Freeview Light on the Aberfoyle (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Aberfoyle (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter which serves 700 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 Aberfoyle (Stirling, 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 Aberfoyle (Stirling, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Aberfoyle 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 | C32 (562.0MHz) | 122m | DTG- | 18W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C34 (578.0MHz) | 122m | DTG- | 18W |
 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C35 (586.0MHz) | 122m | DTG- | 18W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 43 Freeview channels?
The Aberfoyle (Stirling, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Aberfoyle transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 34km south (172°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.5m homes 1.7%
from Edinburgh EH3 9QG, 77km east-southeast (109°)
to STV Central (Edinburgh) region - 8 masts.
How will the Aberfoyle (Stirling, 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 | A K T | |||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C55tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C59tv_off | 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 | 87W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.8dB) 18W |
Local transmitter maps
Aberfoyle Freeview Craigkelly TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Edinburgh micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Craigkelly transmitter area
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Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 17 August 2015
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Sunday, 27 December 2015
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Duncan Tannahill5:47 PM
Glasgow
Can you advise the transmitter that serves my home:
Ferleyn House, Aberfoyle Road, Balfron Station G63 0SQ
My aerial is roof mounter.
We only receive 24 Freeview channels and would like more. Can we move the aerial to pick up more via another transmitter?
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jb388:11 PM
Duncan Tannahill: Although the undermentioned link to DUK's reception predictor does indicate reception as being possible from Ayrshire's Darvel transmitter albeit under the status of variable, knowledge of the terrain in your area from times past makes me doubt if in real terms you would be able to receive anything from that transmitter.
The other point being, that if anything was received, its most likely to be the same programmes you already receive from the Killearn PSB transmitter, as the three commercial Mux channels you do require from Darvel, i.e: 23 / 26 / 29 only transmits on half the power of the main PSB channels.
If your TV or box has a manual tuning facility? you should carry out a signal test on it to see if any traces of a signal is being received from Darvel, that is even although your aerial is not facing in the stations direction as well as your aerial being mounted on the wrong polarity for Darvel, reception sometimes being possible from reflections in areas such as yours. (purely for test purposes)
The procedure being to enter Mux C22 (Darvels BBC) into the manual tuning facility box but "not" followed by pressing search or scan, as this makes the tuner act like a form of signal meter, likewise will indicate traces of a signal no matter how low it might be.
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Terrain indications.
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
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Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:32 PM
10:32 PM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 today to 20:11 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 today to 20:11 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 31 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 yesterday to 20:11 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 yesterday to 20:11 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 1 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 on 30 Mar to 20:11 on 30 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:47 on 30 Mar to 20:11 on 30 Mar. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
8:32 PM
8:32 PM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:52 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:32 PM
11:32 PM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:52 today to 21:24 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
ABERFOYLE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:52 yesterday to 21:24 yesterday. [BBC]
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