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 04/11/2024 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 withheldMonday, 31 January 2011
G
Graham3:57 PM
Briantist Are you not in a position to respond to my post on the 20th January as any help would be appreciated by me.
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Graham: Apologies. I would probably say the best thing to do is to hang on for the 15th June 2011, when the COM channels are final power levels, and the analogue interference issues are removed.
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Wednesday, 2 February 2011
G
Graham4:37 PM
Aberdeen
Briantist
Thanks for your help.
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Graham's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 20 February 2011
Can't get a single BBC channel in Aberdeen tonight. No radio, no One, Two, Three or Four. Best I've managed is three consecutive minutes of Top Gear. Welcome to the future. Truly pathetic. Last time I pay a TV licence.
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Monday, 21 February 2011
Jimmy Shaker: Well, given the BBC channels are broadcast in a multiplex, if you can't get one you won't be able to get any of them. That would be impossible.
Your TV Licence pays for the production and transmission of the programmes, it does not pay for your receiving equipment.
So, please can you see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Sunday, 6 March 2011
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Lisa12:23 AM
Hi there i stay in the ab15 area of aberdeen, mannofield and for some weeks now have not been able to get bbc three or bbc four, i can see the chanel for a few seconds then a red screen!? I have perfect reception on all other channels....
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Sunday, 10 April 2011
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Jack mckimmie5:45 PM
My 90 Yr old mother in law has lost her signal on her free view tv set. Just a blue screen with no signal coming up. Do not know what she has touched but it was working great
Last week. Help please. Have lost the helpline phone number
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Monday, 11 April 2011
Monday, 30 May 2011
G
Grahame2:15 PM
Aberdeen
Hello Briantist,
are you able to find out the latest with Durris? I can tell that they have started to increase the power as I have got 38 additional channels...including ITV4 and Film4, which is what I was after. Unfortunately, they are still a bit 'blocky' and probably not watchable! But I know 15th of June 2011 was the increase of power date...so is there still a bit to go? Or have they done the increase early and this is good as I will get with my aerial/equipment?? I know with the digital switchover in our own area, they started the changeover 2 weeks early and steadly work towards the official date. So I am hopeful they are still on the case??
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Grahame's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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