Full Freeview on the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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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 26/05/2025 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C28 (530.0MHz)	639m	DTG-	100,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba HD, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 13 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C25 (506.0MHz)	639m	DTG-	100,000W
	3 STV (SD) (STV North (Aberdeen micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Scotland ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Scotland ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), 71 That's TV 3,
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C22 (482.0MHz)	639m	DTG-	100,000W
	46 5SELECT, 57 U&Eden, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 103 ITV 1 HD (STV West), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 108 BBC Scotland HD, 203 CBBC HD, 204 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C23 (490.0MHz)	639m	DTG-8	50,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 61 GREAT! mystery, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 74 U&DaveJaVu, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 ROK, plus 21 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C26 (514.0MHz)	639m	DTG-8	50,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama 1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 76 That's Dance, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C30 (546.0MHz)	639m	DTG-8	50,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! player, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's Melody, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 207 POP UP, plus 10 others

DTG-8 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		â€˜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	ITV_waves
C22		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCB	BBCB
C23					SDN	SDN
C25		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C26					ArqA	ArqA
C28		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C29					ArqB
C30					_local	ArqB
C32		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves		com7
C35						com8
C41						_local
C55_{tv_off}						com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}						COM8_{tv_off}
C67			C5_waves	C5_waves

_{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

Sep 1961-Jun 1997	Grampian Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014	STV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

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MARTIN wylie
10:43 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 has been good.
a signal meter shows the signal varying from 100% to 0% . the signal level remains at 100%. There has been no issues over the past 7 years.

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Wendy
6:19 PM

Lost BBC one and two. Today. May 18 th
Tried retune. Still nothing. Please advise when it will be back

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StevensOnln1

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6:47 PM

Wendy: There is currently work listed for , unfortunately no completion date is given. Retuning was a bad idea as you may have deleted the tuning data for some or all of your which were already correctly tuned.

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Bill Tarling
11:14 AM
Peterhead

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Poor continues for the forth day!
Worse via my BT box.. Smart TV only signal levels improve but still disappear occasionally.
Slightly better today but still annoying to say the least.
NOT the only person affected either as my daughter who lives the other side of from me has similar issues.

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StevensOnln1

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12:12 PM

Bill Tarling: The post directly above yours indicates that there is planned engineering work taking place at this week. Unfortunately no completion date is given.

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Chris.SE

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2:06 PM

Bill Tarling:

You aren't predicted to get the best of for all multiplexes from and the planned won't when there's reduced or operation from the Reserve (lower on the ).

Which TV (or even the 's UHF channels) are you having particular problems with?
Does your set give % figures as well as Signal Strength figures for each multiplex's UHF channel?

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Duncan Riddell
11:26 PM

Have aeriel in in Portlethen and have carried out all above checks
Had regular TV issues so replaced TV.
Situation now worse on new OLED TV.
Replaced to 16way aerial but EVERY EVENING between 9pm and midnight approx the deteriorates till only blue screen for all terrestrials until you get to Thats TV (Aberdeen) where is perfect!!
Swopped out aerial cables on 16way amplifier but issue remains same each evening for months now....
Since replaced TV AGAIN and still issue happens nearly every evening.
Somtimes issue happens in morning too?
Spoke with neighbours and they too have issues in the evening if watching TV and also spoke with friends in Cove who face similar issue !!!!
Please please correct problem!

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Chris.SE

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3:32 AM

Duncan Riddell:

Hello Duncan. FYI This is an independent technical-site but just to clarify, there are currently no reported faults for and the isn't currently listed for Planned .

Regrettably, it's not a good idea to replace a TV just because you have problems, without getting your installation thoroughly checked out by a professional CAI approved installer who will have professional signal strength meters and spectrum analysers. Especially an installation that has an amp/splitter which can introduce all sorts of issues in the wrong conditions more so if you have no filters and an older aerial rather than a more recent Group K and can therefore readily receive interfering signals from a new/upgraded phone mast now using the band.

Your locale should not have any reception problems from Durris which should be excellent.
The fact that your neighbours are also having problems and that this has been going on for months suggests that you are all suffering from problems.
Your friends in Cove are likely to have a very similar problem.

You will likely find that you all should have received a postcard from Restore TV.
You can check by putting your postcodes in this website here -
https://restoretv.uk/postcards-not-sure/

Get in touch with Restore TV and request a FREE Filter. All filters should always be fitted between the aerial and ANY amplification. (As an aside, external amps need a waterproof filter fitted on the mast which Restore TV would fit for free in such cases).

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