Full Freeview on the Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves 63,000 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 Rosemarkie (Highland, 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Rosemarkie 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Rosemarkie transmitter?

BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 198km south (186°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.

STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 132km east-southeast (116°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Bhlaraidh | Active deflector | 40 km SW Inverness | 5 homes |
Culloden | Transposer | 10 km E Inverness | 25 homes Caravan site |
U.strthnairn A | Active deflector | 20 km S Inverness | 25 homes |
Upper Foyers | Active deflector | Upper Foyers | 42 homes |
How will the Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 6 Sep 2017 | ||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | ||
C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C40 | +ArqB | +ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
C43 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
C46 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | |||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | |||||
C50tv_off | +ArqB | ||||||||
C52tv_off | _local | _local | _local | _local |
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 6 Oct 10 and 20 Oct 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-11dB) 8kW |
Local transmitter maps
Rosemarkie Freeview Rosemarkie TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Aberdeen micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rosemarkie transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 26 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
ROSEMARKIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:19 on 24 Aug to 11:40 on 24 Aug. [BBC]
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Thursday, 26 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
ROSEMARKIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:58 today to 12:08 today. FM: Radio nan Gaidheal RDS Off Air from 16:13 on 23 Sep to 16:16 on 23 Sep. [BBC]
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Friday, 27 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
ROSEMARKIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:58 yesterday to 12:08 yesterday. FM: Radio nan Gaidheal RDS Off Air from 16:13 on 23 Sep to 16:16 on 23 Sep. [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
ROSEMARKIE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:58 on 26 Sep to 12:08 on 26 Sep. [BBC]
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Friday, 9 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:46 AM
11:46 AM
Rosemarkie transmitter - Rosemarkie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/07/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:47 PM
2:47 PM
Rosemarkie transmitter - Rosemarkie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/07/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 23 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:50 PM
2:50 PM
Rosemarkie transmitter - Rosemarkie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/07/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
Rosemarkie transmitter - Rosemarkie transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/07/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 23 January 2022
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Bryan Mitchell9:52 PM
Nairn
I am not far from Rosemarkie at postcode IV12 5XU, but I cannot get Channel 51 (movies).
Can you advise please.
Regards
Bryan
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Chris.SE10:35 PM
Bryan Mitchell:
It's simply because LCN51 GREAT! movies classic is carried on Local Multiplexes.
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplex.
Local multiplexes are only transmitted from a limited number of main transmitters and in most cases the signals are beamed towards the large urban conurbations that they were set up to serve. There is no Local multiplex at Rosemarkie or any other transmitter in the region that you might be able to get some signals from.
Nevertheless Rosemarkie will give you very good reception and is the best one for you.
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