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

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

55.579,-4.291 or 55°34'45"N 4°17'26"W

KA16 9LS

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 18/09/2023 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, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 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! Movies Action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 69 HorrorXtra, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 16 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C34 (578.0MHz)	446m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 71 That's 60s, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 70s, 233 Sky News, plus 9 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! romance, 73 HobbyMaker, 76 That's 80s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 90 Together TV +1, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 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

Comments

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

Gillian
3:17 PM
Ayr

Hello,

Since 8th June 2019, I've been unable to pick up BBC4 HD (Channel 106) on any equipment in the house. I have an HD enabled television (and dual HD tuner on the HDD recorder). No other have been affected and I can pick up the full range, as before. I have retuned each day (at different times) but to no avail. Does anyone know if the introduction of the new BBC Scotland HD channel has had an effect on signals, or if the is no longer transmitting BBC4 HD? This is one of the channels I watch the most and the /sound of arts programmes aren't quite the same on the definition channel (82). I have relatives a few streets away who also suffer with a weak/ on 106, and also have to switch to ch82.

I would be much obliged if anyone has any information.

Thank you very much,

Gillian, Ayr, KA7 3JS

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9:48 PM

Gillian:

To get all tne from the , you need to use a aerial. If you have not got one then you need to have one fitted as the older aerials will not get the COM7 or COM8 . If you do n ot hace or you should contact at Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview They may well offer to fit a new aerial for you free of charge.

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Friday, 5 July 2019

Transmitter engineering

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5:08 AM

- : BBC TV Off Air from 23:47 yesterday to 23:48 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:47 yesterday to 23:48 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 6 July 2019

Transmitter engineering

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5:08 AM

- : BBC TV Off Air from 23:47 on 04 Jul to 23:48 on 04 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:47 on 04 Jul to 23:48 on 04 Jul. [BBC]

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Friday, 9 August 2019

Transmitter engineering

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5:08 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:04 today to 15:05 today. [BBC]

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Saturday, 10 August 2019

Transmitter engineering

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5:08 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:04 yesterday to 15:05 yesterday. [BBC]

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Sunday, 11 August 2019

Transmitter engineering

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5:08 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:04 on 09 Aug to 15:05 on 09 Aug. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 21 April 2020

Mark
7:50 AM

I live in Cumnock. Will I be able pick up the as long as I have an .

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1:54 PM

Mark:

Possibly, but it may depend on your precise location. If you look at the coverage map at the top of the page, parts of Cumnock may not be covered due to the topography and you may only be able to get the Local at . To see what the Detailed Coverage Checker gives for the predicted at your location, we'll need a full postcode.

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Tuesday, 16 March 2021

John McCallum
11:07 PM

I only receive a limited number of free view from . How can I get full free view
Programs using an

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