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Full Freeview on the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

57.000,-2.392 or 56°59'59"N 2°23'30"W

AB39 3TH

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.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C28 (530.0MHz)	639m	DTG-	100,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 12 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C25 (506.0MHz)	639m	DTG-	100,000W
	3 STV (SD) (STV North (Aberdeen micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Scotland ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Scotland ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh),
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C22 (482.0MHz)	639m	DTG-	100,000W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (STV West), 103 STV HD (STV West), 104 Channel 4 HD Scotland ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 108 BBC Scotland HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C23 (490.0MHz)	639m	DTG-8	50,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! movies action, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 15 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C26 (514.0MHz)	639m	DTG-8	50,000W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C30 (546.0MHz)	639m	DTG-8	50,000W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others

DTG-8 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		â€˜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	ITV_waves
C22		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCB	BBCB
C23					SDN	SDN
C25		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C26					ArqA	ArqA
C28		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C29					ArqB
C30					_local	ArqB
C32		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves		com7
C35						com8
C41						_local
C55_{tv_off}						com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}						COM8_{tv_off}
C67			C5_waves	C5_waves

_{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

Sep 1961-Jun 1997	Grampian Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014	STV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments

Thursday, 10 November 2022

Dave
9:00 AM
Ballater

Hi, I have just moved into a house just outside Ballater (postcode AB35 5SB). Currently using the which only provides a very small portion of the .

Am I likely to get from the transmitter with its full range of channels?

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Chris.SE

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2:20 PM

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Yes, you should get good from . It's predicted to be good for the PSBs and a little less so for the COMs, especially ArqB/COM6 which could be Varuiable to Good. Have a look at which way your neighbours aerials are pointing to see how they get on. Reception might vary a bit across your postcode.

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Dave
7:00 PM
Ballater

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the info, there's not too many neighbours here, but I'll take a look.

At least you've given me some :-)

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