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 04/11/2024 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 withheldMonday, 30 May 2011
Grahame: Nothing has changed and will not change until 15th June 2011.
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Doug6:40 PM
Aberdeen
Grahame - about 4 or 5 weeks ago (and for the first time since the conclusion of Durris switchover) I also started to be able to pick up viewable signals from channels 51 & 52. Quality is great during the day through to mid evening and then starts to deteriorate. Only get a minor sniff at channel 41. Nothing changed in my equipment or set up and, like you, assumed some work had started early on transmitter. I guess Brian's response shows us both to be wrong - so why is it happening?
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Doug's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Doug: It could just be the effect of other distant transmitters switching over and reducing their interference on your reception.
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Sunday, 5 June 2011
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Isla10:45 PM
Aberdeen
Neither of the tv's in my house are getting any sound on BBC channels from this afternoon onwards. They both have independent aerials and all the other TV channels seem to be functioning normally. I've retuned a couple of times but still no sound :-(
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Jon10:55 PM
Aberdeen
Is anyone else having problems with the BBC channels started 5/6/11.On TV free view sound out of sync and on sag-em recorder picture stopping and starting no sound gaps?
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Monday, 6 June 2011
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Michael7:36 AM
Isla in Aberdeen.
I am havign similar probs - sound out of sync with vision. One TV doesn't get BBC channels any more. One TV has a stutter on BBC. All the other channels seem fine. I live just North of Aberdeen
Regards
Michael
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Neil7:45 AM
Also having the same problem with all bbc channels. We are in Cove Bay. Still like this this morning. What is the problem?
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Pete7:54 AM
Westhill
We have lost all BBC channels on all our freeview tuners in the computers. I note that BBC HD was due to switch to S2 this morning... any link to loss of channels?
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Tom8:04 AM
Same symptoms here in Westhill, started yesterday evening on BBC channels only, blocky picture and sound. Signal strength showing good.
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Ian Dyga8:08 AM
Fraserburgh
I live in Fraserburgh and use the Durris transmitter.
One tv gets no sound from bbc1 or bbc2 while the other tv gets sound. This started sometime on Sunday 5th June.
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