Full Freeview on the Darvel (East Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Darvel (East Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter which serves 150,000 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 Darvel (East Ayrshire, Scotland) mast?
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 7 Jun 10:51 until 7 Jun 15:10. . FM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 7 Jun 15:10 until 7 Jun 15:31. . 
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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 Darvel 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 Darvel transmitter?
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 31km north (1°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
STV News 1.3m homes 4.8%
from Glasgow G51 1PQ, 31km north (2°)
to STV Central (Glasgow) region - 94 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Craigie Gardens | Transposer | 1 homes 90 caravans | |
| Inversnaid | Active deflector | 35 km N Dumbarton | 8 homes Hotel caravan park |
How will the Darvel (East Ayrshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Sep 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | |||||
| C22 | -BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | SDN | |||||
| C25 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ArqA | |||||
| C28 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ArqB | |||||
| C30 | _local | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | ||||||||
| C32 | SDN | ||||||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C34 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | ArqB | ||||||
| C37 | com8 | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
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 11 May 11 and 25 May 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| com8 | (-10.9dB) 8.19kW | |
| com7 | (-11.2dB) 7.5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-14dB) 4kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 2kW |
Local transmitter maps
Darvel Freeview Darvel DAB Darvel TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Glasgow micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Darvel transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 28 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 13:43 yesterday to 23:43 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 2 October 2017
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Euan Ferguson12:49 PM
can you advise when the barassie area of troon will be able to receive more freeview channels than at present time. having to use bt and sky to ensure a range of programmes available.
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StevensOnln12:50 PM
Euan Ferguson: There are no plans to add any further multiplexes to any transmitters. The commercial broadcasters were given the opportunity to add their channels to additional transmitters when digital switchover completed back in 2012 but declined to do so, probably because they didn't think the additional costs involved would bring a worthwhile return on investment.
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Tuesday, 24 October 2017
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Steven8:01 PM
What is the best TYPE of aerial to use for the Darvel transmitter from Troon?
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StevensOnln19:05 PM
Steven: Please provide a full postcode so that we can access the coverage prediction for your location.
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Wednesday, 25 October 2017
MikeP
2:49 PM
2:49 PM
Steven:
The best type of aerail these days is a log-periodic type. That will allow you to receive all the available service now and in the futurs. As StevensOnln1 says, we need a full post code to check which transmitter(s) offer the best reception at your location. With that information we can advise on what size of log-periodic aerial will provide the best solution as several are available with a different gain by design.
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Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:05 today to 08:23 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:05 yesterday to 08:23 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:05 on 12 Dec to 08:23 on 12 Dec. [BBC]
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Sunday, 24 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:09 PM
11:09 PM
DARVEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:48 today to 20:49 today. [BBC]
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