Freeview Light on the Callander (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Callander (Stirling, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,600 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 Callander (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 Callander (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 Callander 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 187m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 187m | DTG- | 20W |
 3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow 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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 187m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 Callander (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 Callander transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 43km south-southwest (195°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 43km south-southwest (194°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Callander Park | Active deflector | 22 km NW Stirling | 1 homes 100 caravans |
| Loch Venachar | Active deflector | 4 km W Callander | 14 homes |
How will the Callander (Stirling, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 30 Sep 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 8 Jun 11 and 22 Jun 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 17 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
CALLANDER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Feb 15:13 until 10 Feb 15:47. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Feb 13:24 until 10 Feb 14:45. . [BBC]
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Friday, 28 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
CALLANDER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Feb 13:27. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 3 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
CALLANDER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Feb 13:27 until 28 Feb 15:50. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:05 PM
2:05 PM
CALLANDER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 11 Feb 09:00 until 11 Feb 09:15. . [BBC]
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Friday, 19 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:46 PM
12:46 PM
CALLANDER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Feb 10:59 until 19 Feb 11:02. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:47 AM
11:47 AM
CALLANDER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 7 Jul 10:02. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:46 PM
8:46 PM
CALLANDER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 7 Jul 10:02 until 7 Jul 14:52. . [BBC]
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Friday, 26 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:17 PM
6:17 PM
CALLANDER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Nov 15:13. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 28 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:13 PM
3:13 PM
CALLANDER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Nov 15:13 until 28 Nov 12:58. . [BBC]
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Friday, 3 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CALLANDER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Feb 23:59 until 3 Feb 01:31. . [BBC]
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