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 withheldMonday, 25 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:48 yesterday to 20:49 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 26 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:48 on 24 Dec to 20:49 on 24 Dec. [BBC]
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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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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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Sunday, 22 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:47 yesterday to 22:51 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 23 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:47 on 21 Apr to 22:51 on 21 Apr. [BBC]
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Friday, 10 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 PM
6:07 PM
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 today to 01:11 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 today to 01:23 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 today to 01:43 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:07 PM
9:07 PM
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 today to 01:43 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 today to 01:23 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 today to 01:11 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 11 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:07 AM
12:07 AM
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 today to 01:23 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 today to 01:43 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 today to 01:11 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 yesterday to 01:11 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 yesterday to 01:23 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 yesterday to 01:43 yesterday. [BBC]
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