Freeview Light on the Wanlockhead (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Wanlockhead (South Lanarkshire, 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 Wanlockhead (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) mast?
Wanlockhead transmitter - Wanlockhead transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/06/2023 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 Wanlockhead (South Lanarkshire, 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 Wanlockhead 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 450m | 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 | C47 (682.0MHz) | 450m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow 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 | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 450m | 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 Wanlockhead (South Lanarkshire, 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 Wanlockhead transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 61km north-northwest (330°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 60km north-northwest (330°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Wanlockhead (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 30 Sep 2018- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Sunday, 6 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 PM
6:06 PM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:44 today to 16:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:44 today to 16:00 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 7 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:44 yesterday to 16:00 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:44 yesterday to 16:00 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:44 on 06 May to 16:00 on 06 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:44 on 06 May to 16:00 on 06 May. [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:03 AM
12:03 AM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:12 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:12 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:03 PM
9:03 PM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:12 yesterday to 13:27 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 29 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:12 on 27 Jun to 13:27 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:03 PM
3:03 PM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:12 on 27 Jun to 13:27 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:20 today to 12:23 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 30 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:12 on 27 Jun to 13:27 on 28 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:20 yesterday to 12:23 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 1 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
WANLOCKHEAD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:12 on 27 Jun to 13:27 on 28 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:20 on 29 Jun to 12:23 on 29 Jun. [BBC]
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