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 02/10/2023 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 withheldFriday, 19 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:16 on 17 Jun to 12:36 on 17 Jun. [BBC]
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Monday, 3 August 2015
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Robert Hill11:21 AM
Peterhead
We live at New Hobshill Hatton, AB42 0QT, observed to be in a green area on your map. We have three Freeview TV's that receive programs, but two of them increasingly have blank dialogue boxes when being asked to provide program details on request in the channel list. When the progs are running, the reception is excellent, no transmission breaks or poor sound. What is the cause of the program details lists being blank? Please advise...
Thanks Robert Hill (07768 023333)
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Robert's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
6:44 AM
6:44 AM
DURRIS transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Thursday, 10 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
DURRIS transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Wednesday, 30 September 2015
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Hilary Walters8:02 PM
Peterhead
AB42 4HQ the only channel we can receive is channel 5, it's not just us but our neighbours are having the same problem. The screen goes blocky and the the message weak signal appears on the screen.
Hilary Walters
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MikeB10:17 PM
Macclesfield
Hilary Walters: There does not appear to be any faults with the Durris transmitter reported. Are you and your neighbours in a block of flats? If so, then there is likely to be a problem with your buildings system.
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Thursday, 1 October 2015
AB53 6YT area and the last few days we are having intermittent signal on ALL channels?
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robert wilson7:09 PM
Fraserburgh
Peterhead/Strichen area is currently having intermittent signal and loosing channels. 2 properties in Craigewan Crescent, Peterhead (AB42 1HL). 1 in Strichen around Mormond Place (AB43 6TY) all tuned to Durris...
These have now tuned through free sat or sky and cannot use the digital aerial installed.
How many others are affected... getting worse since last 2 days and today....
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Jonathan Gordon11:41 PM
Aberdeen
C29 very v/weak/unwatchable ,C33 good , C26 v/weak , C23 v/weak , C25 weak, C28 v/weak, C22 v/weak/unwatchable , C32 zip does not scan. AB24 2BE.
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Friday, 2 October 2015
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Jonathan Gordon12:34 AM
Edit above^^^,don't know where i got C33 from? C35 zip.
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