Freeview Light on the West Kilbride (North Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the West Kilbride (North Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 3,200 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 West Kilbride (North Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter._______
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 West Kilbride (North Ayrshire, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 West Kilbride 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+ (658.2MHz) | 217m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 | V max | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 217m | DTG- | 200W |
 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47+ (682.2MHz) | 217m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The West Kilbride (North Ayrshire, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 West Kilbride transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 39km east-northeast (64°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 39km east-northeast (64°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Loch Striven | Active deflector | Loch Striven |
How will the West Kilbride (North Ayrshire, 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 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| 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 8 Jun 11 and 22 Jun 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 350W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-2.4dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Black Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 11 June 2011
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Lee Howard9:13 PM
I plugged in my freeview box for the first time last week and got a very strong signal but could only get BBC 1, 2, 3 ,4 and Alba. I am aware that the analogue signal is switched off on the 22nd of June so will I not be able to get any other channels after that time
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KMJ,Derby11:29 PM
Lee Howard: On 22nd June 2011 when analogue ITV1 is switched off it will be replaced by Mux D3+4 on C41+. Additionally analogue Channel 4 on C47 will be replaced by Mux BBCB, the HD mux which you will receive if you have a suitable HD receiver which supports DVB-T2.
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Friday, 24 June 2011
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John6:40 PM
Hi since switch over started i lost bbc1 and then 2 at start of last week i have re tuned box several times and since wednesday this week i have no channels at all .They all worked fine before and i had a new digital aerial installed last year for my frr view on digitaL BOX
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
John: I would check your box or set are not on the TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice list.
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Sunday, 11 September 2011
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DC@Millport6:40 PM
Can you explain why the West Kilbride transmitter is not providing all the MUX channels as we can not get all the freeview channels that are available to people tuned directly to the Blackhills transmitter.
Also when will this be rectified?
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Monday, 24 October 2011
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Nick8:26 PM
From the West Kilbride transmitter, we only appear to get 19 FreeView TV Channels.
I set up a friends new TV at the weekend
and I noticed they received a large number of additional channels. E.g. Film4, 5*, 5USA and others.
They use the transmitter that covers Adrossan.
Why aren't these available on the West Kilbride transmitter
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011
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Mike Dimmick12:25 AM
Nick: Money, and the design of the original licences to broadcast. See Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for more.
The main transmitter they're using is probably Darvel. If you provide a full postcode we can check whether a full service is expected to be available from this or any other full-service transmitter.
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Sunday, 13 December 2015
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Colin Mulvana10:20 AM
Good morning, for some reason over the last two weeks the picture on Freeview has been very intermittent and not watchable as if something has changed in the transmitter settings, has there been any changes to the settings ? This affects a brand new TV and three other sets.
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MikeP
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
Colin Mulvana:
To find out if there have been any changes we need a full postcode. From that we can determine which transmitter you might be using and any particular reception problems there may be, it is not possible without that.
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