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 withheldWednesday, 23 August 2017
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Jonathan Gordon11:45 PM
Back to normal just after 10pm,strange.
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Thursday, 24 August 2017
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Jonathan Gordon7:58 PM
Nothing watchable(flashes of picture & blips sound at best)all day.
Can't seem to get any hard info anywhere!
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Friday, 25 August 2017
MikeP
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
Jonathan Gordon:
Please can you give a full post code so that we contributors can examine your reception conditions.
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Jonathan Gordon11:10 AM
Aberdeen
AB24 2BE Nothing watchable(flashes of picture & blips sound at best) for days now.
Same on all tv's/boxes full signal strength next to no signal quality.Aerial looks ok unchanged & all cables seem to be connected as should be.
Tried retuning 1 tv & box(both hd capable) multiple times lost channels & what it found still unwatchable.
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Jonathan Gordon10:49 PM
Aberdeen
AB24 2BE still poor/no signal.
Tried retuning one of my boxes(sagemcom hd) again still unwatchable but strange channel listing for what it found.
BBC1 scot 809,697 810,gem tv 811,create & craft 812 & so on as listed on guide???
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Saturday, 26 August 2017
MikeP
10:53 AM
10:53 AM
Jonathan Gordon:
Durris transmitter has been undergoing some engineering work so was radiating at reduced power. As you are some 25km away from Durris, that will affect your reception. By retuning, you will have lost several channels. You will have to try retuning again and seeing if all your normal channels are available again. It is never a good idea to retune when you have some channels but not others.
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Sunday, 27 August 2017
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Jonathan Gordon12:09 PM
Aberdeen
Ab24 2be I still have tv's & boxes not re-tuned still rubbish all channels.As know one else seems to be having problems & can't find any hardware faults there was a new 4g mast built earlier in the year pretty close to me.There were engineers at it mid week,maybe it wan't on till now/not working?I do have a 4g filter 'ANTSIG' 'AP140GB' as lots of 4g here.Tried 'at800' to see if i could find any info but there stock line is very unlikely to be 4g!
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Monday, 28 August 2017
MikeP
10:23 AM
10:23 AM
Jonathon Gordon:
The problem must be with your equipment, especially if no one else is having the problem. You should be getting good reception from the Durris transmitter, so check what channels your equipment is tuned to, the channels used are listed at Coverage Checker - Detailed View While doing that you should also check what the reported signal strengths are for each channel, that needs to be between 60% and 85% for HD channels and between 50% and 85% for SD channels. Anything more will cause the break up you report, likewise anything less will cause the same problem.
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