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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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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Maxbeallistock's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Maxbeallistock: I would see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011
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glb3712:20 PM
Recepeption went up during the 10th - most channels at 100%, but this lasted a day or so, and now reception has dropped for some reason - to about 50% for quite a few freeview channels. Nothing has been adjusted or moved here.. I get some stutter on some channels.
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glb37: I would have a look at Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help with that.
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Thursday, 17 February 2011
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neil simpson3:10 PM
Ive just lost all sound on all freeview channels, just get white noise. Pictures are ok though.
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neil simpson: White noise? A very strange thing to get on a digital system.
Are you using a set top box or a integrated Freeview TV?
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neil simpson4:29 PM
set top box, it just happened. watching ch 19 and sound went like the old system when you pull the ariel out. Ive checked all my connections and tried the leads from the other tv in bedroom and still the same...oh and occasionally I get a beep sound.
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neil simpson4:55 PM
I switched off set box including disconnecting mains lead for 15 mins. Ive just switched it back on and its ok now thanks.
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Wednesday, 23 February 2011
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v6miggy7:59 PM
I am getting a very jittery signal tonight. Seems to be only affecting mux2 channels. Is it just me or are others experiencing the same issue?
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Thursday, 24 February 2011
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