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 27/11/2023 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, 17 June 2011
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:18 on 15 Jun to 01:19 on 15 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:18 on 15 Jun to 01:19 on 15 Jun [BBC]
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DURRIS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:18 on 15 Jun to 01:19 on 15 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:18 on 15 Jun to 01:19 on 15 Jun [BBC]
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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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Monday, 20 June 2011
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Alan7:33 AM
Since 15th June I have also lost most of my channels. We live in Huntly and can now only get the two multiplexes delivering the BBC and ITV channels. When is this going to be sorted out?
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KMJ,Derby8:11 AM
Alan: The COM muxes changed frequency and increased power on 15th June 2011. Do a factory reset to clear the channel list then rescan for channels.
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KMJ,Derby8:27 AM
Alan: Further to the above post It is likely that a channel clash is occurring with the PSB channels from Knock More. What is your postcode so a check can be made for reception from Knock More?
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Alan8:49 AM
Huntly
KMJ,
I have previously cleared the channels by doing a scan with the ariel disconnected but it didn't help. My post code is AB54 8FA.
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Alan's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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