Freeview Light on the Scoval (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Scoval (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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Scoval (Highland, 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 Scoval (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 Scoval 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 | H -6.2dB V -6.2dB | C40 (626.0MHz) | 258m | DTG- | 32W 32W |
 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 | H max V -6.2dB | C43 (650.0MHz) | 258m | DTG- | 132W 32W |
 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 | H max V -6.2dB | C46 (674.0MHz) | 258m | DTG- | 132W 32W |
 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 Scoval (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 Scoval transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 232km southeast (143°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 281km east (99°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Scoval (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 20 Sep 2017 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | 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 14 Jul 10 and 28 Jul 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 160W | |
| PSB2≡, PSB3≡ | (-0.8dB) 132W | |
| PSB1≡, PSB1||, PSB2||, PSB3|| | (-7dB) 32W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 11 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 PM
11:08 PM
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 07:54 today to 07:57 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:43 yesterday to 10:47 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:13 on 08 Jul to 02:27 on 08 Jul, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 22:34 on 0 [BBC]
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Friday, 12 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 07:54 yesterday to 07:57 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:43 on 10 Jul to 10:47 on 10 Jul, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:13 on 08 Jul to 02:27 on 08 Jul, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 22 [BBC]
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Saturday, 13 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 07:54 on 11 Jul to 07:57 on 11 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:43 on 10 Jul to 10:47 on 10 Jul, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 07:54 on 11 Jul to 07:57 on 11 Jul. [BBC]
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Monday, 15 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 07:54 on 11 Jul to 07:57 on 11 Jul, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 07:54 on 11 Jul to 07:57 on 11 Jul. [BBC]
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Thursday, 29 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:26 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:26 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:08 PM
5:08 PM
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:26 today to 15:58 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:26 today to 15:58 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 30 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:26 yesterday to 15:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:26 yesterday to 15:58 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 31 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:26 on 29 Aug to 15:58 on 29 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:26 on 29 Aug to 15:58 on 29 Aug. [BBC]
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Friday, 11 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 PM
11:08 PM
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 21:22 today to 21:58 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
SCOVAL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 21:22 yesterday to 21:58 yesterday. [BBC]
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