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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the West Kilbride (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 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, 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 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, 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 | 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 45 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, 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 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 withheldFriday, 11 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:45 yesterday to 12:46 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:45 yesterday to 12:46 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Saturday, 12 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:45 on 10 Dec to 12:46 on 10 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:45 on 10 Dec to 12:46 on 10 Dec. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Sunday, 13 December 2015
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Colin Mulvana10:20 AM
Good morning, for some reason over the last two weeks the picture on Freeview has been very intermittent and not watchable as if something has changed in the transmitter settings, has there been any changes to the settings ? This affects a brand new TV and three other sets.
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MikeP
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
Colin Mulvana:
To find out if there have been any changes we need a full postcode. From that we can determine which transmitter you might be using and any particular reception problems there may be, it is not possible without that.
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Monday, 14 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:45 on 10 Dec to 12:46 on 10 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:45 on 10 Dec to 12:46 on 10 Dec. [BBC]
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Monday, 22 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:05 today to 11:06 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:05 today to 11:06 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:05 yesterday to 11:06 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:05 yesterday to 11:06 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 3 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WEST KILBRIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:05 on 01 Mar to 11:06 on 01 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:05 on 01 Mar to 11:06 on 01 Mar. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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