Full Freeview on the Darvel (East Ayrshire, Scotland) transmitter

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

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55.579,-4.291 or 55°34'45"N 4°17'26"W

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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 - Darvel transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C22- (481.8MHz)	446m	DTG-	20,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) Scotland, 2 BBC Two Scotland, 7 BBC Alba HD, 23 BBC Three, 24 BBC Four (Scotland SD), 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 13 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C25 (506.0MHz)	446m	DTG-	20,000W
	3 STV (SD) (STV Central (Glasgow 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C28 (530.0MHz)	446m	DTG-	20,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Scotland, 102 BBC Two HD Scotland, 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	C32 (562.0MHz)	446m	DTG-8	10,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C34 (578.0MHz)	446m	DTG-8	10,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C35 (586.0MHz)	446m	DTG-8	10,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 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 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	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	SDN
C25				D3+4	D3+4
C26	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	ArqA
C28				BBCB	BBCB
C29	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	ArqB
C30				_local
C31					com7
C32					SDN
C33	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
C34					ArqA
C35		C5_waves	C5_waves		ArqB
C37					com8
C55_{tv_off}					com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					COM8_{tv_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 AM/FM Darvel TV region BBC Scotland STV Central (Glasgow micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Darvel transmitter area

Aug 1957-Jun 1997	Scottish 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. Darvel was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

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john
12:45 AM

The TV from is rubbish i have lived in Ayrshire for 9 years and we have never had a great signal in North Ayrhire for all this time.

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Iain Davies

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3:13 AM

Try using in Northern , a lot of Ayrshire coast does.

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Dave Lindsay

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12:20 PM

Of course, the COM are co-channel with the COM channels. So if there are spots where Divis' COMs come in then that could degrade of Darvel's COMs.

The COM channels carry ITV3, Pick TV, Dave, Film4, 4seven and others.

Perhaps in some cases a different would be better at rejecting these unwanted signals.

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alex
7:06 PM
Saltcoats

Dave, further to your response about interfering with some Ayrshire homes besides changing the what else can be done , in one occasion i was 80 strength on CH23 but no when once there was great quality

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Dave Lindsay

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7:46 PM

alex: I and a few others responded to your posting on the other page:

Most popular questions | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice

The ATV site provides some useful information.

I'm not sure what else I can add as I'm not an installer, more a technical bod.

Perhaps one of the pros can offer some more guidance.

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steve
12:29 AM

Hi all just wondering apart from can anyone in ayrshire pickup any
watchable signals from the irish republic?? reason i ask is although i reside
in the area ive always wondered if i buy one of those
big high DX style aerials i might be able to pull in a soarview

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Jim Cameron
1:21 PM
Kilwinning

I've checked for the above but can't find any.
My BBC 1 & 2 are constantly breaking up, freezing & showing a message saying there's no . All other channels seem fine.
My local transmitter is .

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William C Small
9:15 PM

Why have we in Irvine North Ayrshire lost 23?

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jb38

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11:43 PM

William C Small: There is no known reason for you having lost from Darvels COM4 , have you as yet checked with any of your neighbours to find out if they are still able to receive ITV3 etc? if however they can, then remove the from your TV or box and carry out an auto-tune to blank out anything stored, this then being followed by reconnecting the aerial and carrying out a second auto-tune to reload the into the tuners memory.

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Strathearn
8:06 PM

23 in Central South Scotland is Local Channel STV Glasgow. [NOT STV Scotland] I have a colleague in a nearby locus and he says that after last Wednesdays re tune he can't pick up Channel 23 either - although he could before that...?

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