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.
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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 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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-reporting-scotland.jpg)
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 173km southwest (224°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/stv-aberdeen.jpg)
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 withheldFriday, 28 October 2011
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 10:02 today [BBC]
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Saturday, 29 October 2011
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 10:02 yesterday [BBC]
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DURRIS transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 10:02 yesterday [BBC]
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Sunday, 30 October 2011
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 10:02 on 28 Oct [BBC]
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DURRIS transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 10:02 on 28 Oct [BBC]
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Monday, 31 October 2011
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 10:02 on 28 Oct to 10:17 on 28 Oct [BBC]
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DURRIS transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 10:02 on 28 Oct to 10:17 on 28 Oct [BBC]
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Ian Stables11:39 AM
My Freeview TV has been going off quite often
and a notice appears on screen that there is no signal.
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Tuesday, 1 November 2011
M
Meconi10:11 AM
Aberdeen
Can you please advise. AB15 9SE - Village Mews - have have been experiencing "no signal" status intermittently (but for long periods) for the past week or so. Those with Sky are OK. Is there any works being carried out at the Durris transmitter that would be causing this? Many thanks
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