Full Freeview on the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter which serves 430,000 homes. 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.
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._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
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 (252°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.5m homes 1.7%
from Edinburgh EH3 9QG, 14km south (174°)
to STV Central (Edinburgh) region - 8 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Dullatur | Transposer | 20 km NE Glasgow | 40 homes |
| Edinburgh | Transposer | Sighthill area | 167 homes |
How will the Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 3 Oct 2018 | |||||
| A K T | K T | K T | K T | W T | |||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C30 | LEH | ||||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqA | |||||
| C32 | _local | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C39 | +ArqB | ||||||||
| C42 | SDN | ||||||||
| C45 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C48 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 1 Jun 11 and 15 Jun 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| com7, com8 | (-9.7dB) 10.8kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| LEH | (-13dB) 5kW | |
| 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
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Wednesday, 9 February 2011
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Derek1:26 AM
MUX C is down, no signal strength whatsoever
MUX D is also down, strong signal indicator but black screen with no sound until "no signal" message appears
MUX A had signal fluctuations for half an hour or so but seems fine now
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Derek: There was overnight work, even though it is supposed to only effect the analogue services.
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glb3712:53 PM
Longniddry
I can't get much above 0 reception strength in most channels. East Lothian.
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Thursday, 10 February 2011
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Gazza1:24 AM
Livingston
No freeview channels at all right now 10 Feb 2011 at 1.20am. Im in West Lothian is the Craigkelly transmitter covering this area? Is this down just now?
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neil simpson4:44 AM
At 3am lost all signal to my freeview box, rescanned and only get 6 tv and 2 radio channels. Checked my ariel and that seems ok. Bought a new box at asdas and same thing. Is the transmitter having problems.
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neil simpson6:50 AM
now have 80 tv and 26 radio channels, must have been the transmitter. hope asda will accept the new box back lol.
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Just wondering why people can't actually read the engineering information?
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Sunday, 13 February 2011
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scott elvin9:59 PM
Dunfermline
For some reason, I have lost all 4 HD channels. My TV and ariel equipment seem ok Is there a tramsmitter fault or update that they have stopped these for some reason? I need to know to avoid calling a warranty issue on tv
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Monday, 14 February 2011
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Maxbeallistock1:46 PM
Edinburgh
I live in Edinburgh and have just switched my TV system to BTVision with the Sky Sports and ESPN channels. I get freeview channel reception OK on most channels BUT have not been able to get a reliable signal for Sky Sports to work consistently. When I do a DTT signal scan on the Sky Sports channel, max signal sttrength achieved is 41%, and signal quality ranges from low teens up to mid 20s %. In the 3 weeks I have had the system, Sky Sports has only woirked properly for about 4 days. As for ESPN, I can't get any signal at all. Most of the other freeview channels, including Sky THREE have signal quality of 100%.
My aerial points toeards Craigkelly and I am assuming all the channels are transmitted from there but perhaps Sky Sports and ESPN come from somewhere else ?
Anyone have similar problems?
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