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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C28 (530.0MHz)639mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
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)639mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (STV Edinburgh), 35 STV+1 (STV Edinburgh),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C22 (482.0MHz)639mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C23 (490.0MHz)639mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C26 (514.0MHz)639mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C30 (546.0MHz)639mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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 Durris transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Reporting Scotland 2.4m homes 9.2%
from Glasgow G51 1DA, 173km southwest (224°)
to BBC Scotland region - 230 masts.
regional news image
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)Transposer2 km N city centre837 homes (dealer estimate)
Aberdeen-talismanTransposer1 km SW city centre100 homes
FyvieActive deflector37 km NW Aberdeen10 homes Hotel
Glen TanarActive deflector11 km E Ballater13 homes
GlenlivetTransposer15 km E Grantown-on- Spey70 homes School
Haughton House C/pTransposer1 km N Aford Aberdeenshire1 homes 150 caravans
OyneActive deflector33 km NW Aberdeen11 homes
Strathdon ATransposer60 km W Aberdeen25 homes
Strathdon BTransposer25 homes
Strathdon CTransposer ‘appreciable population'
Strathdon DActive deflector
Strathdon EActive deflector
Strathdon FActive deflector

How will the Durris (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1961-80s1984-971997-981998-20102010-133 Oct 2018
VHFA K TWWA K TW T
C9ITVwaves
C22BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCB
C23SDNSDN
C25ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C26ArqAArqA
C28BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C29ArqB
C30_localArqB
C32C4wavesC4wavesC4wavescom7
C35com8
C41_local
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off
C67C5wavesC5waves

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

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

Sep 1961-Jun 1997Grampian Television
Jun 1997-Dec 2014STV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

1:21 PM

Meconi: there was 15 minutes of low signal on the HD multiplex this week, but no other transmission problems.

Can you please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?

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Briantist's 38,915 posts GB flag
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
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Graham
8:13 AM
Aberdeen

I live at AB23 8SY postcode, Balmedie. I have had off and on issues since switchover last year. At the moment, built in freeview box in my Panasonic Viera is giving very scrappy results on most channels (Mux 2 and A seem worst) - Mux 1 seems only good selection. Picture improves when I switch to watch via my old Thomson Top UP TV box. I see there was engineering work at Durris at the weekend but if that has now stopped I'm still getting poor results. My external roof mounted aerial is 2004 model (as are all the connectors etc) but I have the feeling that if I spend cash on upgrades I'll still get poor results - should I give up and just get Sky? All the usual factory resets, induction/mobile phone interference checks make no difference. Any thoughts please..?

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Graham's 4 posts GB flag
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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

1:13 PM

Graham: Considering the power of the transmitters and the distance from (22mls) I feel that there must be some issue concerning you local terrain that's causing you problems, as although the main BBC1 / ITV1 / HD service is indicated as being good, this is indicated to a lesser extent for the other three Muxes, ArqA/Mux Ch26 indicating variable, and which still remains the case at November 2012, the two other Muxes SDN/Mux Ch23 and ArqB/Mux Ch29 having joined this state in September 2012.

So even although experimenting with aerial positions etc can nearly always bring improvements to most installations, but as the forecast is downwards as far as these three are concerned I wouldn't really hesitate in opting for Freesat, as that mode of reception is about the next best thing to having a wired connection direct to the actual station.

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jb38's 7,179 posts GB flag
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
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Will
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

2:35 PM

Graham: There are hills to the south-west (in fact, there are hills to the west in general) of Balmedie which do seem to be between you and the Durris transmitter. The trees which are there to provide a sound barrier between Balmedie and the bypass to the west probably aren't helping either.

As jb38 says, the terrain is the likely cause of your problems.

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Will's 39 posts GB flag
Saturday, 26 November 2011
F
Frances
6:28 PM
Stonehaven

I have either data service or a badly pixelated picture with no sound on most of my channels except itv 1 & 2, c4 & c5. sky news says weak or no signal. I had a brand new ariel fitted on Wednesday at a cost of £165. Its in the loft. Do I need to get the guy back to put it on the roof or is this just a hazard of bad weather it is fairly windy. thanks for your help.

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Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

5:40 PM

Frances: You should have perfect reception, so yes, the aerial should be on the roof.

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Saturday, 4 February 2012
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Diana Daly
11:46 AM

We live in Milltimber, about 8 miles NE of the Durris mast and in clear, uninterrupted line of sight. The digital BBC programmes on the family room TV are all scrambled into channels in the 800s (eg. BBC1 = 815, BBC2 = 818, CBBC = 821, etc), whereas on our sitting room TV, which shares the same aerial in the loft, they're all normal, as is Mum's TV in the annexe (separate aerial).

The family room TV used to be in the sitting room and worked normally there, as did the previous TV with digibox in the family room for a while until about the time of the final analogue switch-off. Can you explain this and suggest a solution?

Not only have we reset the digibox Freeview tuning repeatedly, but we even bought a new one, with the same result. We've learned to live with it, though it is very confusing for guests and questionable for grandchildren looking for CBBC in proximity to the adult channels!

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Dave Lindsay
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12:09 PM

Diana Daly: Finding services in the 800s is usually as a result of more than one transmitter being picked up. So BBC One from one transmitter will go in number 1 and the other will be put in the 800s. However, (based on the output of Digital UK predictor), I'm not convinced that this is the case here.

The most striking thing is the close proximity to the transmitter. The poor reception on BBC might be as a result of too much signal. See here for an explanation:

Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

Try using the other aerial. Having got the TV/box tuned in correctly, if you connect it up to the other aerial and find reception is poor, don't retune because this proves that it is an aerial problem. By problem I suggest that it is too higher signal level, and therefore requires attenuation.

You say that the family room and sitting room use the same aerial. If the signal is split with a powered booster/amplifier, replace it with an unpowered splitter.

An amplifier makes the signal bigger, whereas an attenuator makes it smaller. There's little point in having both because one acts to cancel the other out. You may find that an unpowered splitter brings the signal level down far enough to be within that which your TV/box will function satisfactorily.

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Dave Lindsay's 5,724 posts GB flag
Monday, 6 February 2012
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

10:34 AM

DURRIS transmitter - Over the next week Durris main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
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10:34 AM

DURRIS transmitter - Over the next week Durris main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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