Freeview Light on the Gigha Island (Argyll and Bute, Scotland) transmitter
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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.
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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 Gigha Island (Argyll and Bute, 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 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C29+ (538.2MHz) | 53m | DTG- | 12W |
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) | 53m | DTG- | 12W |
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) | 53m | DTG- | 12W |
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 Gigha Island (Argyll and Bute, 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 Gigha Island transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 94km east (79°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
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?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 14 Aug 2019 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | A K T | |||||
C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | |||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
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 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 |
Local transmitter maps
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Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:20 AM
8:20 AM
GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 18 Oct 05:16 until 18 Oct 05:40. . [BBC]
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Friday, 10 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:21 AM
8:21 AM
GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Nov 05:13 until 10 Nov 05:34. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Transmitter engineering
1:48 PM
1:48 PM
GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Jan 12:34. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:48 PM
10:48 PM
GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Jan 12:34 until 23 Jan 15:03. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:21 PM
8:21 PM
GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Feb 18:29 until 13 Feb 18:43. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
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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Friday, 12 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:48 PM
11:48 PM
GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Apr 09:23 until 12 Apr 09:30. . [BBC]
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Friday, 2 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
1:49 PM
1:49 PM
GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Aug 10:54 until 2 Aug 12:26. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 19 September 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 19 Sep 07:05. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
GIGHA ISLAND transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 19 Sep 07:05. . [BBC]
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