Freeview Light on the Largs (North Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Largs (North Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 5,000 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 Largs (North 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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Largs (North 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 Largs 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 52m | DTG- | 5W |
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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 52m | DTG- | 5W |
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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 52m | DTG- | 5W |
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 Largs (North 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 Largs transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 36km east (80°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/stv-glasgow.jpg)
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 37km east (81°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Largs (North Ayrshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 3 Oct 2018 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C49tv_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 8 Jun 11 and 22 Jun 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 11W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-3.4dB) 5W |
Local transmitter maps
Largs Freeview Black Hill TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Glasgow micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Black Hill transmitter area
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Saturday, 22 February 2020
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Chris.SE7:31 PM
Stewart Tindal:
Why don't you READ my post -
Please also note that this is an independent help-site for people with reception and technical problems.
So I suggest you do what I advised and stop moaning here.
If you want some technical help fine, and provide a full postcode if you do.
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Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:21 PM
5:21 PM
LARGS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 14:30 until 28 Nov 14:35. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:21 PM
2:21 PM
LARGS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Nov 11:05 until 29 Nov 11:07. Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Nov 10:04 until 29 Nov 10:05. Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 14:30 until 28 Nov 14:35. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 3 December 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:48 PM
4:48 PM
LARGS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Nov 11:05 until 29 Nov 11:07. Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Nov 10:04 until 29 Nov 10:05. . [BBC]
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Monday, 4 December 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
LARGS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Nov 11:05 until 29 Nov 11:07. . [BBC]
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Monday, 13 May 2024
Transmitter engineering
9:43 AM
9:43 AM
LARGS transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 13 May 05:06. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:43 PM
12:43 PM
LARGS transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 13 May 05:06 until 13 May 08:46. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:43 PM
9:43 PM
LARGS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 May 19:31 until 13 May 19:40. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 13 May 05:06 until 13 May 08:46. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
LARGS transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 14 May 03:19. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 14 May 00:37 until 14 May 00:50. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 13 May 23:49 until 13 May 2 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:21 PM
5:21 PM
LARGS transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 13 May 23:49 until 13 May 23:56. Off the air due to a fault from 13 May 19:31 until 13 May 19:40. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 13 May 05:06 until 13 May 08:46. [BBC]
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