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 |
Local transmitter maps
Craigkelly Freeview Craigkelly DAB 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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Saturday, 10 September 2016
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Richard Cooper9:21 AM
JohnFleming: Hi, John. I'm pleased to inform you that there are no reported problems on the Craigkelly transmitter this morning. Check your barometer for high pressure and also check your aerial lead connections for tightness and good contacts, but be careful not to 'overtighten' them, because just like overwound clocks, overtightening coaxial plugs can do more harm than good. Richard, Norwich.
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Monday, 12 September 2016
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JohnFleming1:31 PM
Richard - many thanks, no, it was me, failure of a signal amplifier, failed from one instant to the next. Repair now in hand.
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Sunday, 18 September 2016
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Nick Wallace9:52 AM
Burntisland
Hi. We are in Burntisland, Fife, postcode is KY3 9JF. I presume we would use Craigkelly transmitter. We seem to have two loft aerials but both seem to be facing in the wrong directions. Is there an app that can show the correct alignment. I bought new coaxial connectors from B&Q but they seem like poor quality with the co-axial cable itself being far thinner than I remember from days of old. Does anyone have any ideas, other than getting a guy in? Thanks.
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Richard Cooper10:14 AM
Nick Wallace: Hi, Nick. You don't need an app, just ask on here and we'll give you the answer! The Craigkelly transmitter site is near enough North West from Spence avenue, Burntishead, so make sure that the loft aerial you wish to use is pointing more or less in that direction. When aligning a loft aerial, it's an idea to have one person in the loft gently rotating the aerial whilst another person is down in your tv room, watching the tv and calling up to the person in the loft stating things like,"better, worse, much better, perfect", etc., as the loft person rotates the aerial either side of North West. The aerial also needs to have its little rods (elements) going horizontally. One more thing: the downstairs viewer needs to try all of the different channels your family members would watch whilst calling to the person in the loft, because it's possible - indeed 'probable' that some channels will be received better wit the aerial on one alignment, whereas other channels will 'come in better' on a slightly different alignment, so you are after the 'best compromise across the whole range of channels you'd normally watch. Note that your local Edinburgh tv service is transmitted at a much lower power than other channels and the following are also at lower power: the Com 7 & Com 8 channels which carry the HD programmes not carried on the PSB3 HD group of channels - see UKFree.TV web page on Craigkelly. Hope all of this info helps. Richard, norwich.
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MikeP
10:25 AM
10:25 AM
Nick Wallace:
Further to that said by Richard Cooper, you could buy a small DVB-T finder unit. They are available from the likes of Amazon for just a few pounds, see Labgear 27866R DVB-T Signal Strength Finder Freeview HD: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics for an example. There are other makes available from a number of sellers.
The advantage being that you can do the alignment entirely from the vicinity of the aerial, followed by a 'sanity check' by testing on the TV all the channels you want to watch.
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StevensOnln110:26 AM
Nick Wallace: If you click the Digital UK Trade link under your post it will provide the compass bearings of the Craigkelly and Black Hill transmitters which are both predicted as having good reception at your location.
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Friday, 20 January 2017
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JamieT5:34 PM
Hi, looking for help with choosing the right aerial. Managed to find out that Craigkelly is the best transmitter for me but the aerial groups are confusing me so I've no idea what to go for. I'd like to install the aerial in the loft, could someone point me in the right direction please?
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StevensOnln111:29 PM
JamieT: We need to know how far you are from the transmitter (please provide a postcode) in order to advise on what type of aerial would be suitable. Log periodic type aerials are generally the best in areas with strong signal but we don't know if you'll get a strong signal or not.
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Saturday, 21 January 2017
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StevensOnln112:15 PM
Jamie T: A Log36 such as the one linked below would probably be fine. You might get away with a smaller one but I would stick with something bigger if you have space for it (it needs to be mounted so that it is not pointing through any metal objects like hot water tanks or neighbouring lofts etc).
Online FM DAB TV Aerial sales
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