Freeview Light on the West Kilbride (North Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the West Kilbride (North Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 3,200 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the West Kilbride (North Ayrshire, Scotland) mast?
West Kilbride transmitter - West Kilbride transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/12/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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 West Kilbride (North 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Freeview channels does the West Kilbride 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 | C44+ (658.2MHz) | 217m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 217m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 | C47+ (682.2MHz) | 217m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 West Kilbride (North 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 West Kilbride transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 39km east-northeast (64°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 39km east-northeast (64°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Loch Striven | Active deflector | Loch Striven |
How will the West Kilbride (North Ayrshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 30 Sep 2018- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | 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 | 350W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-2.4dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Black Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 9 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:07 PM
12:07 PM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:20 today to 10:21 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:20 today to 10:21 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 10 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:20 yesterday to 10:21 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:20 yesterday to 10:21 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 11 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:20 on 09 Aug to 10:21 on 09 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:20 on 09 Aug to 10:21 on 09 Aug. [BBC]
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Thursday, 18 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:53 on 16 Jul to 14:03 on 16 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:21 on 16 Jul to 14:28 on 16 Jul. [BBC]
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Saturday, 22 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:26 PM
4:26 PM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to essential engineering from 20 Feb 15:48. Off the air due to essential engineering from 20 Feb 15:14 until 20 Feb 15:48. Poor quality due to a fault from 19 Feb 15:01 until 20 Feb 15:48. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 27 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to essential engineering from 20 Feb 15:48. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 29 February 2020
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Susan Rutherford7:38 AM
Can you tell me when we are to get our freeview signal back in West Kilbride, Ayrshire? Have had no tv for nearly 24 hours now.
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Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: Reduced quality due to essential engineering from 28 Feb 10:25. Off the air due to essential engineering from 28 Feb 10:03 until 28 Feb 10:25. Poor quality due to essential engineering from 20 Feb 15:48 until 28 Feb 10:03. . [BBC]
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Chris.SE10:09 PM
Susan Rutherford:
I suspect the post after yours is the explanation, but there's been Planned Engineering listed for the transmitter all week.
If you've retuned whilst the transmitter was off-air, it may well have cleared correct tuning. However to be sure you don't have any incorrect tuning, unplug the aerial and do an automatic retune which should clear any previous tuning as nothing will be found. Plug the aerial back in and repeat the retune. Hopefully all channels will be restored correctly.
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Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:29 PM
1:29 PM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: Reduced quality due to essential engineering from 28 Feb 10:25. Off the air due to essential engineering from 28 Feb 10:03 until 28 Feb 10:25. Poor quality due to essential engineering from 20 Feb 15:48 until 28 Feb 10:03. . FM: Off the air [BBC]
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