Freeview Light on the Durness (Highland, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Durness (Highland, Scotland) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Durness (Highland, Scotland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Durness (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Durness 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 | V max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 73m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 73m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 STV (SD) (STV North (Aberdeen 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 | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 73m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Durness (Highland, Scotland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Durness transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 303km south (177°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 224km southeast (136°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
How will the Durness (Highland, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 23 Aug 2017 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
| C60tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 2 Jun 10 and 16 Jun 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 7W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-5.4dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Saturday, 9 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:43 AM
8:43 AM
DURNESS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 9 Oct 06:33 until 9 Oct 06:38. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
DURNESS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Jan 07:58. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
DURNESS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Jan 07:58 until 25 Jan 13:30. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 12 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
DURNESS transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Feb 17:31 until 12 Feb 17:34. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 April 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:09 AM
10:09 AM
DURNESS transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Apr 08:02. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:09 PM
1:09 PM
DURNESS transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Apr 08:02 until 20 Apr 09:07. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:09 PM
10:09 PM
DURNESS transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Apr 22:06. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Apr 08:02 until 20 Apr 09:07. . [BBC]
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Friday, 21 April 2023
Transmitter engineering
7:09 AM
7:09 AM
DURNESS transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 21 Apr 06:56. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Apr 22:06 until 21 Apr 05:56. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Apr 08:02 until 20 Apr 0 [BBC]
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Monday, 15 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:09 AM
10:09 AM
DURNESS transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 15 May 08:44 until 15 May 08:50. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:20 PM
7:20 PM
DURNESS transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 15 May 19:03. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 15 May 08:44 until 15 May 08:50. . [BBC]
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