Freeview Light on the Sorn (East Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Sorn (East Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Sorn (East 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 Sorn (East 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Sorn 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 177m | 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 | V max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 177m | 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), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 177m | 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 Sorn (East 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Sorn transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 39km north (1°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 39km north (1°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Sorn (East 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 | |||||
C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 6W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
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Friday, 9 March 2012
SORN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:15 yesterday to 12:12 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:15 yesterday to 12:12 yesterday [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 March 2012
SORN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:15 on 08 Mar to 12:12 on 08 Mar HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:15 on 08 Mar to 12:12 on 08 Mar [BBC]
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Friday, 7 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 AM
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SORN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:41 on 05 Feb to 13:50 on 05 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:41 on 05 Feb to 13:50 on 05 Feb. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:23 AM
10:23 AM
SORN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:11 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:23 PM
4:23 PM
SORN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:11 today to 14:06 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:11 today to 14:06 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:24 AM
4:24 AM
SORN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:11 yesterday to 14:06 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:11 yesterday to 14:06 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 AM
4:23 AM
SORN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:11 on 18 Feb to 14:06 on 18 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:11 on 18 Feb to 14:06 on 18 Feb. [BBC]
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Monday, 30 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
SORN transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 20 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
SORN transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
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SORN transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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