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?

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, 2 December 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:13 AM
2:13 AM
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal; DSO related from 14:02 yesterday to 14:40 yesterday, HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal; DSO related from 14:48 yesterday to 15:14 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:15 AM
2:15 AM
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal; DSO related from 14:02 yesterday to 14:40 yesterday, HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal; DSO related from 14:48 yesterday to 15:14 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 December 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:11 AM
2:11 AM
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal; DSO related from 14:02 yesterday to 14:40 yesterday, HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal; DSO related from 14:48 yesterday to 15:14 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 26 December 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:09 AM
2:09 AM
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal; DSO related from 14:02 yesterday to 14:40 yesterday, HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal; DSO related from 14:48 yesterday to 15:14 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 5 July 2021
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Alan Booth12:14 PM
Why can't the Rosehearty transmitter only have limited channels, while in Aberdeen they have such a large choice of viewing. I feel that we are been discriminated against by not recognised as a free view customer. I would like to get a response back to me explaining, I do not have sky only terrestrial aerial pointing to Rosehearty.
I live in Memsie AB437AN,.
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StevensOnln11:59 PM
Alan Booth: Rosehearty is a lite transmitter covering only a few thousand homes, the commercial operators don't think the cost of providing additional multiplexes from a transmitter with such a low number of viewers is worthwhile. The Durris transmitter covering Aberdeen serves over 180,000 homes and therefore has enough viewers it to be profitable for the commercial broadcasters to make their channels available there. If you want more channels, look at getting Freesat.
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Friday, 9 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:46 AM
11:46 AM
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:47 PM
2:47 PM
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Tuesday, 5 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:44 PM
2:44 PM
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/10/2021 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 29 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:46 PM
2:46 PM
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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