Freeview Light on the Ayr South (South Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ayr South (South Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 1,800 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 Ayr South (South 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 Ayr South (South 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 Ayr South 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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 72m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 72m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 72m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 Ayr South (South 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 Ayr South transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 51km north-northeast (24°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 51km north-northeast (25°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Ayr South (South Ayrshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Sep 2018 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | A K T | ||||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C26 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C29 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C42 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C45 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| 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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 5W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
Ayr South Freeview Darvel TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Glasgow micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Darvel transmitter area
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Friday, 3 August 2012
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H B Kennedy7:13 AM
Ayr
Sirs,
My post code is KA6 7EZ do I recieve my freeview signal from the transmitter at Lethan Hill or elsewhere ? My friend in Hollybush recieves many more channells than I,is he served by the Darvel transmitter ? My ariel is on the chimny pot directed toward Lethan Hill, I have only been aware of the problem since I terminated my Sky contract.
Will you help please
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H's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
H B Kennedy: I don't think that you will be able to receive directly from Darvel, or any other full service transmitter for that matter.
The primary reason for this would appear to be that you are at the foot of Broom Hill which is around 100m high.
Taking The Hollybush Inn as the base location; whilst it does not have line-of-sight to Darvel, what with Whitehill being in the way, the drop isn't as near as is great at your location.
The only way you will be able to receive more channels is via satellite. As you already have a dish, you will just need a receiver, for example a Freesat one.
For a comparison of channels on full Freeview versus Freesat see Compare TV Freeview/Freesat | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Note that ITV3 IS on Freesat, contrary to the presence of its logo on that page, denoting that it isn't.
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Monday, 29 October 2012
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John Caldwell8:21 AM
(1) How is one supposed to find out when? freeview HD will be available in my area, (2)Should trading standards stop electrical shops/argos selling these products in this area until HD is available?
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John Caldwell: Freeview HD is available everywhere in the UK.
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Sunday, 27 September 2020
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Charles Brodie7:31 PM
Severe pixellation problems over the last week i.e since
30 September
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Chris.SE10:06 PM
Charles Brodie:
There doesn't appear to be any reported transmitter problems. Assuming your aerial is still pointed in the correct direction and your downlead hasn't become faulty, it might be worth checking your coax connections between the aerial socket and TV.
There is some "Tropospheric Ducting" around causing interference, see Effect of tropospheric ducting on Freeview | RTIS for a simplistic explanation. It's been affecting various parts of the UK at different times and is currently affecting the west of GB and It can be quite variable, come and go within seconds, minutes or hours. At times it can wipe out your reception.
You are not advised to retune when you have lost signals or they are badly pixellated as this usually just clears correct tuning and you have to repeat a retune when signals are stable. You may have to repeat a retune several times if signals are still disrupted.
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Friday, 25 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
AYR SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Oct 13:06. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:21 PM
8:21 PM
AYR SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Oct 13:06 until 25 Oct 16:34. . [BBC]
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