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 withheldTuesday, 23 August 2011
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Rod8:55 PM
Dundee
Anyone know what type of aerial I would need in the Montrose area, ie a, k, widseband? As at the moment we have a small aerial pointing towards the Angus transmitter which I guess is wrong, and is causing signal dropout/blocky
Thanks!
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Rod: If you want all the Freeview channels, then use a group C/D aerial pointing at the Angus transmitter. If you aerial is on the roof you should have excellent reception from Angus.
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Thursday, 8 September 2011
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ian9:01 AM
Ian: since about the 6th sept some of our digital channels are no longer obtainable and the reception quality of others is so poor they can not be watched-ITV3 & 4 for example. Does anybody have information on why this might be. I stay in cults and recieve transmissions from the Durris Mast. Also my mothers house in cults went the same, so its unlikely my recieviung equipment has gone faulty.
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ian: There are no reported faults, please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help.
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Sunday, 18 September 2011
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Edz11:19 PM
Aberdeen
aeriel updated on roof. Was receiving HD tv until earlier this year and now have lost all HD channels and various others like ITV4 which I was receiving without issue. Mightily hacked off as have HD equipment which is now worthless. Why do I pay licence fee again as I think we had better picture quality and reception before digi? AAAArgh!
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EdZ11:22 PM
Aberdeen
aeriel updated on roof. Was receiving HD tv until earlier this year and now have lost all HD channels and various others like ITV4 which I was receiving without issue. Mightily hacked off as have HD equipment which is now worthless. Why do I pay licence fee again as I think we had better picture quality and reception before digi? AAAArgh! AAAAAArgh!
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EDz11:22 PM
Aberdeen
aeriel updated on roof. Was receiving HD tv until earlier this year and now have lost all HD channels and various others like ITV4 which I was receiving without issue. Mightily hacked off as have HD equipment which is now worthless. Why do I pay licence fee again as I think we had better picture quality and reception before digi? AAAArgh!
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Monday, 19 September 2011
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jb387:49 AM
EDz: Have you carried out a signal strength / quality check on Mux Ch22? that being the HD service from Durris @ 17mls, as the signal may well still be there but just dropped under the reception threshold of your equipment.
Also have a look up at your aerial to make sure that it hasn't turned around slightly during windy weather conditions.
ITV4 etc operates on half the power of the main stations, and so will suffer more easily to any aerial problems should they exist.
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Thursday, 27 October 2011
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Mark Fletcher7:27 PM
Halifax
Ah,Durris another all group A transmitter,that hopefully will remain as such.So to anyone on this transmitter (horizontally polarised) who wants to replace their aerial with a new group W wideband aerial in the poorest or marginal area on Durris,do not bother because yer wasting yer time and yer money.You only need a group A aerial (either Yagi 18A,or XB16A for external antennas,or an XB10A for internal loft antennas) within the poor reception or marginal area i earlier described,only perhaps in a good to medium reception area within Durris (the main mast that is,not its dependent relays) you may use a Log Periodic which is a group W wideband aerial but only i stress in good to medium reception areas within Durris itself.
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Friday, 28 October 2011
DURRIS transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 10:02 today [BBC]
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