Full Freeview on the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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?
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 withheldMonday, 6 June 2011
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Ian Dyga6:08 PM
Fraserburgh
Everything working fine now. It was strange the small tv had sound while the big tv didn't. Both are Toshibas
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Briantist:I'll report the incident, cheers.
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Ian's: mapI's Freeview map terrainI's terrain plot wavesI's frequency data I's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
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Edith Walker7:30 AM
Have lost aerial in my freeview box - when i switched on this morning just after 6am I got about 2 mins of bbc news but since then I have nothing - I have tried to re-scan but there are no frequencies available and I can only watch recorded programmes - nothing in my library that isn't recorded. We did have thunder and lightening last night but I was watching TV during it and it was ok.
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Edith Walker: Can you please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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Roger Stansfield10:00 PM
I posted 27 October 2009 ( All posts by Roger Stansfield | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ) about a deterioration of digital signal from Durris. Now, after today's mini-switchover, everything is back fine and dandy, even from my original (and unchanged) roof aerial. I am pleased, of course, but I feel messed about because of the signal problems and all the propaganda about getting a new aerial.
Thank you for your interesting and very useful web site which has been outstanding compared with some of the "advice" doled out to us.
BBC radio (Freeview) is now transmitting captions that it it is no longer being transmitted but I believe we have BBC Alba TV as compensation!
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
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Pat4:05 PM
I live in Aberdeenshire and pick up my tv from the Durris transmitter. I watch ITV3 a lot but we were warned we would need to retune on 15/6/11 which I duly did and subsequently lost ITV3. Are you aware of any problems? I have tried to retune again today and still no luck. All the other channels seem ok.
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Saturday, 18 June 2011
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Will3:18 PM
Briantist: Apologies for making this really fussy point but the "More Info" box under the map at the top of this page says that a WH aerial is required. Shouldn't this now be an AH aerial following Wednesday's retune?
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Albert Alexander3:36 PM
Since Wednesday 15 we have lost most of our freeview channels. We have tried retuning with no success. Live in Aberchirder area. Signal from Durris mast. Can anyone help?
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Sunday, 19 June 2011
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Joe Wheeler11:01 PM
I have also been having trouble with most channels since the 15th of June, I presume it's something to do with the maintenance that has been happening but the signal is still poor.
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Andrew Marjoram11:37 PM
I live in Aberchirder area too and have lost Film4. Can anyone tell me how to get it back?
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