Freeview Light on the Pinwherry (South Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Pinwherry (South Ayrshire, 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Pinwherry (South 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 Pinwherry (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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Freeview channels does the Pinwherry 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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 186m | DTG- | 11W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C25 (506.0MHz) | 186m | DTG- | 11W |
 3 STV (SD) (Border (Scotland)), 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 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 35 STV+1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C28 (530.0MHz) | 186m | DTG- | 11W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 103 STV HD (ITV Granada), 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 45 Freeview channels?
The Pinwherry (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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Pinwherry transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 86km north-northeast (26°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 128km east-southeast (104°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Pinwherry (South Ayrshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 30 Sep 2019- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C32 | 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 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 56W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.1dB) 11W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck Scotland transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 21 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:48 PM
10:48 PM
PINWHERRY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 19:37 until 21 Sep 22:03. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 15:32 until 21 Sep 16:59. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 1 [BBC]
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Sunday, 26 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
PINWHERRY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 19:37 until 21 Sep 22:03. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 15:32 until 21 Sep 16:59. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:49 PM
5:49 PM
PINWHERRY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Sep 19:37 until 21 Sep 22:03. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 6 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
9:03 AM
9:03 AM
PINWHERRY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Nov 07:31 until 6 Nov 07:48. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 14 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
PINWHERRY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Jan 08:32 until 14 Jan 08:50. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 26 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
PINWHERRY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Jan 12:58. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
PINWHERRY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Jan 12:58 until 26 Jan 13:17. . [BBC]
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Monday, 6 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
PINWHERRY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Feb 06:50. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
PINWHERRY transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Feb 06:50 until 6 Feb 06:53. . [BBC]
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Friday, 10 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
PINWHERRY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Feb 08:11 until 10 Feb 08:19. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Feb 06:50 until 6 Feb 06:53. . [BBC]
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