Skriaig

Scotland · TV, FM and DAB

Position: 57.385989, -6.243174
Grid reference: NG45104080
Nation: Scotland
Ground height: 385 m
Antenna height: 64 m
Aerial group: Group A — C21–37, the low end of the band
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: Scotland
ITV region: STV North
ITV news region: STV North (North)
Ofcom site number: 15404

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference NG45104080 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
FM radio	0.04% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
DAB radio	0.05% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where Skriaig is the strongest signal for television, FM radio and DAB radio.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator
PSB1	BBC A	C27	522 MHz	320 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C24	498 MHz	320 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C21	474 MHz	320 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	88.5 MHz	14.7 kW	9.7 kW	46 m	_BBC_R2_	C202	HV
BBC Radio 3	90.7 MHz	14.7 kW	9.7 kW	46 m	_BBC_R3_	C203	HV
BBC Radio Scotland (FM)	92.9 MHz	14.7 kW	9.7 kW	46 m	BBC_Scot	C915	HV
BBC Radio 4 (FM)	94.8 MHz	14.7 kW	9.7 kW	46 m	_BBC_R4_	C204	HV
BBC Radio 1	98.1 MHz	14.7 kW	9.7 kW	46 m	Radio_1_	C201	HV
Radio Skye	102.7 MHz	650 W	3.7 kW	47 m	Rad_Skye	CDB0	HV
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal (FM)	104.7 MHz	14.7 kW	9.7 kW	46 m	BBC_Gael	C316	HV

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	5.0 kW	55 m	Skye & Lochalsh	CE15	16

BBC National DAB — block 12B

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