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 - 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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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 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
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 16 July 2016
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Richard Cooper5:51 PM
Norwich
Heather: Hi, Heather. It seems that you would use the Darvel transmitter which has no reported problems and so there could be a problem wit the communal tv aerial system in your flats. You need to contact your Council and ask them to investigate. In the meantime, check all connections inside your own flat and try a re-tune, firstly with the aerial disconnected completely, and then another retune with the aerial lead reconnected. Richard, Norwich.
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Monday, 12 September 2016
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Craig1:46 PM
Ayr
Help. I have had digital TV for 10 years with no issues, over the last week my TV's has started to have problems, I have reset them both and retuned but to no avail.
My Post Code is KA7 3LJ which according to the above information should have a good signal from rge transmitter.
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MikeB2:32 PM
Craig: What do you mean by 'problems'. If you mean signal breakup, look at signal strength - your only 24km from the transmitter. If they are both suffering low signal strength, check the common factor - bad connection from aerial perhaps?
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Wednesday, 12 October 2016
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David Johnston11:26 AM
Prestwick
KA9 2DY Aerial on roof Distribution amp.
Noticed last night not receiving some hd channels.
Re-Tuned tv youview box etc all to no avail
Noticed on the darvel site the missing channels 45 101 102 103 104 105 123 602 and 603 all are transmitted
via the same mux channel psb3 bbcb.
Previously all working all working now these channels are not being picked up by the channel scan
Dont think problem lies at home as all other channels above and below are workink well
Would appreciate some thoughts.
David
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StevensOnln13:03 PM
David Johnston: Take a look at the signal strenths on the channels that are working, you'll probably find they are very high (i.e. 90% plus). Having too much signal can cause the tuner to become overloaded, with HD channels being particularly susceptible to this problem. If your amplifier has a gain control, try turning it down, otherwise you may need to fit an attenuator to reduce your signal strength a bit. Take a look at the article titled "Too much of a good thing" on this website for more information.
As you've already retuned, you'll probably find the missing channels have been deleted from your program guide, so you'll have to rescan again to add them back after making adjustments. In future, do not retune if you loose signal as retuning will never cause a channel which is already tuned in correctly to reappear.
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Thursday, 13 October 2016
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David Johnston9:15 AM
StevensOnln1: all the channels were fine with nothing being done to the amp have TV out in garage with freeview box running of an aerial inside the garage and no channel 45 film 4+1 which runs off the same mux channel and isn't an HD channel have feeling that it is a mux problem or some sort of interference any help greatly appreciated
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StevensOnln110:54 AM
David Johnston: I agree that it is a problem affecting the PSB3 mux, however there are no faults with the transmitter so it has to be something within your system. Have you investigated my earlier suggestion of too much signal strength?
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Friday, 14 October 2016
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David Johnston4:24 PM
StevensOnln1: The amp that I put in is from Labgear and for some strange reason all their connections are now
F plugs so think amp is a last resort at the moment. Was up early this morning checked telly and low and behold
channels have reappeared though they disappeared as the day progressed this would indicate a lack of signal strength as propagation conditions are better at night and signals travel farther. Also noticed channel 32 movie mix very pixelatted checked signal strength which was good though quality was poor. Your correct in the fact that the rest of the channel sig strengths are quite high. The mux transmitting frequency of 530 Mhz lies approx in the middle of Darvels transmitting range starting at 480 up to 602 Mhz so an actual fault in the amp is unlikely.
Curiouser and curiouser
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StevensOnln15:04 PM
David Johnston: I wasn't suggesting that there was a fault with your amplifier, which would be very unlikely anyway given that other muxes are fine. I was suggesting that you are experiencing some signal lift which is causing too much signal going in to the tuner and overloading it, which DVB-T2 transmissions are particularly susceptible to and that turning down the amplifier a little (no disconnection required) might resolve the problem. Take a look at the article titled "Too much of a good thing" on this site for explanation.
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Tuesday, 14 February 2017
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James Hood6:25 PM
Troon
Since yesterday (13th Feb) Freeview reception of BBC channels has been breaking up in both sound and vision. This seems to correspond with BBCA multiplex. I receive signal from Darvel and I live in Troon, posrcode KA10 7DL. I am aware that this address is on the edge of the published coverage, but I have had no problems until now. Can anything be done to help?
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