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 withheldSunday, 27 August 2017
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Jonathan Gordon12:09 PM
Aberdeen
Ab24 2be I still have tv's & boxes not re-tuned still rubbish all channels.As know one else seems to be having problems & can't find any hardware faults there was a new 4g mast built earlier in the year pretty close to me.There were engineers at it mid week,maybe it wan't on till now/not working?I do have a 4g filter 'ANTSIG' 'AP140GB' as lots of 4g here.Tried 'at800' to see if i could find any info but there stock line is very unlikely to be 4g!
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Jonathan's: ...
Monday, 28 August 2017
MikeP
10:23 AM
10:23 AM
Jonathon Gordon:
The problem must be with your equipment, especially if no one else is having the problem. You should be getting good reception from the Durris transmitter, so check what channels your equipment is tuned to, the channels used are listed at Coverage Checker - Detailed View While doing that you should also check what the reported signal strengths are for each channel, that needs to be between 60% and 85% for HD channels and between 50% and 85% for SD channels. Anything more will cause the break up you report, likewise anything less will cause the same problem.
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Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
DURRIS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:05 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:32 PM
8:32 PM
DURRIS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:05 today to 11:49 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
DURRIS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:05 yesterday to 11:49 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 21 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
DURRIS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 11:05 on 19 Sep to 11:49 on 19 Sep. [BBC]
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Friday, 27 October 2017
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June3:13 PM
Despite retuning myHumax Freeview box
Back to factory settings I am still not receiving STV2?
I can see the mast from my house in Banchory!
Is it not possible to get the new channel here?
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StevensOnln13:24 PM
June: STV2 is carried on the local multiplex, which is broadcast directionally towards Aberdeen. If you provide a full postcode, the coverage checker will show whether STV2 is predicted to be receivable at your location.
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Wednesday, 15 November 2017
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OlsB4:13 PM
Turriff
I've lost everything on Channel 32 at AB53 6TW, it's always been the weaker channel but now suddenly have no signal at all showing on any of my TV Sets or Freeview Boxes, I also have another completely separate setup in my Summerhouse, aerial and tv and Channel 32 also shows no signal on that setup. Has something changed with recently?
TIA
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OlsB's: mapO's Freeview map terrainO's terrain plot wavesO's frequency data O's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 16 November 2017
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OlsB4:57 PM
To add to my previous post, I've since learn't that the rest of my village/area are experiencing the same issue, C32 Signal has vanished!
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