Largs Holehouse

Scotland · TV

Position: 55.794520, -4.850638
Grid reference: NS21395937
Nation: Scotland
Ground height: 80 m
Antenna height: 16 m
Aerial group: Group A — C21–37, the low end of the band
Polarisation: Horizontal
BBC region: Scotland
ITV region: STV Central
ITV news region: STV Central West
Parent transmitter: Black Hill
Ofcom site number: 15234

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference NS21395937 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	0.04% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where Largs Holehouse is the strongest signal for television.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator
PSB1	BBC A	C29	538 MHz	10 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C31	554 MHz	10 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C37	602 MHz	10 W	DVB-T2	BBC

Ofcom's notes

New site replacing former Largs relay (NGR NS20915948) from October 2017.