Freeview Light on the Cambret Hill (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Cambret Hill (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmitter which serves 8,400 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 Cambret Hill (Dumfries and Galloway, 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 Cambret Hill (Dumfries and Galloway, 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, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), 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 Cambret Hill 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 409m | DTG- | 2,800W |
 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 | H max | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 409m | DTG- | 2,800W |
 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 35 STV+1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 409m | DTG- | 2,800W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 43 Freeview channels?
The Cambret Hill (Dumfries and Galloway, 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, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), 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 Cambret Hill transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 107km north (2°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.1m homes 0.4%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 90km east (92°)
to ITV Border Scotland region - 27 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
Are there any self-help relays?
| Glentrool | Active deflector | 15 km NW Newton Stewart | 50 homes School |
| Newluce | Active deflector | 12 km NE Stranraer | 50 homes School |
How will the Cambret Hill (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 30 Sep 2019- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 5 | 20kW | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-1dB) 16kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-8.5dB) 2.8kW |
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 15 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
CAMBRET HILL transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 19 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
CAMBRET HILL transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 5 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
CAMBRET HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 today to 08:13 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 6 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
CAMBRET HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 yesterday to 08:13 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
CAMBRET HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 on 05 Feb to 08:13 on 05 Feb. [BBC]
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Sunday, 8 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CAMBRET HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 on 05 Feb to 08:13 on 05 Feb. FM: Radio 1 FM Sound in Mono from 01:14 today to 02:22 today, Radio 2 FM Sound in Mono from 01:14 today to 02:22 today, Radio 3 FM Sound in Mono from 01:14 today to 02:22 today, [BBC]
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Monday, 9 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CAMBRET HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 on 05 Feb to 08:13 on 05 Feb. FM: Radio 1 FM Sound in Mono from 01:14 yesterday to 02:22 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Sound in Mono from 01:14 yesterday to 02:22 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Sound in Mono from 01:14 yester [BBC]
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Wednesday, 2 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
6:44 AM
6:44 AM
CAMBRET HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:26 on 31 Aug to 18:32 on 31 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:26 on 31 Aug to 19:21 on 31 Aug. [BBC]
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Monday, 9 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:32 PM
10:32 PM
CAMBRET HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:29 today to 21:45 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:29 today to 21:47 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CAMBRET HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:29 yesterday to 21:45 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:29 yesterday to 21:47 yesterday. [BBC]
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