Freeview Light on the Penicuik (Midlothian, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Penicuik (Midlothian, Scotland) transmitter which serves 9,900 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 Penicuik (Midlothian, Scotland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Penicuik (Midlothian, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Penicuik 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C39 (618.0MHz) | 298m | DTG- | 400W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba HD, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 13 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 298m | DTG- | 400W |
 3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Edinburgh micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Scotland ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Scotland ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 298m | DTG- | 400W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (STV West), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 108 BBC Scotland HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Penicuik (Midlothian, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Penicuik transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 69km west (276°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.5m homes 1.7%
from Edinburgh EH3 9QG, 14km north (358°)
to STV Central (Edinburgh) region - 8 masts.
How will the Penicuik (Midlothian, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 3 Oct 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | |||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | 2kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Craigkelly transmitter area
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Wednesday, 20 July 2011
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William Sim8:21 PM
Penicuik
I've tried everything. The problem seems to be that the box thinks that there are two separate regions and only shows the region you have selected. It appears to find everything but only shows the Muliplexes it associates with the region you select. Mux BBCA & Mux BBCB appears on the one without the dot and Mux D3+4 on the one with the dot. There is no way to switch between the two so you are stuck with the one you have selected.
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Friday, 22 July 2011
William Sim: I would contact the box maker and ask them about the problem, it shouldn't do this (obviously).
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William Sim6:58 PM
Penicuik
It seems the problem is caused by STV who are responsible for the ITV multiplex in Central Scotland having a space and dot at the end of the regional identifier sent by the transmitter. There is no fault with the box. The space and dot means the box thinks it is a different region.
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Monday, 25 July 2011
William Sim: If you could please report this to STV via the BBC "problem tool" by following this link BBC - Reception problems .
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William Sim8:11 PM
Penicuik
I reported this via the BBC problem tool. The response was not helpful, however I did a quick scan for missing channels and all the ITV channels appeared. So I now have all the channels available from the Penicuik Transmitter.
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
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William Sim8:55 AM
Penicuik
I have since did a full rescan. I am no longer asked to select a region, the channels all appear. Presumably the dot problem has been fixed. If I select information on my box it shows they are all from Central Scotland without a dot.
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William Sim: I'm pleased to hear that the "dot" has disappeared and you can view all of the channels at once.
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William Sim8:01 PM
Penicuik
I received a very nice email from STV who were responsible for the dot, thanking me for making them aware of the problem. They also said if I have any other technical issues, I should not hesitate in contacting them and they would endeavor to find a solution.
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
William Sim: It is always good to hear. Let's hope you don't need to contact them again.
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Tuesday, 22 November 2011
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Ian11:09 PM
Hi, I get freeview HD from Penicuik okay, but I am inquiring about a lot of the programs you cannot get (like film4). As far as I can see the transmitter for penicuik does not transmit multiplex A, C and D which is required.
You can check here UK digital TV reception predictor and then check against this Freeview Channel Lineup
Are they gonna upgrade in the future?
Thanks.
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