
on this. Clearly not interested in user service.
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Graham Ellery
Wednesday 15 June 2011 10:25PM Anstruther
Restrictions on SDN, Arqiva A and Arqiva B multiplexes
There are no restrictions on the "commercial multiplexes" on the Craigkelly transmitter - however they will broadcast at 10kW, half of the power of the public service multiplexes and may be unavailable to those on the fringes of the reception area.

So not only are they not covering a band aerials they are not broadcasting at sufficient power to cover the area. The good news is the owners of 2 of these multiplexes plan to launch a new channel but probably not for my area?.
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Graeme
Wednesday 15 June 2011 10:58PM Edinburgh
Is anyone actually receiving Ch 42,45,49 from Craigkelly yet?

In EH7 I'm getting Ch 21,24,27 fine this evening, but no hint of a signal at all on the others.

I did receive Ch 39,42 prior to full switchover, so I'm thinking this isn't due to my antenna group, or due to their lower power.

I saw it suggested somewhere on here that we may have to wait until next week when Black Hill starts transmitting these (relayed by Craigkelly), but then that doesn't explain why I can receive BBCB(HD) today. Can anyone confirm if this is accurate information?
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Graeme
Wednesday 15 June 2011 11:04PM Edinburgh
sorry, that last post should've read:
Is anyone actually receiving Ch 39,42,45 from Craigkelly yet?
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Mike
Wednesday 15 June 2011 11:16PM
Graeme

Those are the frequency that my folks have had trouble with here in KDY. I'm getting them through a very good spec wide-band aerial and a signal booster. Seems a bit strange post DSO to lose channels, I thought power was getting turned up?

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DSS
Wednesday 15 June 2011 11:39PM
So now that the switchover has happened on Craigkelly I find I'm getting fewer channels on Freeview than I got before the switchover. I only seem to be getting channels 24 and 27 - no sign of anything else. When am I going to get all my channels back ?
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 16 June 2011 4:40AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 yesterday to 02:59 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 on 14 Jun to 10:50 on 14 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 on 14 Jun to 09:53 on 14 Jun [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 16 June 2011 4:40AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 yesterday to 02:59 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 on 14 Jun to 10:50 on 14 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 on 14 Jun to 09:53 on 14 Jun [BBC]
Les Nicol
Thursday 16 June 2011 7:27AM
Richard : I see from your earlier post that you would really like to have "Dave". This channel isn't currently available on "Freesat" due to contractual arrangements with SKY. It would be on "Freeview" from Blackhill if you can get it.
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Tester
Thursday 16 June 2011 7:29AM
Hi

I am in the North of Edinburgh and have lost many Freeview channels, I am only getting most of the BBC channels along with Channel 5, More 4, E4, ITV 2 and a handful of radio channels.

I received about 70 channels before the switchover and I have been resetting my box and tuning regularly since yesterday. Is there anything else I can do?

Thanks
G
Graham Ellery
Thursday 16 June 2011 8:21AM Anstruther
Picked this up on the net. I had perfect freeview preswitch but 1st June and now 15th June a number of channels dropped of. This may be reason looks like Craigkelly users getting a duff deal.

"The transmitter was originally an A group but has become a K group (or wideband) with the advent of Channel Five and Digital. Craigkelly is one of the few main transmitters which will not be returning to its original group at DSO. In fact after the switchover even less of its Digital output will be receivable on an A group aerial than is the case now, see Ofcom transmitter details".
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Graham Ellery
Thursday 16 June 2011 8:24AM Anstruther
Ordered my new aerial then spotted this.

Looks like the transmitter operators/some multiplex operators are downgrading power and hence service. Only guessing but could it be to use more of the transmitter and bandwidth for lucrative phone , £D telly and pay for view channels???. Otherwise why would they not boost the power to levels where everyone gets their multiplexes.

"Restrictions on SDN, Arqiva A and Arqiva B multiplexes
There are no restrictions on the "commercial multiplexes" on the Craigkelly transmitter - however they will broadcast at 10kW, half of the power of the public service multiplexes and may be unavailable to those on the fringes of the reception area".
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Edin
Thursday 16 June 2011 9:38AM
Duddingston in Edinburgh situation as follows

All freeview channels from Blackhill are
available from that transmitter in its
current state.From Craigkelly I can only
get PSB1 BBCA C27 (522.0MHz),
and PSB2 D3+4 C24 (498.0MHz),

not available are

PSB3 BBCB C21+ (474.2MHz)
COM4 SDN C42 (642.0MHz)
COM6 ArqB C45 (666.0MHz)

looks like the transmitter is just not
putting out enough power on all its
Mux so all of them can be received in EH14
what a shame.I would suggest waiting for
Blackhill to complete its switchover.

My unit is AVerTV Volar Black HD A850
if it was not compatible with any HD
channels it would still pick them up but
would show a black screen with no picture.
when tuned to that HD channel



K
KMJ,Derby
Thursday 16 June 2011 9:43AM
Graham Ellery: The problem is Craigkelly overlaps coverage with Durris to the North and Darvel to the West. All three transmitters have the PSB muxes in group A as were the original analogue services. Darvel and Durris now use C22, C25 & C28 for PSB muxes and C23, C26 & C29 for the COM muxes. The Black Hill and Craigkelly service areas sit between the areas served by the Darvel and Durris transmitters. If Craigkelly had used the same group A frequencies for the COM muxes there would have been problems for fringe area viewers in the overlap areas for all three transmitters. Durris incidentally could not continue to use the temporary frequencies that the COM muxes had "borrowed" as these will be used at high power from Black Hill from DSO stage 2. With regard to the power of the COM muxes, it is the case that these are transmitted at half the power of the PSB muxes at most sites. Only the biggest main stations (Black Hill in Scotland) and some former relay sites use the same power for all muxes.
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Speug
Thursday 16 June 2011 9:59AM Edinburgh
In EH4 area and receiving strong signals from my loft aerial from Craigkelly on channels 21(HD),24 27, 39,42 & 45 and appear not to be missing any channels on my Sony HD tuner TV and 1 other TV.

However in the notes from 15 June 2011 you say that NEW7 starts on C52 and NEW8 starts on C30.

What are these channels and when will they be active ?
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Edin
Thursday 16 June 2011 9:59AM
sorry my area is eh16 not 14
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 16 June 2011 10:37AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 yesterday to 02:59 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 on 14 Jun to 10:50 on 14 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 on 14 Jun to 09:53 on 14 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 16 June 2011 10:37AM
CRAIGKELLY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 yesterday to 02:59 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:37 on 14 Jun to 10:50 on 14 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 08:55 on 14 Jun to 09:53 on 14 Jun BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:47 on 13 Jun to 23:12 on 13 Jun [BBC]



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