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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Darvel (East Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter._______
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 withheldMonday, 23 May 2011
DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:57 today to 09:13 today BBC ONE Off Air from 07:52 today to 07:57 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 09:17 today to 09:56 today [BBC]
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DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 09:17 today to 09:56 today BBC ONE Off Air from 07:52 today to 07:57 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:57 today to 09:13 today [BBC]
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DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 09:17 today to 09:56 today BBC ONE Off Air from 07:52 today to 07:57 today BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:57 today to 09:13 today [BBC]
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Tuesday, 24 May 2011
DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 07:52 yesterday to 07:57 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 09:17 yesterday to 09:56 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:57 yesterday to 09:13 yesterday [BBC]
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DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 07:52 yesterday to 07:57 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 09:17 yesterday to 09:56 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:57 yesterday to 09:13 yesterday [BBC]
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DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 09:17 yesterday to 09:56 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:57 yesterday to 09:13 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air from 07:52 yesterday to 07:57 yesterday [BBC]
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DARVEL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 09:17 yesterday to 09:56 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:57 yesterday to 09:13 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air from 07:52 yesterday to 07:57 yesterday [BBC]
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011
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Declan1:54 AM
Ayr
now im only getting bbc channels. Only channels on PSB1. Is this due to the engineering work? Or is this because of the switchover?
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Karen2:03 AM
Kilmarnock
lost all freeview channels and STV and channels 4 &5. Have tried retuning to no avail. Is this because the switch over?
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david b
2:45 AM
Glasgow
2:45 AM
Glasgow
as above, only getting bbc channels.. (channel 22) have tried manual tune, tv reset, and retune (unplugged) still only bbc?? 22 at 100% signal.. will this be fixed? and how long?
thank you
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