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The symbol shows the location of the Gigha Island (Argyll and Bute, 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Gigha Island (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) mast?

GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 26 Mar 14:11 until 26 Mar 14:12. . BBC


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Which Freeview channels does the Gigha Island 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C29+ (538.2MHz)53mDTG-12W
Channel icons
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
C31 (554.0MHz)53mDTG-12W
Channel icons
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
C37 (602.0MHz)53mDTG-12W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Gigha Island (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, W, Yesterday +1.

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 Gigha Island transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 94km east (79°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 94km east (79°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.

How will the Gigha Island (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-1314 Aug 2019
B E TB E TB E TB E K TA K T
C29BBCA
C31D3+4
C37BBCB
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+BBCA
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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 60W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 12W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Black Hill transmitter area

Aug 1957-Jun 1997Scottish Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014STV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Gigha Island was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

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Monday, 13 February 2017
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10:32 PM

GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:05 today to 15:29 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:40 today to 17:12 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:40 today to 17:12 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:05 today to 15:29 today. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 14 February 2017
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4:32 AM

GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:05 yesterday to 15:29 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:40 yesterday to 17:12 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:05 yesterday to 15:29 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:40 yesterday to 17:12 ye [BBC]

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10:33 AM

GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:40 yesterday to 17:12 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:05 yesterday to 15:29 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:40 yesterday to 17:12 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:05 yesterday to 15:29 ye [BBC]

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Wednesday, 15 February 2017
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4:31 AM

GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:05 on 13 Feb to 15:29 on 13 Feb, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:40 on 13 Feb to 17:12 on 13 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:05 on 13 Feb to 15:29 on 13 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:40 on 13 Feb to 17:12 on [BBC]

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Tuesday, 21 March 2017
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11:33 PM

GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 today to 20:03 today. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
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4:33 AM

GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 yesterday to 20:03 yesterday. [BBC]

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Thursday, 23 March 2017
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4:33 AM

GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 on 21 Mar to 20:03 on 21 Mar. [BBC]

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Saturday, 25 March 2017
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4:32 AM

GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 on 21 Mar to 20:03 on 21 Mar, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:07 yesterday to 22:29 yesterday. [BBC]

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GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:07 yesterday to 22:29 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 on 21 Mar to 20:03 on 21 Mar. [BBC]

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Sunday, 26 March 2017
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5:31 AM

GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:07 on 24 Mar to 22:29 on 24 Mar. [BBC]

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