Freeview Light on the Cambret Hill (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Cambret Hill (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter which serves 8,400 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 Cambret Hill (Dumfries and Galloway, 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 Cambret Hill (Dumfries and Galloway, 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 Cambret Hill 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 | H max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 409m | DTG- | 2,800W |
 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 | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 409m | DTG- | 2,800W |
 3 STV (SD) (Border (Scotland)), 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 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 35 STV+1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 409m | DTG- | 2,800W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 103 STV HD (ITV Granada), 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 Cambret Hill (Dumfries and Galloway, 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 Cambret Hill transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 107km north (2°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 90km east (92°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
Are there any self-help relays?
| Glentrool | Active deflector | 15 km NW Newton Stewart | 50 homes School |
| Newluce | Active deflector | 12 km NE Stranraer | 50 homes School |
How will the Cambret Hill (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 30 Sep 2019- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 5 | 20kW | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-1dB) 16kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-8.5dB) 2.8kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck Scotland transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldFriday, 14 October 2011
Jackdaw: Can you have a look at Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice please?
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Saturday, 30 June 2012
Out of interest, why is this transmitter - Cambret Hill - listed as being STV when it is ITV1 Border (Scotland)?
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Thursday, 26 July 2012
Friday, 13 January 2023
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StevensOnln13:02 PM
Sheila Watt: The transmitter engineering post immediately above yours warns of engineering work taking place this week which may interrupt the signal. If you haven't done so already, DO NOT RETUNE, just wait a few hours and the signal should return once the work has finished for the day.
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Sunday, 22 January 2023
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AGNES FARRIES2:16 PM
Castle Douglas
DG7 1NH
Roof Arial
I check reset channels every morning. The number of channels vary between 0 ,11 and 53. is this the fault of my arial or the transmitter I thought our signal came from Buittle Mains but can't find it listed.
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AGNES's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris.SE9:28 PM
AGNES FARRIES:
It's very close to Buittle Mains but it's called Barskeoch Hill which is predicted to give you the best reception, although you're predicted to get reasonable reception from Cambret Hill but not all parts of your area will.
If you're getting signals from Cambret Hill, your aerial would be pointing at compass bearing 266 degrees - that's virtually due West and the aerial rods (or squashed Xs) should be horizontal.
For Barskeoch Hill its compass bearing 46 degrees - virtually NE and the aerial rods should be vertical.
Check your downlead is secure and not flapping in the wind.
You may have noticed from the post before yours that Cambret Hill is listed for Planned Engineering, whilst Barskeoch Hill isn't, however they are both relays of the main transmitter Caldbeck which is listed. So any work at Caldbeck could affect reception from Barskeoch Hill as well.
Now you've said you "reset" channels every morning. This really is not a good idea. You are not recommended to retune/reset if you have no signal or badly pixellated pictures as this usually just clears the correct tuning you had, hence on occasion you've got 0 channels. Also you won't know when the transmitter is back on air and so would have to retune again, possibly several times! The number of channels you may get will depend on which multiplexes are on air or off air.
There is virtually no need to retune at all on freeview Light transmitter such as yours as they only have the PSB multiplexes and those channel rarely change because of the Public Service Broadcast commitment. You would normally see an on-screen pop-up to retune on the very rare occasions when there may have been a change.
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Tuesday, 24 January 2023
Problems with Cambret Hill and Calbeck transmitters sound out of sync on HD
I am a tv engineer
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Wednesday, 25 January 2023
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Chris.SE2:03 AM
Michael Withers:
Perhaps the listed Planned Engineering has something to do with it!
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Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
CAMBRET HILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Oct 10:34. Off the air due to a fault from 7 Oct 13:59. . [BBC]
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