Full Freeview on the Darvel (East Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter

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

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55.579,-4.291 or 55°34'45"N 4°17'26"W

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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 04/12/2023 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 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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C22- (481.8MHz)	446m	DTG-	20,000W
	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)	446m	DTG-	20,000W
	3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow 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),
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C28 (530.0MHz)	446m	DTG-	20,000W
	46 5SELECT, 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, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C32 (562.0MHz)	446m	DTG-8	10,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 35 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C34 (578.0MHz)	446m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C35 (586.0MHz)	446m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 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 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	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	SDN
C25				D3+4	D3+4
C26	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	ArqA
C28				BBCB	BBCB
C29	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	ArqB
C30				_local
C31					com7
C32					SDN
C33	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
C34					ArqA
C35		C5_waves	C5_waves		ArqB
C37					com8
C55_{tv_off}					com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					COM8_{tv_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

Aug 1957-Jun 1997	Scottish 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. Darvel was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Briantist

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10:11 PM

Ralph Wilson: I would first try doing 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 .

You should have an excellent . I can't wondering if you now have too strong a signal. If you have any boosters or amplifiers, remove them from your system.

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Duncan
10:46 PM
Lochwinnoch

Duh! OK, just checked the Sony website; the KDL-32W5500 and it doesn't look like it has a tuner. numbers 49 - 69 missing on EPG which suggests that it doesn't. Ho hum....

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Duncan's: D's Freeview map D's terrain plot D's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage

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Gladys Lindum
11:22 PM
Crowborough

I live in TN6 1RH and have just retuned my Sony recorder but I am still getting blanks with . Hoped it would improve but it hasn't.

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Briantist

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3:15 PM

Duncan: All you need is a box connected to your TV using an HDMI .

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Briantist

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3:59 PM

Gladys Lindum: Not sure why you are posting this on a Scottish page...

Please can you see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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david b
4:15 PM

...HD from 3am till 2pm was flawless!? (Environmental: constant wind and periodic drizzle,no change! with great !) Since then it has completely gone? When not working most of the time it is either 100% or 0% it jumps between 0 and 100, no middle ground? Great for 11 hours, then nothing? Is there any work being carried out? Could it to be with the turbines? All previous suggestions have been followed.....

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Briantist

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4:56 PM

david b: I would look at Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for suggestions.

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david b
5:16 PM

i just did, there's nothing else on. also all cables are seperate. the 0 to full signal leans me towards either windfarm turbines or signal problems? have already been through the turbine,,,attenuator thing at my last address, they changed the ariel. but at that point had no , it's not the same this time, all the other muxes are high flawless signal.

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Ralph Wilson
5:52 PM

Thanks for your advice. Today BBC1 and 2 are working fine, without me having done anything. I did discuss amplifiers with the installer last year as he was worried that he had split the aerial to give two separate feeds, but he decided that it wasn't required.

This is a very useful website, I can only say thanks for all your hard work.

regards

Ralph

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David
1:30 PM
Glasgow

David B, Same problem here. HD is there one minute with great , gone the next.

I am gonna see if I can get a more reliable signal from after it goes .

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David's: D's Freeview map D's terrain plot D's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage

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