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 04/11/2024 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 withheldFriday, 27 May 2011
Gladys Lindum: Not sure why you are posting this on a Scottish transmitter 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
4:15 PM
Darvel...HD signal from 3am till 2pm was flawless!? (Environmental: constant wind and periodic drizzle,no change! with great reception!) 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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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
5:16 PM
i just did, there's nothing else on. also all cables are seperate. the 0 signal to full signal leans me towards either windfarm turbines or transmitter signal problems? have already been through the turbine,amplifier,cable,attenuator thing at my last address, they changed the ariel. but at that point had no freeview HD, it's not the same this time, all the other muxes are high flawless signal.
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Ralph Wilson5:52 PM
Thanks for your advice. Today BBC1 and 2 are working fine, without me having done anything. I did discuss amplifiers with the aerial installer last year as he was worried that he had split the aerial output 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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Monday, 30 May 2011
David B, Same problem here. HD is there one minute with great signal, gone the next.
I am gonna see if I can get a more reliable signal from Black Hill after it goes DSO.
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
David: There is no need to wait for Black Hill to switchover, it already broadcasts Freeview HD and you will receive a full service from it today.
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Saturday, 4 June 2011
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Tom Cromack5:56 PM
Isle Of Bute
Location PA20 9NW
Before switchover all freeview stations perfect. Since switch over COM5 ArqA stations show severe interference.
Using LG LCD TV and large outside antenna.
Have tried re-orienting antenna but no inproved position could be found.
Please explain what changes have been made since switch over to degrade signal, and any suggestions for improvement.
Thank you
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Tom's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 5 June 2011
Tom Cromack: Your signal is probably overloading.
If you have an amplifier or booster, remove it from your system.
If you have still too much signal, fit an attenuator, they cost about a fiver.
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Tuesday, 7 June 2011
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Richard10:08 PM
Erskine
Hello Brian,
Can you help I wonder. Located in Erskine and using the Blackhill transmitter. I have an external Labgear log periodic TV antenna, thus am I correct in assuming it is wideband and OK for Freeview ? It has a masthead amplifier. I can receive all Freeview channels on my LG TV (Freeview built in) but reported signal strengths nothing much above 50-60%. Bought a Philips Freeview HD box at the weekend and the main Freeview channels are OK,(BBC1, BBC2 ITV etc) but others are not too good with HD channels being virtually unwatchable. (I connected the TV antenna directly to the new Philips box to make sure I wasn't loosing the signal between the TV and another Toshiba Freeview box which is in use and which displays all Freeview channels OK) but to no avail. Channel 22 for instance, displays perfectly on the LG TV (even though the TV says the signal on that channel is not good)and via the Toshiba Freeview box, but not via the Philips HD box. I am beginning to think that the Philips box is actually faulty. Could this be the case, or is there something I'm missing ? Why do I have two Freeview boxes on the same installation I hear you ask. They both have different facilities. But they should both work for recording purposes and either (if fed with the same antenna) should display the same quality of picture and sound ? (I think I've convinced myself that the Philips box is faulty and should go back !!
Thanks,
Richard
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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