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 withheldWednesday, 25 May 2011
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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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Karen's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
david b
2:45 AM
Glasgow
2:45 AM
Glasgow
as above, only getting bbc channels.. (channel 22) have tried manual tune, tv reset, and retune (unplugged) still only bbc?? 22 at 100% signal.. will this be fixed? and how long?
thank you
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david b
3:29 AM
Glasgow
3:29 AM
Glasgow
now all standard channels working ok.. hd channels (all 4)can be manually tuned but signal at 100% and quality 25-60 + keeps jumping from 0-100% signal? will this be fixed soon?
thank you
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david's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Declan/Karen/declan b: You are experiencing the switchover. Please do a first time installation after 6am.
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david b: If you have a signal that shows as 100%, then it is too strong. If you have any amplifiers or boosters, remove them from your system.
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I live in Glasgow City Centre, nr Charing Cross. Area is notorious for poor reception - I think Garnethill blocks the Blackhill signal. Hence my (wideband tri-boom) aerial, which was fitted before I moved in, points south to Darvel. I have a mast head amplifier attached (although it is in the loft not at the aerial itself).
BBC freeview channels were fine, but STV was unwatchable. Analogue was awful.
Have noticed a massive improvement in STV on Ch 23 after DSO today. Signal strength wavers between 40 and 50%, but quality is pushing 100% according to telly menu.
No signal on Ch 26, 28, 29 though - so no Sky News or HD channels!
Any advice?
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Oops. Misspelled my twitter name in last post!
BTW signal quality is variable amongst channels - why is this if they all broadcast at one of two power levels?
Ch Strgth% Qual%
22 40-50 100 BBCA
23 20-25 85-100 SDN
25 35 100 3+4
26 0-20 zero ArqA
28 zero zero BBCB
29 30 1 ArqB
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KarenC5:39 PM
Thanks Briantist for you information, I had no channels apart from bbc and was almost pulling my hair out till I did another first time set up.. Now I have them all back! Thanks again! :)
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Longshanker10:40 PM
Kilmarnock
Thankyou Briantist regarding advice on strength of signal [ If you have a signal that shows as 100%, then it is too strong. ] Turned amplifier down on my indoor aerial and after a quick retune I have all my channels back. Thanks again.
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Thursday, 26 May 2011
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CharlieB6:50 AM
We are in a fairly remote location but were previously able to receive nearly all digital channels plus fairly poor quality analogue. Since yesterday's switchover we only get C26 & C29 (ArqA & ArqB) despite following initial install instructions.
Are transmissions still on low power, or do we have a problem? Ta.
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