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 11/11/2024 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 withheldTuesday, 24 October 2017
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Steven8:01 PM
What is the best TYPE of aerial to use for the Darvel transmitter from Troon?
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StevensOnln19:05 PM
Steven: Please provide a full postcode so that we can access the coverage prediction for your location.
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Wednesday, 25 October 2017
MikeP
2:49 PM
2:49 PM
Steven:
The best type of aerail these days is a log-periodic type. That will allow you to receive all the available service now and in the futurs. As StevensOnln1 says, we need a full post code to check which transmitter(s) offer the best reception at your location. With that information we can advise on what size of log-periodic aerial will provide the best solution as several are available with a different gain by design.
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Tuesday, 6 March 2018
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R HUnter5:32 PM
Troon
Is there a problem with Darvel com8 (channel 37)?
My TV picks up all 9 Darvel multiplexes but does not recognise channel 37 as a TV signal.
I have a good outdoor aerial. Postcode KA10 6TE
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R's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
MikeP
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
R Hunter:
The change of frequency for COM8 appears to be due today sometime. Wait until tomorrow and then manuall tune to Channel 37.
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Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Lost TV sinal at about midnight. IS THIS THE DARVEL TRANSMITTER PLEASE?
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StevensOnln110:19 AM
Murdoch MacDonald: There was engineering work carried out at Darvel overnight involving frequency changes. You will need to retune to restore any missing channels.
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Will S6:16 PM
I am served by Darvel and did the retune today. I have lost com7 which I see is the lowest power multiplex (7.5kW) moved from channel 31 to 55. I have an xbeam plus preamp in the attic. Assume it's a group A antenna and I see from the engineering info here that a new group T antenna is required. I assume this is the problem.
But the big question is why has this not been explained to the public in advance? I know many other Transmitter areas moved to wide band antennae at the digital switch over. May be wrong but I think Darvel remained on group A.
If I want BBCnews24HD 4+1HD etc. again I'll have to get a new antenna and so will all the other people in my area that have this problem.
Tried calling the Freeview helpline and they knew nothing about this antenna group change.
Not impressed.
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I have lost forces tv and free sports since yesterday
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StevensOnln111:19 PM
stephen connolly: Have you retuned since the frequency changes early this morning?
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