Full Freeview on the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 440,000 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.
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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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Divis 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Divis transmitter?
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,044km northeast (51°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Chapel Fields | Transposer | Central Belfast | 61 homes |
How will the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Mar 2020 | ||||
VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | W T | ||||
C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C23 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C26 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C29 | ArqB | ||||||||
C30 | LBT | ||||||||
C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C33 | com7 | ||||||||
C34 | com8 | ||||||||
C36 | _local | ||||||||
C48 | NIMM | NIMM | |||||||
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 10 Oct 12 and 24 Oct 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
com8 | (-16dB) 12.7kW | |
com7 | (-16.1dB) 12.4kW | |
LBT | (-20dB) 5kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-23.4dB) 2.3kW | |
Mux C* | (-24dB) 2kW | |
Mux D* | (-24.9dB) 1.6kW | |
NIMM | (-47dB) 10W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Divis transmitter area
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Friday, 10 February 2012
DIVIS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 04:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:13 on 08 Feb to 05:19 on 08 Feb BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:35 yesterday to 05:25 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 23:54 yesterday to 04:08 today [BBC] Over the next week Divis main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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DIVIS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 04:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:13 on 08 Feb to 05:19 on 08 Feb BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:35 yesterday to 05:25 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 23:54 yesterday to 04:08 today [BBC] Over the next week Divis main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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DIVIS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 04:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:13 on 08 Feb to 05:19 on 08 Feb BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 23:54 on 08 Feb to 04:08 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:35 on 08 Feb to 05:25 on 08 Feb [BBC] Over the next week Divis main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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DIVIS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 04:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:13 on 08 Feb to 05:19 on 08 Feb BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 23:54 on 08 Feb to 04:08 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:35 on 08 Feb to 05:25 on 08 Feb [BBC] Over the next week Divis main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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DIVIS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:13 on 08 Feb to 05:19 on 08 Feb BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 04:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:35 on 08 Feb to 05:25 on 08 Feb BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 23:54 on 08 Feb to 04:08 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Divis main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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DIVIS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:13 on 08 Feb to 05:19 on 08 Feb BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 04:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:35 on 08 Feb to 05:25 on 08 Feb BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 23:54 on 08 Feb to 04:08 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Divis main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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DIVIS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 04:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:13 on 08 Feb to 05:19 on 08 Feb BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:35 on 08 Feb to 05:25 on 08 Feb BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 23:54 on 08 Feb to 04:08 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Divis main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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DIVIS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 04:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:13 on 08 Feb to 05:19 on 08 Feb BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:35 on 08 Feb to 05:25 on 08 Feb BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 23:54 on 08 Feb to 04:08 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Divis main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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DIVIS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:13 on 08 Feb to 05:19 on 08 Feb BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 04:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 23:54 on 08 Feb to 04:08 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:35 on 08 Feb to 05:25 on 08 Feb [BBC] Over the next week Divis main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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DIVIS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:13 on 08 Feb to 05:19 on 08 Feb BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 04:03 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 23:54 on 08 Feb to 04:08 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:35 on 08 Feb to 05:25 on 08 Feb [BBC] Over the next week Divis main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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