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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) mast?
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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 withheldSunday, 30 September 2018
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Gary Duthie8:46 PM
Fraserburgh
Hi, Can anyone explain why the Rosehearty transmitter on has a fraction of the channels that the Durris transmitter has. I know that Durris is the main one and Rosehearty is a relay, but would just like to know why we in the Fraserburgh area have far less freeview channels.
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Gary's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln111:10 PM
Gary Duthie: Because Rosehearty only serves a few thousand homes and therefore the commercial broadcasters don't think they would get enough extra viewers to make a worthwhile return on the costs of providing their channels. There are over 1,100+ transmitters to cover 99.5% of UK housholds and the commercial broadcasters can reach over 90% of them by broadcasting their channels from 80 or so main transmitters. The vast majority of Freeview channels are also available on Freesat if you want more channels and are unable to receive them from Durris.
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Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 today to 02:33 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 today to 02:33 today. [BBC]
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StevensOnln110:08 AM
J Chapman: There was engineering work taking place overnight. You may need to retune to restore your channels if any are missing, as some services have now changed frequency.
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Thursday, 4 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 yesterday to 02:33 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 yesterday to 02:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 5 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 on 03 Oct to 02:33 on 03 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 on 03 Oct to 02:33 on 03 Oct. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 16 October 2018
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Douglas Gove1:45 PM
Transmitter engineering: Sirs, since the engineering work on the Durris Trasmitter I have not been able to receive ANY t v channels excepting those received via by B T Box. I have tried to re tune, a procedure I am familiar with , but always see that there are no channels being received during and after this operation has been completed.
I continue to receive a screen message to say Weak or No Signal but I am convinced there is a strong signal available to my flat. This is because I have another smaller set in my bedroom which takes its signal from the same arial socket and no other tenants in my block are having this problem.
Before the engineering work took place at Durris all channels worked well. I have been away for a while and have returned to exactly the same situation that prevailed before I went away.
Whist attempting to retune the auto tuning message on screen shows the green bar percentage increasing with time so I assume its trying to find channels but the end game is no channels received. Please help me overcome this problem as I am an OAP and need my television so much.
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StevensOnln13:38 PM
Douglas Gove: Do the missing channels return if you connect your TV to the aerial socket in the bedroom and retune? If they do, you should contact whoever is responsible for building maintenance and get them to send someone to check the aerial socket your TV is usually connected to.
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Wednesday, 31 October 2018
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Leigh Wilson5:54 PM
Montrose
Dear Sir,
I am a local councillor for the Mearns area. A number of residents have reported a recent loss of service to me following the recent work conducted, parimarily in the DD10 0SJ area. Returning has been advised but the problems have been persistent, including channel signal being very poor on the few returning channels.
Kindest Regards
Leigh
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Leigh's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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