Freeview Light on the Girvan (South Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Girvan (South Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 4,200 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 Girvan (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 Girvan (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, 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 Girvan 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 | C50 (706.0MHz) | 228m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 228m | DTG- | 50W |
 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 228m | DTG- | 50W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 43 Freeview channels?
The Girvan (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, 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 Girvan transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 76km north-northeast (27°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 76km north-northeast (28°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
How will the Girvan (South Ayrshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 5 Sep 2018 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | C/D E T | W T | ||
| C4 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C65 | 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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 250W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 24 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
GIRVAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:12 yesterday to 17:00 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:00 yesterday to 17:16 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:00 yesterday to 17:16 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 1 [BBC]
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Sunday, 25 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
GIRVAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:12 on 23 Mar to 17:00 on 23 Mar, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:00 on 23 Mar to 17:16 on 23 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:00 on 23 Mar to 17:16 on 23 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 1 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:08 PM
3:08 PM
GIRVAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:00 on 23 Mar to 17:16 on 23 Mar, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:12 on 23 Mar to 17:00 on 23 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:00 on 23 Mar to 17:16 on 23 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 1 [BBC]
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Tuesday, 27 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:08 PM
9:08 PM
GIRVAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:00 on 23 Mar to 17:16 on 23 Mar, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:12 on 23 Mar to 17:00 on 23 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 13:12 on 23 Mar to 17:00 on 23 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 1 [BBC]
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Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:04 AM
9:04 AM
GIRVAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:13 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:14 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:04 PM
12:04 PM
GIRVAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:18 today to 09:38 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:13 today to 07:17 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:14 today to 09:43 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 7 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:04 AM
6:04 AM
GIRVAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:18 yesterday to 09:38 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:13 yesterday to 07:17 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:14 yesterday to 09:43 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 8 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:04 AM
6:04 AM
GIRVAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:13 on 06 Jun to 07:17 on 06 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:18 on 06 Jun to 09:38 on 06 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:14 on 06 Jun to 09:43 on 06 Jun. [BBC]
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Saturday, 9 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:04 AM
6:04 AM
GIRVAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:18 on 06 Jun to 09:38 on 06 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:13 on 06 Jun to 07:17 on 06 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:14 on 06 Jun to 09:43 on 06 Jun. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 21 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:07 PM
12:07 PM
GIRVAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:53 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:53 today. [BBC]
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