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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Divis transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)551mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Northern Ireland, 2 BBC Two Northern Ireland, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 14 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C21+ (474.2MHz)551mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 UTV (SD) (UTV), 4 Channel 4 (SD) NI ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 NI ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 UTV +1 (UTV), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)551mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Northern Ireland, 102 BBC Two HD Northern Ireland, 103 UTV HD (UTV), 104 Channel 4 HD NI ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C23 (490.0MHz)551mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C26 (514.0MHz)528mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C30 (546.0MHz)528mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LBT
 H -13dB
C36 (594.0MHz)528mDTG-125,000W
Channel icons
from 29th September 2014: 7 NvTv,

NIMM
 H -40dB
C48 (690.0MHz)551mDTG-10W
Channel icons
from 4th September 2019: 53 TG4, 54 RTÉ One, 55 RTÉ Two,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,044km northeast (51°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
regional news image
UTV Live 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT7 1EB, 1,044km northeast (51°)
to UTV region - 46 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

Chapel FieldsTransposerCentral Belfast61 homes

How will the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-134 Mar 2020
VHFA K TA K TA K TK TW T
C1BBCtvwaves
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+D3+4D3+4
C23SDNSDN
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCBBBCB
C26ArqAArqA
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C29ArqB
C30LBT
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C33com7
C34com8
C36_local
C48NIMMNIMM
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_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

Oct 1959-May 2006Ulster Television
May 2006-Dec 2014UTV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Divis was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Friday, 20 April 2012
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Carl
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10:40 PM

Mux A channel 23 is up to its old tricks again! I have had numorous emails about this in the last 4 days. Is this going to be sorted once and for all? If the last place to go digital is not working now what hope is there for switchover?

I have read about Caldbeck and conditions reasons like this will not be acceptable to the public after October!

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Saturday, 21 April 2012
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Peter Henderson
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

12:50 AM
Newtownabbey

Noticing some breakup on 23 here too Carl.

This channel has always ben weaker than the rest at this location, with 34 being the strongest by far (despite being only 1.6 kw).

I'm afraid there's really nothing we can do about the situation until after October 24th.

50kw will be a massive increase in power compared to the measly 2.3 kw that we have now.

To be honest, I can't see why Divis couldn't have something of a power increase (10 kw for example) and the HD channels added between now and then, given there are only four regions left to switch, but I suppose they have to follow protocol on these things.



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Robin
2:59 PM

I'm noticing breakup on channel 48 (carrying Sky News, Dave etc) on Divis over the last week or so. Signal strength and quality is varying wildly in BT23 area.

Hope this issue is sorted ASAP - can we advise Divis operators of our issue in any way?

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Monday, 23 April 2012
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Carl
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

12:38 AM

So judging by no reply what so ever that there is a problem, yes there is a problem and we hope it can be sorted when the switchover happens?

The government has sold all the frequency Fact!

Made a fortune Fact!

Mobile phone companies buying from government Fact!

Are you going to have problems with your viewing after DSO yes Fact!

Please feel free to say different!

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Peter Henderson
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2:05 PM
Newtownabbey

On screen messages have now started appearing on BBC1 and BBC2 telling us DSO will happen in October.

Not long to go now.

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Wednesday, 25 April 2012
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Carl
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

11:01 PM

Caldbeck is not causing all Divis problems unless I and others I know are living in a constant weather lift!

Do everyone a favour and just turn off CH 23 Mux A until it works.

I can bet if there was a BBC licence paying channel on this Mux these problems would not exist!

Now becoming a bad joke!




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Thursday, 26 April 2012
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Peter Henderson
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

1:15 AM
Newtownabbey

Carl: If you wait for another 6 months I would imagine reception on channel 23 will be fine.

If you can't wait until then, I'd invest in Freesat. As far as I'm aware, all the channels that are on channel 23 are on Freesat i.e. ITV 3, 5USA, 5*, QVC etc.

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Friday, 27 April 2012
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Carl
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

7:09 PM

Peter: I am an installer it is my customers I speak for when I have to explain why they are not getting channels. 23 and 33 are in my opinion a disgrace at the minute. The quality is poor on my insruments but the signal can be booming in so a 16db increase in October does not give me any confidence at all. I have freesat HD on my main room but it does not show the Quest channel etc.

The good news for Freesat users is that they are adding 24 HD live feeds for the Olympics!

Which you will not get off a transmitter that cant even cope with Freeview Mpeg2. Perhaps this is one for Ofcom?

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Peter Henderson
9:38 PM

Well Carl, one of the reasons is that Freeview power levels in NI, pre DSO, seem woefully low compared to the rest of the UK. All other main transmitters were 10 or 20 kw before switchover, not 2.3/1.6 kw. (800w for Brougher asnd Limivady). For example, Black Hill and Rowridge were both 20kw. Why NI Freeview ERPs are so low is beyond me. Surely, between now and DSO they could increase the power at Divis to at least 5, or maybe 10 kw and add the HD channels between now and October ? Why, as usual, does NI have to wait so long for these advances in broadcast technology to come to the province (the DAB situation and lack of Digital One is another disgrace) ?

Not having Freeview HD is a real pain, especially as we miss out, yet again, on two major sporting events. GRRRRRRRR.

Still, roll on October Carl. I'm counting down the weeks

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Peter Henderson
9:44 PM

P.S. 23 isn't great hear either Carl (Jordanstown) but during the high power tests in January signal levels were endstopping, even on 23.I also think the switch to 8k mode whould also improve things.

If you're getting some sort of signal, even if it's breaking up, October should show a massive improvement. I'm highly optomistic about this if the tests in January are anything to go by.

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