Full Freeview on the Darvel (East Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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?
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 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 withheldSaturday, 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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Monday, 21 February 2011
DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 21:34 today [BBC]
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DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 21:34 today [BBC]
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DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:34 today [BBC]
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DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:34 today [BBC]
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DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:34 yesterday to 06:54 today [BBC]
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DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:34 yesterday to 06:54 today [BBC]
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DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 21:34 yesterday to 06:53 today [BBC]
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DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 21:34 yesterday to 06:53 today [BBC]
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Tuesday, 22 February 2011
DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 21:34 on 20 Feb to 06:54 yesterday [BBC]
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