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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.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C26 (514.0MHz)72mDTG-2W
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
 H max
C29 (538.0MHz)72mDTG-2W
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
 H max
C37 (602.0MHz)72mDTG-2W
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 Ayr South (South Ayrshire, 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 Ayr South transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 51km north-northeast (24°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
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-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-135 Sep 2018
VHFB E TB E TB E TB E K TA K T
C2BBCtvwaves
C26BBCA
C29D3+4
C37BBCB
C39D3+4
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C42BBCB
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C45BBCA
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Darvel 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. Ayr South 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.

Comments
Friday, 26 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
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11:08 AM

AYR SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:43 on 23 Jul to 11:27 on 23 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:43 on 23 Jul to 11:27 on 23 Jul. [BBC]

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Thursday, 23 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
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1:31 PM

AYR SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Jan 10:25 until 23 Jan 10:57. . [BBC]

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Friday, 31 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
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4:34 AM

AYR SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Jan 10:25 until 23 Jan 10:57. . [BBC]

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Friday, 24 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
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4:28 PM

AYR SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Apr 08:48 until 24 Apr 10:24. Off the air due to a fault from 24 Apr 06:26 until 24 Apr 06:57. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 2 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
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4:34 AM

AYR SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Apr 08:48 until 24 Apr 10:24. Off the air due to a fault from 24 Apr 06:26 until 24 Apr 06:57. . [BBC]

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Thursday, 11 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
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1:29 PM

AYR SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Jul 23:47 until 4 Jul 23:48. . [BBC]

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Monday, 15 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
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1:28 PM

AYR SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jun 11:04 until 15 Jun 11:36. . [BBC]

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Sunday, 27 September 2020
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Charles Brodie
7:31 PM

Severe pixellation problems over the last week i.e since
30 September

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Chris.SE
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10:06 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, 19 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
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12:13 PM

Ayr South transmitter - Ayr South transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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