Full Freeview on the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 180,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) mast?
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Durris 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Durris transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 173km southwest (224°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 23km northeast (52°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Aberdeen (old Town) | Transposer | 2 km N city centre | 837 homes (dealer estimate) |
| Aberdeen-talisman | Transposer | 1 km SW city centre | 100 homes |
| Fyvie | Active deflector | 37 km NW Aberdeen | 10 homes Hotel |
| Glen Tanar | Active deflector | 11 km E Ballater | 13 homes |
| Glenlivet | Transposer | 15 km E Grantown-on- Spey | 70 homes School |
| Haughton House C/p | Transposer | 1 km N Aford Aberdeenshire | 1 homes 150 caravans |
| Oyne | Active deflector | 33 km NW Aberdeen | 11 homes |
| Strathdon A | Transposer | 60 km W Aberdeen | 25 homes |
| Strathdon B | Transposer | 25 homes | |
| Strathdon C | Transposer | ‘appreciable population' | |
| Strathdon D | Active deflector | ||
| Strathdon E | Active deflector | ||
| Strathdon F | Active deflector |
How will the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1961-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 3 Oct 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | W | W | A K T | W T | ||||
| C9 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C23 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C26 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C30 | _local | ArqB | |||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | com7 | |||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C41 | _local | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
| C67 | C5waves | C5waves |
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 1 Sep 10 and 15 Sep 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| Analogue 5, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A* | (-14dB) 20kW | |
| com7, com8 | (-15.4dB) 14.5kW | |
| Mux B* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 5kW |
Local transmitter maps
Durris Freeview Durris TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Aberdeen micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Durris transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 23 August 2022
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Chris.SE1:11 PM
K Stewart:
Need some more information to make a more informed comment. Need a full postcode to check your predicted reception.
If you've been retuning at times when the signal has gone, this often just clears the correct tuning and you may have been tuned to the wrong transmitters if more than one was receivable at the time due to recent weather conditions.
Check you are correctly tuned, see the post before yours for UHF channels numbers etc.
If your reception is normally a bit marginal, there are two likely, maybe 3 possibilities.
Current weather conditions - Tropospheric Ducting - causing interference from more distant transmitters in Europe or the UK. This can be very variable and is usually short term at any instant but conditions have been persisting for several days, different parts of the UK are being affected at different time. Both Freeview and the BBC have issued warnings about short term interference to reception.
To compound matters, the Durris transmitter has been listed for Planned Engineering in recent weeks, if that work is continuing, there's the possibility of "Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels" which in weaker signal areas could mean no signal especially with adverse weather conditions.
IF the problem is occurring at EXACTLY the same time each day, it could be electrical interference coming from something recently being used or gone faulty - discharge lighting - fluorescents, street lights permanently on/flickering, electric motors in fridges, maybe central heating etc. LED lighting gone faulty. You need to check around what comes on at the time interference starts, it could even be at a very near neighbour.
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Wednesday, 2 November 2022
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David8:40 AM
Aberdeen
Post Code AB11 9NL
Where has Great Movies Christmas gone this morning?
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Chris.SE5:29 PM
David:
Great Movies Christmas is carried on Local multiplexes.
See Freeview | All your favourite TV shows, all in one place and all for free for which channels are carried on which multiplex.
You are predicted to have good reception of all multiplexes from Durris in your locale.
Are you still receiving the Local News channel LCN8 in your EPG? Are any other channels on the Local Multiplex missing?
If you are missing the Local News channel and other channels on the Local multiplex, then it sounds like a problem with that multiplex. If your signals haven't returned by the time you read this reply, then your best bet may be to contact the Local News station and tell them you can't receive them any more or other channels on the multiplex, but your reception of all other channels is fine - I assume from the way you have posted your comment.
Unfortunately trying to find any reported faults of commercial multiplexes is like getting blood out of a stone, and there don't seem to be any general reported faults with the transmitter, and it's not listed for planned engineering.
Do however check that your aerial is still pointing correctly in any severe weather you may be currently suffering and that your downlead isn't flapping about in the wind. Aerial mis-alignment could upset reception of the Local multiplex but still provide adequate signal of the other multiplexes.
How old is your aerial installation?
The Local multiplex is on UHF channel C41 at Durris, the highest channel in use at the transmitter. If your installation is quite old, it's possible that water could be entering the aerial connections and coax and this would generally have a greater impact on reception of the higher number UHF channels (higher frequency), so do get it checked if the problem continues.
Likewise just check all your connections behind your TV etc.
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Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Dave9:00 AM
Ballater
Hi, I have just moved into a house just outside Ballater (postcode AB35 5SB). Currently using the Tullich transmitter which only provides a very small portion of the Freeview channels.
Am I likely to get reception from the Durris transmitter with its full range of channels?
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Chris.SE2:20 PM
Dave:
Yes, you should get good reception from Durris. It's predicted to be good for the PSBs and a little less so for the COMs, especially ArqB/COM6 which could be Varuiable to Good. Have a look at which way your neighbours aerials are pointing to see how they get on. Reception might vary a bit across your postcode.
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Dave7:00 PM
Ballater
Hi Chris,
Thanks for the info, there's not too many neighbours here, but I'll take a look.
At least you've given me some hope :-)
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Sunday, 16 July 2023
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Amy9:02 PM
For the last 2wks we have signal problems at our house at AB338BH. Initially returned from holiday and TV reported no channels. Rescan completed and missing all BBC channels plus more. Followed guides above and no improvement. TV aerial is in front garden on fence, this had not changed although some plants had grown taller so tried lifting the aerial higher, rescan, still no further channels found. No faults or work reported for Durris mast.
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Monday, 17 July 2023
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Steve Donaldson1:47 AM
Amy: If the cable runs into the house and to one TV then a few possibilities spring to mind:
1. The centre core of the coax has broken at some point, whether where it connects onto the aerial or at the connector at the TV end. Or it has broken somewhere along its length, in which case this may mean replacement of the coax.
2. A strand of the outer braid is touching the centre conductor at some juncture.
3. Some part of the aerial has broken, perhaps cracked.
Tuning information for Durris is:
PSB1 BBC A C28
PSB2 D3&4 C25
PSB3 BBC B C22
COM4 SDN C23
COM5 Arq A C26
COM6 Arq B C30
You should attempt manual scan of these channels. The "C" number is the UHF channel number (frequency) to tune to. The multiplexes are sometimes referred to as "PSB#" or "COM#" or using the name of the operator, and I have given both.
The list of Freeview programme channels is here. You can work out which multiplexes you are short of and try doing a manual scan for them:
Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview
Once you have all the channels stored, don't retune as all this does is wipe the memory. With the tuning in place then any failure to show a picture is a fault elsewhere and resetting and retuning results in two problems: an untuned TV and no signal.
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Saturday, 5 August 2023
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Lorraine Reid6:36 PM
Free view has become random. Through thr day reads no signal as my Ariel is internal and checks are made considering tv two years of age. I conclude that work from developments in the surrounding area is affectedting or the public is being manipulated to go sky . Which ever the case I am sure freeveiw will resume later tonight.
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Chris.SE8:25 PM
Lorraine Reid:
As per the post before yours, the Durris transmitter is subject to Planned Engineering. If you are in a weaker signal area with an internal/ loft aerial, that is the most likely cause, but as you haven't given a full postcode we can't advise on that.
I doubt very much that there's any "manipulation" whatsoever.
And in any event, if Freeview reception in your locale was that bad, then there's always Freesat to consider. Most newer TVs have a satellite tuner, so all you'd need is a dish and LNB!
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