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 May 2017
MikeP
7:59 AM
7:59 AM
Rod:
Thank you for that, now we can see that your reception from Durris should be very good, perhaps too good? If you have signal strengths of 100% showing then there is a chance that you have too much signal and that is known to give several problems, depending on the behaviour of the tuner fitted to your equipment with such a strong signal. So it is worth checking the signal strengths shown on your TV for all the multiplexes. The ideal is normally to have 55%-85% on SD channels and between 65% and 85% for HD channels, less than this is a problem as is more than those figures. Also check that your equipment has a DVB-T2 tuner system to receive HD transmission such as BBC1 on LCN 101 (uses PSB3), BBC4 HD on LCN 106 (uses Com7) and More 4 + 1 on LCN 86 (uses Com8). If you can get those channelks that would confirm that you are able to receive all the available multiplexes from Durris.
However, there is no listing shown for any transmissions on the frequency of channel 30. Logical channel 30 carries 5Star and STV2 is not mentioned at all if you look at the list shown in the 'Freeview Map' link. Likewise it is not shown in the data shown in the 'digitaluk trade' link. So unless there has been an additional channel allocation that is not shown then it appears that STV2 is not available in your area served by Durris.
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MikeP
8:04 AM
8:04 AM
Rod:
In addition to that said above, you should be able to watch STV2 via Sky if you have it or if you are served bu Virgin Media and have their TV service.
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Rod 11:38 AM
MikeP:
Thank you for this information. Whilst looking at previous posts on this website I found a clue to where to look for technical information on local TV and found the radiation pattern for the Durris local STV signal . It also includes the full Durris radiation pattern ( I think?)https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0032/97736/Comux-Technical-plan-V8.pdf
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StevensOnln111:53 AM
Rod : Figure 34 in the document you linked to shows the local mux signal being directional towards Aberdeen, to the North East of the Durris, with no signal radiated towards your location to the North West.
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Rod 4:13 PM
StevensOnln1:
Thank you and Mike . As I don't have sky or virgin I shall just have to forgo STV2 unless they decide to change the propagation direction .
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Friday, 26 May 2017
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Valerie Campbell3:49 PM
I contacted digital co uk to enquire re the STV2 channel. They inform me that Durris transmittor does not
have the signal for the new channel. I cannot access STV2 - do not have Sky and my aerial is located on the outside of the house. I have tried to re-tune the tv but it just does not pick it up. Any help would be appreciated.
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StevensOnln14:07 PM
Valerie Campbell: Please provide a full postcode so we can see where you are in relation to the transmitter. STV2 is broadcast from Durris, but only in the direction of Aberdeen, so if you're in a different direction from the transmitter you won't be able to receive it. If you don't have Sky or cable, the only other way to watch is via STV's website or STV Player app on phones/tablets and various smart TVs/boxes.
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Monday, 21 August 2017
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Clark Simpson4:45 PM
Hi there we are a retailers that sell Televisions in Montrose served by the Durris Transmitter.
We have been asked a few times about the STV2 channel but as of yet no one has been able to pick it up on in this area on freeview. Will this be available in the future
Many thanks
Clark Simpson
Stevensons
127 Murray Street Montrose
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StevensOnln17:34 PM
Clark Simpson: STV2 is broadcast from Durris, however the signal is directional towards Aberdeen and will not be receivable in Montrose as you are in almost the opposite direction from the transmitter.
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Wednesday, 23 August 2017
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Jonathan Gordon6:57 PM
AB24 BBE signal almost non-existent all channels.
Just me?Good signal strength v/poor signal quality zero to tiny red bar.
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