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 withheldWednesday, 30 March 2011
Ian: No sort of aerial is suitable for use in a loft, use a rooftop aerial for reliable digital TV reception.
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Friday, 13 May 2011
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Ian7:29 PM
Dingwall
Does anyone have any ideas why I can see the Rosemarkie transmitter, but can't get any signal? Called engineer out and he tested with his aerial but really, really low signal. IV7 8ES. Aerial on a pole outside. There are trees between us and the transmitter, but the top of the pole is higher than the trees.
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Ian7:55 PM
Dingwall
Actually, looking at the map it may be Mount Eagle we are looking at.
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Ian: Mount Eagle is a radio transmitter, not a TV transmitter.
You should have excellent service from Rosemarkie - perhaps you need to mount the aerial up higher to ensure you are 100% avoiding the trees.
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Ian8:20 PM
Dingwall
That's why we called the engineer out - we wanted to get the aerial higher, just to make sure that we totally cleared the trees. But he said we wouldn't be able to get a signal.
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Ian: I guess you will have to go for Freesat! All about Freesat | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Ian8:31 PM
Dingwall
Nope. We already have Sky and Freesat and the trees are blocking the signal to that as well. The satellite dish is pointing to the opposite direction to the aerial - so every way we loose. We can get some channels on satellite after dark and then loose them by 7.30am. The engineer did suggest just raising the dish, but if it's windy we already loose the signal so raising it higher will (I suspect) make matters worse.
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Saturday, 14 May 2011
Ian: Basically any tree will "earth" the incoming transmissions, be they terrestrial or satellite, so you must avoid them.
If that means mounting a more industrial dish higher up, then that might be the only option, given you seem to be surrounded by trees.
Well, other than a chainsaw of course.
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Sunday, 15 May 2011
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Ian9:20 AM
Dingwall
Briantist: I suppose there's always BBC iplayer. Trees don't belong to us and landowner not interested in doing anything about it - so chainsaw not option. May have to resort to a 40ft pole. Thanks for your help.
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Ian: An you can watch live online using the links in the right hand column or Watch live UK TV channels and listen to live radio now | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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