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 28/10/2024 Screen may go black 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 withheldWednesday, 30 September 2015
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Hilary Walters8:02 PM
Peterhead
AB42 4HQ the only channel we can receive is channel 5, it's not just us but our neighbours are having the same problem. The screen goes blocky and the the message weak signal appears on the screen.
Hilary Walters
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MikeB10:17 PM
Macclesfield
Hilary Walters: There does not appear to be any faults with the Durris transmitter reported. Are you and your neighbours in a block of flats? If so, then there is likely to be a problem with your buildings system.
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MikeB's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 1 October 2015
AB53 6YT area and the last few days we are having intermittent signal on ALL channels?
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robert wilson7:09 PM
Fraserburgh
Peterhead/Strichen area is currently having intermittent signal and loosing channels. 2 properties in Craigewan Crescent, Peterhead (AB42 1HL). 1 in Strichen around Mormond Place (AB43 6TY) all tuned to Durris...
These have now tuned through free sat or sky and cannot use the digital aerial installed.
How many others are affected... getting worse since last 2 days and today....
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Jonathan Gordon11:41 PM
Aberdeen
C29 very v/weak/unwatchable ,C33 good , C26 v/weak , C23 v/weak , C25 weak, C28 v/weak, C22 v/weak/unwatchable , C32 zip does not scan. AB24 2BE.
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Friday, 2 October 2015
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Jonathan Gordon12:34 AM
Edit above^^^,don't know where i got C33 from? C35 zip.
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jb389:55 AM
robert wilson: As far as the problems with reception are concerned. No faults have been posted on the engineering notice board (as yet) concerning transmission failures at the Durris transmitter, nor is any engineering work in progress at the station. However the undermentioned should be noted, as it's very much applicable to the two postal code areas referred to.
Although DUK's reception predictor does show Durris as being the station covering the AB43-6 postal code area, however, it might as well not be!, as only three out of Durris's eight multiplexes are indicated as being receivable in the area, but though with only the BBC's HD mux (C22) in the category of "good", both BBC (C28) & ITV (C25) indicating "poor".
A subsequent terrain check of the area in question revealing that the signal path from Durris suffers from three line-of-sight obstructions starting from approx six miles out, the worst being from three miles out.
AB42-1 has slightly different prediction for reception, insomuch that all Duriss's eight multiplexes are indicated as being receivable, but though with only COM7 HD (C32) in the category of "good", the remainder being "variable", the signal path from Durris suffering from a continuous line-of-sight obstruction from approx five miles out.
Line-of-sight obstructions of this nature always have a much greater affect on reception the closer they are located to the receiving end of the signal path, reception in these areas only being possible in the first place through diffraction (signal bending), something which is less effective if located too close to the obstruction. (the shielding effect)
Another aspect being, that reception under these conditions is more vulnerable to being affected by seasonal changes such as to the surface of the terrain etc. (e.g: summer / winter effect)
The L.O.S obstructions referred to can be seen by opening the undermentioned links, the first two being reception predictions for AB42 and its corresponding terrain. The bottom two being similar but for AB43.
Coverage Checker - Detailed View
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
Coverage Checker - Detailed View
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
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Nigel3:24 PM
Could not receive tv channels on either of our two tvs last night.
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John7:45 PM
Nigel: all channels gone except 6 German !???, Cullingworth address fed from idle mast. Retuned many times, no joy. HELP.
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jb3810:05 PM
John: The Cullingworth relay is listed with a warning of "possible service interruptions".
If though you are actually meaning that you reside in the Cullingworth area? but are, or (magically!) have been receiving Freeview from the Idle transmitter, then there isn't any problems, as Cullingworth is well outwith the coverage area of the Idle transmitter, and as such, anything that might have been received from Idle is almost guaranteed to be totally erratic.
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