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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) mast?
Durris transmitter - Durris transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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 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 withheldWednesday, 31 October 2018
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Leigh Wilson5:54 PM
Montrose
Dear Sir,
I am a local councillor for the Mearns area. A number of residents have reported a recent loss of service to me following the recent work conducted, parimarily in the DD10 0SJ area. Returning has been advised but the problems have been persistent, including channel signal being very poor on the few returning channels.
Kindest Regards
Leigh
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Leigh's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 1 November 2018
MikeP
10:18 AM
10:18 AM
Leigh Wilson:
Looking at the Digital UK website for planned engineering works at Digital UK | Planned engineering works shows that the Durris transmitter could be on reduced power, which would likely give the reduced service being experienced. Please advise all those affected to NOT RETUNE as that will only delete all the correctly tuned services. Digital UK do not show when this work will be completed.
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StevensOnln112:02 PM
Leigh Wilson: Anyone suffering reception problems following the recent frequency changes should contact the Freeview Advice Line (see link below) who can arrange for a replacement wideband aerial to be fitted (free of charge for households who don't have satellite or cable).
Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview
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Tuesday, 6 November 2018
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Graham Taylor1:54 PM
The Durris Transmitter page should be updated with the correct channel numbers. These should be ARQB ch30, COM7 ch55, and COM8 ch56.
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Wednesday, 7 November 2018
MikeP
10:23 AM
10:23 AM
Graham Taylor:
The only person who can update these pages is the site owner and he is not available currently. This has been stated many, many times.
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Wednesday, 28 November 2018
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Ivan Douglas9:00 PM
Is there a problem with the Dorris transmitter as I am getting a poor signal on my tv for the last two weeks
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StevensOnln111:15 PM
Ivan Douglas: Durris is a main transmitter, if there were a fault there would be many complaints and it would have been fixed in much less time than 2 weeks, so it's far more likely that there is a fault at your end somewhere. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV?
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Thursday, 27 December 2018
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Robin Mutch1:30 PM
Banchory
Can you advise please if the Dorris transmitter is working on reduced power? Since The 25th we have been loosing channels at various times of the day including digital radio channels through the TV..since 8.37 this morning there has been a complete break of the channels on PSB2, since 13.03 we have had picturisation on the channels on PSB2. Yesterday for most of the daylight hours we had no picture on both PSB1 and PSB2;, the picture then returned for the evening. In the summer we do have problems due to leaves and needles on the trees but since the leaves dropped we have had no issues until this week. A sudden, immediate break in service would appear to indicate a sudden weakening of the signal.. My postcode is AB31 5RT. As at 13.27 PSB1 channels have returned to normal but PSB2 channels report no signal. They will probably come back in the early evening! Very frustrating!
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Robin's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Robin Mutch1:33 PM
Sorry picturisation was on PSB1 at 13.03.
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Robin Mutch1:44 PM
Robin Mutch: but now at 13.38 we have lost all channels on PSB1 again.
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