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.
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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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 31km north (1°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/stv-glasgow.jpg)
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 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, 26 May 2011
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noel6:18 PM
Thanks Brian :) My TV card uses a configuration file to do a channels scan. I changed all the 2k transmission modes to 8k so the new file is as follows:
T 481833000 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM16 8k 1/32 NONE
T 505833000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE
T 561833000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE
T 529833000 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM16 8k 1/32 NONE
T 546167000 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM16 8k 1/32 NONE
T 578000000 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM16 8k 1/32 NONE
I immediately found all the BBC channels, but no others. If you can point me somewhere where I can find the rest of the technical info I need to create a proper post-switchover Darvel config that would be fantastic.
Noel
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noel: It is all listed at the top of the page.
All multiplexes are MHz 2/3 64QAM 8k 1/32 now, with the exception of the HD multiplex BBCB, which is 256QAM 2/3 32k, but you will need a DVB-T2 device to receive that.
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noel8:04 PM
Thanks again. In case anyone else is in the same boat, here's the final working config file. Note that I found PSB/BBCA on 481833000 not 482000000. The rest is the same as the info at the top of this page.
# UK, Darvel post switchover tuning info
# PSB1/BBCA
T 481833000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE
# PSB2/D3+4
T 506000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE
# PSB3/BBCB (HD channels require dvb-t2 tuner)
T 530000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE
# COM4/SDN
T 490000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE
# COM5/ArqA
T 514000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE
# COM6/ArqB
T 538000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE
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noel: Apologies, I had missed the "-" from the BBCA allocation, I have corrected the database.
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david b
8:22 PM
8:22 PM
Noel, thanks that kind of clears things up for me. i tune through tv so basic the only one that is off BBCA i still get 100% I've got everything except the HD channels,which you cleared up, problem still there but not the freq'...?
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Duncan9:22 PM
Hi there, retuned to Darvel digital today and went fine but no HD channels. Signal on all other channels fine except C28 (HD). Is HD being transmitted?
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Duncan: Yes, Freeview HD started broadcasting today. You will need a DVB-T2 (branded Freeview HD) set or box to watch the service, see What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Ralph Wilson10:02 PM
Dalry
Hi there,
successfully retuned Sony TV KDL-40EX703 (freesat HD included) after 25 May and was able to see all channels incl HD from the Darvel transmitter.
However today haven't been able to receive BBC1 and BBC2 on digital. Are there any outages?
Roof mounted aerial line of sight, installed 6 months ago, KA24 5LG
regards
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Ralph's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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