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The symbol shows the location of the Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 5,400 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 Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, Scotland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Lochwinnoch 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
C33 (570.0MHz)149mDTG-17W
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
C36 (594.0MHz)149mDTG-17W
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
C48 (690.0MHz)149mDTG-17W
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?

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the effected channels

The Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, 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 Lochwinnoch transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 24km east-northeast (73°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 24km east-northeast (73°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.

How will the Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-135 Sep 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TK T
C33BBCA
C36D3+4
C48BBCB
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C57tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 86W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 17W

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. Lochwinnoch 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, 27 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
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12:29 AM

LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:05 yesterday to 16:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:05 yesterday to 16:58 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 28 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:06 AM

LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:05 on 26 Apr to 16:58 on 26 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:05 on 26 Apr to 16:58 on 26 Apr. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 30 May 2018
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Ken Johnson
8:28 PM
Lochwinnoch

Once again (at 20.30 on May 30th) I have no standard definition signal at postcode PA12 4HG from the Lochwinnoch transmitter. I have tried all the channels listed for PSB1 and PSB2 multiplexes. On my Humax PVR all I get is either "no signal" or "channel scrambled or not available. On the TV, the pictures from the same channels are hopelessly broken or not visible at all. All of the HD channels are working well on the TV. the PVR does not receive them as it is a standard definition only box.

The weather conditions are high pressure and overcast with spots of rain occasionally. There is no lightning or thunder.

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StevensOnln1
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10:58 PM

Ken Johnson: There are no recent faults showing for the Lochwinnoch transmitter. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV?

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Ken Johnson
11:11 PM

Ken Johnson: I have checked connections. I have also looked at recordings from Tuesday night and they are unwatchable due to broken signal. As I said, the HD signals on PSB 3 seem to be fine. It is only on the multiplexes supplying the standard definition signals that there is a problem.

I have had similar problems before, several times, but only on PSB 1. This has meant that I could not record programs from BBC1 for example but STV programs at the same times recorded OK. On these occasions channels broadcast on PSB 2 were good.

This has been going on for a few years intermittently since I got an aerial contractor to try to improve reception from Darvel or Blackhill. He found that he could not get reception on all the channels we wanted from either mast. From Darvel, BBC1 was missing and from Blackhill it was BBC2. As a result, he opted to use the stronger signal from Lochwinnoch which at that time gave workable reception over the limited range of programs from that mast. In the process, the co-ax cable run from aerial to set was completely renewed.

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Thursday, 31 May 2018
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MikeB
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7:44 AM

Ken Johnson: You are just 2.4km from the transmitter - you should get a decent picture from a bit of old wire! Check the signal strength - it's probably too high, not too low.

Btw - why not just use Freesat?

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Friday, 1 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

12:05 PM

LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:28 today to 09:32 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:23 today to 09:28 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:28 today to 09:32 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:23 today to 09:28 toda [BBC]

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Ken Johnson
8:58 PM

After a disastrous Wednesday night on which neither program we had set to record starting at 21.00 recorded anything watchable, Thursday was brilliant. All channels working well. Tonight, HD channels are OK as usual, but on standard definition it is a different story. Channels 1 and 2 are fine, with signal strengths of 76% and quality of 80% steady.

On channels 3, 4 and 5 however there are no pictures, Not broken, zilch. Signal strength on these channels is still around 75% but quality fluctuates rapidly between 10% and 50% As MikeB suggested, freesat is looking tempting. But as a former physicist, I am very curious as to what can cause such variations between different evenings.

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Saturday, 2 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

6:05 AM

LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:28 yesterday to 09:32 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:23 yesterday to 09:28 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:28 yesterday to 09:32 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 0 [BBC]

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Sunday, 3 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:05 AM

LOCHWINNOCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:28 on 01 Jun to 09:32 on 01 Jun, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:23 on 01 Jun to 09:28 on 01 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:28 on 01 Jun to 09:32 on 01 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 0 [BBC]

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