Full Freeview on the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 57.000,-2.392 or 56°59'59"N 2°23'30"W | AB39 3TH |
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.
_______
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
|
|
Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 18 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Monday, 25 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:10 AM
10:10 AM
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Monday, 1 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Transmitter engineering
1:46 PM
1:46 PM
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/04/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Monday, 8 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/04/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/04/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Thursday, 11 April 2024
M
MARTIN wylie10:43 AM
ourselves and our neighbours have been experiencing pixilation of our tv's for a number of weeks, there has been periods of days within this timeframe where the signal has been good.
a signal meter shows the signal quality varying from 100% to 0% . the signal level remains at 100%. There has been no issues over the past 7 years.
link to this comment |
C
Chris.SE1:54 PM
MARTIN wylie:
As you can see from the post before yours, and some previous ones, the transmitter is currently having Planned Engineering. If you've had no issues previously, then it's likely that the engineering work is the cause but as you haven't given a full postcode is not possible to draw any conclusions about how your reception might be affected.
Just as a side note, you should normally expect to get 100% Quality on all multiplexes. There's the possibility that 100% signal could be a touch too much and under certain circumstances overload the front end of the receiver which could also cause quality variations, however if you've not had problems previously this risk could be lower.
There's also the possibility that you might now be getting interference from a new/upgraded mobile phone mast now operating in the 700MHz band, but again we need a full postcode to check on that.
link to this comment |
Monday, 15 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please