Penifiler

Scotland · TV and FM

Position: 57.395559, -6.180319
Grid reference: NG48944163
Nation: Scotland
Ground height: 52 m
Antenna height: 38 m
Aerial group: Group B — C35–53, the middle
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: Scotland
ITV region: STV North
ITV news region: STV North (North)
Parent transmitter: Skriaig
Ofcom site number: 15405

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference NG48944163 from OSGB36 to WGS84 [V]. Ofcom publish no latitude and longitude for television sites. The transform is verified rather than assumed: on the 3,403 radio records that carry both, it reproduces Ofcom's own coordinates to within 0.1 m.

How far it reaches

The share of the UK's 238,895 Census Output Areas where this mast is the strongest signal of its kind. Not the share it reaches at all — most places can receive several transmitters, and only one of them can be the best.

Band	Best signal in
Television	0.01% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where Penifiler is the strongest signal for television.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator
PSB1	BBC A	C45	666 MHz	8 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C39	618 MHz	8 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C42	642 MHz	8 W	DVB-T2	BBC

FM radio

FM services. ERP is published separately per polarisation; a dash means nothing is radiated in that plane.
Station	Frequency	ERP (H)	ERP (V)	Height	RDS name	PI code	Pattern
BBC Radio 2	88.1 MHz	5 W	5 W	25 m	_BBC_R2_	C202	HV
BBC Radio 3	90.3 MHz	5 W	5 W	25 m	_BBC_R3_	C203	HV
BBC Radio Scotland (FM)	92.5 MHz	5 W	5 W	25 m	BBC_Scot	C915	HV
BBC Radio 4 (FM)	96.1 MHz	5 W	5 W	25 m	_BBC_R4_	C204	HV
BBC Radio 1	97.7 MHz	5 W	5 W	25 m	Radio_1_	C201	HV
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal (FM)	104.3 MHz	5 W	5 W	25 m	BBC_Gael	C316	HV