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The symbol shows the location of the Knockmore (Moray, Scotland) transmitter which serves 31,000 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 Knockmore (Moray, Scotland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Knockmore 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C31 (554.0MHz)466mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba HD, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 13 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C37 (602.0MHz)466mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C29 (538.0MHz)466mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C33 (570.0MHz)466mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C36 (594.0MHz)466mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C48- (689.8MHz)466mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Knockmore (Moray, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

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 Knockmore transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 199km south-southwest (203°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 77km southeast (126°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

BerriedaleActive deflector90 km NE Invernes,13 homes
CarronTransposer20 km S Elgin35 homes
Glascarnoch CActive deflector
LangwellActive deflector90 km NE Invernes3 homes
LochrosqueActive deflectorLochrosque Lodge 40km W Dingwall2 homes
Turriff C/pTransposerAberdeenshire1 homes 60 caravans

How will the Knockmore (Moray, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-132013-182013-1723 Aug 2017
A K TA K TA K TW TW TW TW T
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C26BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCABBCA
C29C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCBBBCBBBCB
C31BBCA
C33BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesSDN
C36ArqA
C37D3+4
C48ArqB
C53tv_offSDNSDNSDN
C56tv_off_local_local_local_local
C57tv_offArqAArqAArqA
C60tv_off -ArqB-ArqB

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 8 Sep 10 and 22 Sep 10.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 10kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-20dB) 1000W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Knock More transmitter area

Sep 1961-Jun 1997Grampian Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014STV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Knockmore was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
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StevensOnln1
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1:47 PM

P Mackintosh: Firstly, this is an independent technical help website which is not connected with either Freeview, or any broadcaster or transmitter company, so nobody posting here can do anything about any transmitter fault and it is extremely unlikely that anyone from Freeview will see your message here. The BBC's reception advice pages report no faults for Knockmore and neither I nor any other volunteer contributors have access to any other information.

If you provide a full postcode we can check what signal strengths are predicted to be like at your location and may be able to offer further advice. It's worth checking for simple faults such as any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV which can make the situation worse but are easily fixed.

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Chris.SE
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1:48 PM

P Mackintosh:

This is not Freeview's website, it's a free technical helpsite.
As advised in the post before yours, the transmitter is the subject of Planned Engineering and has been listed as such for a while now.
If you live in a weak signal area then the effects of the work may lead to no signal at times and if you retuned when you had no signal, it will have just cleared your correct tuning, and you'll have to retune again to see if you now have signal. If you haven't retuned at all - DON'T.

If you provide a full postcode we can look at your predicted reception and might be able to offer further advise.

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Monday, 19 December 2022
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John Mair
1:21 PM

Hi, All the channels I have tested on COM5 and COM6 are displaying
"The channel is scrambled or not available" since yesterday.
The other multiplexes are ok. Two other households locally have mentioned
many missing channels to us.
I can't really reset my humax to factory settings as we would lose too many recordings.
And now that I have heard that other households are having similar problems
I won't be resetting for a while yet.
This page reports "This transmitter has no current reported problems"
I think that might be erroneous and need updating.
kind regards, John Mair.

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Chris.SE
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2:27 PM

John Mair:

I wouldn't reset any equipment or retune, you will most likely just lose your current correct settings. Give the same advise to your neighbours.

Transmitter reports here come from BBC Engineering, so unless a BBC service is affected a report is unlikely to appear here.
Unfortunately trying to find fault reports for commercial multiplexes is like getting blood from a stone!

Your could try contacting Arqiva who are the transmitter company responsible for those two multiplexes, make sure it's clear your neighbours have the same issue, so it's definitely a transmission problem. Try 0333-032-8000

Failing that you could try contacting one of the major TV broadcasters on one of those multiplexes and asking them if they can contact "whoever" to sort it as you can't watch - try Channel 4 as they have Film4+1 and 4Seven and others on ArqA,, or even QVC as they have QVC Beauty and QVC Style on ArqB. Commercial broadcasters ought to be concerned about a loss of viewers!

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Friday, 10 February 2023
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11:08 AM

Knockmore transmitter - Knockmore transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 13 February 2023
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5:07 AM

Knockmore transmitter - Knockmore transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 20 February 2023
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5:08 AM

Knockmore transmitter - Knockmore transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 20/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Sunday, 2 April 2023
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Izabella
2:17 PM

No signal - Kininvie, Moray. Do I need any aerial or equipment for the TV?

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Chris.SE
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4:12 PM

Izabella:

I'm sorry your post is too vague to understand exactly what you mean. I think you mean you just moved into a premises and don't have a Freeview signal and you are somewhere near Dufftown which is roughly south of the Knockmore transmitter.
Coverage from the Knockmore Transmitter can be patchy depending on your exact location for which we need a FULL postcode. Reception predictors do not work on partial codes or place names.
Do the premises have a TV aerial?

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Tuesday, 2 May 2023
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10:08 AM

Knockmore transmitter - Knockmore transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]

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