Torosay

Scotland · TV

Position: 56.458131, -5.729229
Grid reference: NM70333579
Nation: Scotland
Ground height: 430 m
Antenna height: 51 m
Aerial group: Group A — C21–37, the low end of the band
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: Scotland
ITV region: STV Central
ITV news region: STV Central West
Ofcom site number: 10510

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference NM70333579 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	0.04% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where Torosay 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	C28	530 MHz	4.0 kW	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C25	506 MHz	4.0 kW	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C22	482 MHz	4.0 kW	DVB-T2	BBC
COM4	SDN	C23	490 MHz	4.0 kW	DVB-T	SDN (ITV plc)
COM5	ARQ A	C26	514 MHz	2.0 kW	DVB-T	Arqiva
COM6	ARQ B	C30	546 MHz	2.0 kW	DVB-T	Arqiva