Full Freeview on the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 180,000 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 Durris (Aberdeenshire, 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 Durris 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 Durris transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 173km southwest (224°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 0.4m homes 1.5%
from Aberdeen AB12 3QH, 23km northeast (52°)
to STV North (Aberdeen) region - 76 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Aberdeen (old Town) | Transposer | 2 km N city centre | 837 homes (dealer estimate) |
| Aberdeen-talisman | Transposer | 1 km SW city centre | 100 homes |
| Fyvie | Active deflector | 37 km NW Aberdeen | 10 homes Hotel |
| Glen Tanar | Active deflector | 11 km E Ballater | 13 homes |
| Glenlivet | Transposer | 15 km E Grantown-on- Spey | 70 homes School |
| Haughton House C/p | Transposer | 1 km N Aford Aberdeenshire | 1 homes 150 caravans |
| Oyne | Active deflector | 33 km NW Aberdeen | 11 homes |
| Strathdon A | Transposer | 60 km W Aberdeen | 25 homes |
| Strathdon B | Transposer | 25 homes | |
| Strathdon C | Transposer | ‘appreciable population' | |
| Strathdon D | Active deflector | ||
| Strathdon E | Active deflector | ||
| Strathdon F | Active deflector |
How will the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1961-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 3 Oct 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | W | W | A K T | W T | ||||
| C9 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C23 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C26 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C30 | _local | ArqB | |||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | com7 | |||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C41 | _local | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
| C67 | C5waves | C5waves |
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 1 Sep 10 and 15 Sep 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| Analogue 5, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A* | (-14dB) 20kW | |
| com7, com8 | (-15.4dB) 14.5kW | |
| Mux B* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 5kW |
Local transmitter maps
Durris Freeview Durris TV region BBC Scotland STV North (Aberdeen micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Durris transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 1 November 2011
Meconi: there was 15 minutes of low signal on the HD multiplex this week, but no other transmission problems.
Can you please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Wednesday, 2 November 2011
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Graham8:13 AM
Aberdeen
I live at AB23 8SY postcode, Balmedie. I have had off and on issues since switchover last year. At the moment, built in freeview box in my Panasonic Viera is giving very scrappy results on most channels (Mux 2 and A seem worst) - Mux 1 seems only good selection. Picture improves when I switch to watch via my old Thomson Top UP TV box. I see there was engineering work at Durris at the weekend but if that has now stopped I'm still getting poor results. My external roof mounted aerial is 2004 model (as are all the connectors etc) but I have the feeling that if I spend cash on upgrades I'll still get poor results - should I give up and just get Sky? All the usual factory resets, induction/mobile phone interference checks make no difference. Any thoughts please..?
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jb381:13 PM
Graham: Considering the power of the transmitters and the distance from (22mls) I feel that there must be some issue concerning you local terrain that's causing you problems, as although the main BBC1 / ITV1 / HD service is indicated as being good, this is indicated to a lesser extent for the other three Muxes, ArqA/Mux Ch26 indicating variable, and which still remains the case at November 2012, the two other Muxes SDN/Mux Ch23 and ArqB/Mux Ch29 having joined this state in September 2012.
So even although experimenting with aerial positions etc can nearly always bring improvements to most installations, but as the forecast is downwards as far as these three are concerned I wouldn't really hesitate in opting for Freesat, as that mode of reception is about the next best thing to having a wired connection direct to the actual station.
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Tuesday, 22 November 2011
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Will2:35 PM
Graham: There are hills to the south-west (in fact, there are hills to the west in general) of Balmedie which do seem to be between you and the Durris transmitter. The trees which are there to provide a sound barrier between Balmedie and the bypass to the west probably aren't helping either.
As jb38 says, the terrain is the likely cause of your problems.
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Saturday, 26 November 2011
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Frances6:28 PM
Stonehaven
I have either data service or a badly pixelated picture with no sound on most of my channels except itv 1 & 2, c4 & c5. sky news says weak or no signal. I had a brand new ariel fitted on Wednesday at a cost of £165. Its in the loft. Do I need to get the guy back to put it on the roof or is this just a hazard of bad weather it is fairly windy. thanks for your help.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Frances: You should have perfect reception, so yes, the aerial should be on the roof.
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Saturday, 4 February 2012
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Diana Daly11:46 AM
We live in Milltimber, about 8 miles NE of the Durris mast and in clear, uninterrupted line of sight. The digital BBC programmes on the family room TV are all scrambled into channels in the 800s (eg. BBC1 = 815, BBC2 = 818, CBBC = 821, etc), whereas on our sitting room TV, which shares the same aerial in the loft, they're all normal, as is Mum's TV in the annexe (separate aerial).
The family room TV used to be in the sitting room and worked normally there, as did the previous TV with digibox in the family room for a while until about the time of the final analogue switch-off. Can you explain this and suggest a solution?
Not only have we reset the digibox Freeview tuning repeatedly, but we even bought a new one, with the same result. We've learned to live with it, though it is very confusing for guests and questionable for grandchildren looking for CBBC in proximity to the adult channels!
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Diana Daly: Finding services in the 800s is usually as a result of more than one transmitter being picked up. So BBC One from one transmitter will go in number 1 and the other will be put in the 800s. However, (based on the output of Digital UK predictor), I'm not convinced that this is the case here.
The most striking thing is the close proximity to the transmitter. The poor reception on BBC might be as a result of too much signal. See here for an explanation:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
Try using the other aerial. Having got the TV/box tuned in correctly, if you connect it up to the other aerial and find reception is poor, don't retune because this proves that it is an aerial problem. By problem I suggest that it is too higher signal level, and therefore requires attenuation.
You say that the family room and sitting room use the same aerial. If the signal is split with a powered booster/amplifier, replace it with an unpowered splitter.
An amplifier makes the signal bigger, whereas an attenuator makes it smaller. There's little point in having both because one acts to cancel the other out. You may find that an unpowered splitter brings the signal level down far enough to be within that which your TV/box will function satisfactorily.
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Monday, 6 February 2012
DURRIS transmitter - Over the next week Durris main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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DURRIS transmitter - Over the next week Durris main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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