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 04/11/2024 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 withheldFriday, 4 February 2011
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Gray2:54 PM
Kilmarnock
OK so now I have lost it.
I live in Kilmarnock, my Freeview box says that I am using the Central Scotland Transmitter, which when I search sends me to Black Hill.
however when I search for transmitter serving Kilmarnock I am told it is Darvel.
Still issue is that I am already experiencing broadcast freezing and will probably need an aerial upgrade.
Living in a block of flats an external areal is not exactly the best choice for me.
What type of indoor areal could I use/do I need based on following info: -
Live in Kilmarnock, approx 9 miles from Darvel Transmitter.
(Freeview says central Scotland)
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Saturday, 5 February 2011
Grey: Before doing anything else I would do this My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice to clear out all the old transmitter names from your system.
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Sunday, 27 March 2011
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liam boyle6:22 PM
I stay in Dalry, Ayrshire, have just bought a TRI-FOLD 43 Element HIGH-GAIN Digital TV Aerial, I have mounted it on the side of my house, approx 25ft up. Traced brand new coaxel cabel into my bedroom, When I scan for channels I get 80+, however I am missing STV(channel 3) channel four and channel 5???
BBC 1 and 2 are crystal clear pictures, E4 picture is pixelating, not even watchable to be honest.
Ive been googling it for days trying to find a reason and have just come across this site.
Anyone got any ideas/solutions??
thanks in advance.
Liam.
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KMJ,Derby7:53 PM
liam boyle: Careful repositioning/relocating of the aerial might provide an improvement to the reception of Mux2. However with switchover due to complete on 25th May 2011 you might prefer to wait and see before adjusting the aerial..The signal for Mux D3+4 will be five times stronger than that of the present Mux2.
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yip think thats what im going to do, I spoke to some woman from the digital switchover helpline and she said just wait until May 25 coz I will prob get all the channels, thing that I didnt understand was as I stated I bought this new aerial, £50 worth from Maplin, all singing all dancing and dont get all channels yet the guy staying in building next to me bought a £20 aerial from a large DIY retailer and put in in his loft, plugged it into a freeview box and get channel3, channel 4 and CH5 on freeview.
Seems strange to me??
Liam
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011
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Rick In West Sussex2:46 PM
Liam Boyle:
There used to be a good curry house in Dalry! That tri-fold aerial is wide-band and hence is not best suited for Darvel as its response is not so good at the lower end of the band. You should have been advised to buy a 16 or 18 element Group A aerial, which would likely yield 4-6dB more signal (6dB is four times as much!) It would have been cheaper, less obtrusive and less likely to come down in the first gale.
KMJ is right, the situation will probably improve after switchover.
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011
liam boyle: It is quite possible you have too much signal, and should have used a smaller aerial. You may have to fit an attenuator.
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Thursday, 31 March 2011
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liam boyle7:02 PM
Cheers for the help guys, I really know nothing about aerial, as im sure youve guessed, I just assumed the bigger the better lol
Ive only stay here 4 years Rick, what was it called?
Liam
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011
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Declan1:54 AM
Ayr
now im only getting bbc channels. Only channels on PSB1. Is this due to the engineering work? Or is this because of the switchover?
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Karen2:03 AM
Kilmarnock
lost all freeview channels and STV and channels 4 &5. Have tried retuning to no avail. Is this because the switch over?
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