Freeview Light on the Lochinver (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Lochinver (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves less than 500 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Lochinver (Highland, Scotland) mast?
Lochinver transmitter - Lochinver transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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 Lochinver (Highland, 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 Lochinver 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 23m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 23m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 STV (SD) (STV North (Aberdeen 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 23m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 Lochinver (Highland, 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 Lochinver transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 261km south (169°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 220km east-southeast (122°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Lochinver (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 20 Sep 2017 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB |
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 7 Jul 10 and 21 Jul 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 8W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 15 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
LOCHINVER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 on 10 Dec to 00:00 on 11 Dec, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 on 11 Dec to 02:12 on 11 Dec, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:42 on 11 Dec to 02:12 on 11 Dec, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 23:30 o [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
LOCHINVER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:40 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:40 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 PM
7:32 PM
LOCHINVER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:40 yesterday to 16:49 today, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:40 yesterday to 16:49 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 11 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
LOCHINVER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:40 on 09 Jan to 16:49 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:40 on 09 Jan to 16:49 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 12 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
LOCHINVER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:40 on 09 Jan to 16:49 on 10 Jan, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 11:40 on 09 Jan to 16:49 on 10 Jan. [BBC]
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Thursday, 15 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
LOCHINVER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:18 today, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:18 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 16 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LOCHINVER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:18 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:18 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
LOCHINVER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:18 yesterday to 09:11 today, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:18 yesterday to 09:11 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 17 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
LOCHINVER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:18 on 15 Jan to 09:11 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:18 on 15 Jan to 09:11 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 18 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
LOCHINVER transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:18 on 15 Jan to 09:11 on 16 Jan, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:18 on 15 Jan to 09:11 on 16 Jan. [BBC]
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