Full Freeview on the Darvel (East Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Darvel (East Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 150,000 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 Darvel (East Ayrshire, Scotland) mast?
Darvel transmitter - Darvel transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 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 Darvel 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 Darvel transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 31km north (1°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 31km north (2°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Craigie Gardens | Transposer | 1 homes 90 caravans | |
| Inversnaid | Active deflector | 35 km N Dumbarton | 8 homes Hotel caravan park |
How will the Darvel (East Ayrshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Sep 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | |||||
| C22 | -BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | SDN | |||||
| C25 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ArqA | |||||
| C28 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ArqB | |||||
| C30 | _local | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | ||||||||
| C32 | SDN | ||||||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C34 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | ArqB | ||||||
| C37 | com8 | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| com8 | (-10.9dB) 8.19kW | |
| com7 | (-11.2dB) 7.5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-14dB) 4kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 2kW |
Local transmitter maps
Darvel Freeview Darvel DAB Darvel AM/FM Darvel TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Glasgow micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Darvel transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 6 September 2018
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Alan10:58 AM
Your map and channel list is misleading in stll showing com8 for Darvel after Sep 18 with a lilac background at ch37 when it's now at ch56, I only found this by looking at BBC website. Sigh.
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tom burns3:47 PM
Strathaven
stephen connolly:
Use group A aerial for Darvel. After retune getting (100% signal quality) on channels 22,25,28,32, 34. and 35. These are not the channels recorded on this site. No com 7 or com 8. Is this correct and will Darvel return to transmitting Com s 7 and 8 at a later date?
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tom's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 7 September 2018
MikeP
10:33 AM
10:33 AM
Alan:
We regular contributors to this website have often stated that the site can only be updated by the owner, who appears not to be available at present. If you want accurate channel data go to the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker and enter the required information.
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MikeP
10:36 AM
10:36 AM
Tom Burns:
Put your post code into the Digital UK Coverage Checker at http://www.digitaluk.co.u…ker. That will tell you which channels are in use for the available trasnmitters.
It is wise to use a wideband aerial these days as there are likely to be further changes at many transmitters.
The services of COM7 and COM8 are temporary and will be phased out of the coming few years as more transmitters are converted to provide DVB-T2 transmissions as that can deliver HD as well as more data and channels.
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MikeP:
Thanks Mike
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thomas's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Since the update / upgrade on the 5th i think it was all i now get is interference, never had it before and lived in this house since 2001
Why do any upgrades always seem to make things worse ?
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StevensOnln110:34 AM
Gary Steven: There hasn't been an upgrade to the transmitter, there was a change in frequencies as part of the plans to clear the 700MHz band which will be handed over to the mobile networks starting in 2020. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Please provide a full postcode so that we can see where you are in relation to the transmitter and your predicted coverage etc.
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Monday, 8 October 2018
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Terence Meehan4:32 PM
Glasgow
Hello, I live in the G20 0LA district of north Glasgow and due to my location I am on the wrong side of a hill which blanks out coverage from the Blackhill main transmitter and consequently my signal derives from the Darvel transmitter. Until the retune on 6th sept 2018 and I had a fairly good signal and got most of the freeview channels but since then many of the channels have gone and others are very patchy.
I have checked all my connections and they are fine, it would seem the the signal output strength has dropped,can anything be done to correct this as it is most annoying.
thank you,
Terry Meehan
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Tuesday, 9 October 2018
MikeP
10:37 AM
10:37 AM
Terry Meehan:
You need to have a wideband aerial fitted to get all the signals from the Darvel transmitter. It uses channels between 22 and 56, which needs the wideband aerial to get all of those channels. There has been no change to the output power of the transmitter. It is predicted that the ARQA, COM7 and COM8 signals could be somewhat variable, probably due to the terrain.
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Terence Meehan12:31 PM
Thanks Mike for your reply. While I follow what you have said the thing I don't understand is why when everything was perfectly acceptable before the Sept retune it should change so much for the worse thereafter.
It would seem that short of purchasing New equipment and having it fitted is my only option and that will not come cheap.
This recent retune has lost me a large part of my service and is most regretable.
Terry Meehan
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