Barskeoch Hill

Scotland · TV and DAB

Position: 54.934940, -3.857935
Grid reference: NX81066161
Nation: Scotland
Ground height: 178 m
Antenna height: 50 m
Aerial group: Group A — C21–37, the low end of the band
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: Scotland
ITV region: Border
ITV news region: Border Scotland
Parent transmitter: Caldbeck Scotland
Ofcom site number: 13717

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference NX81066161 from OSGB36 to WGS84 [V]. Ofcom publish no latitude and longitude for television sites. The transform is verified rather than assumed: on the 3,403 radio records that carry both, it reproduces Ofcom's own coordinates to within 0.1 m.

How far it reaches

The share of the UK's 238,895 Census Output Areas where this mast is the strongest signal of its kind. Not the share it reaches at all — most places can receive several transmitters, and only one of them can be the best.

Band	Best signal in
Television	0.05% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
DAB radio	0.06% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where Barskeoch Hill is the strongest signal for television and DAB radio.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator
PSB1	BBC A	C29	538 MHz	400 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C31	554 MHz	400 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C37	602 MHz	400 W	DVB-T2	BBC

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	2.0 kW	22 m	Central Galloway	CE15	16

BBC National DAB — block 12B

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