Freeview Light on the Armagh (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Armagh (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 5,100 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 Armagh (Northern Ireland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Armagh (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Armagh 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 156m | DTG- | 24W |
 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 | V max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 156m | DTG- | 24W |
 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 | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 156m | DTG- | 24W |
 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 | |||||
| NIMM | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 156m | DTG- | 24W |
 from 4th September 2019: 53 TG4, 54 RTÉ One, 55 RTÉ Two, | |||||
The Armagh (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Armagh transmitter?
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,044km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Armagh (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Sep 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C41 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C44 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C47 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C48 | NIMM | NIMM | |||||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 | 200W | |
| NIMM, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-9.2dB) 24W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Divis transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 5 June 2012
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madeleine houlahan1:57 AM
Armagh
i live in armagh northern ireland, ihave purchessed an i-can freeview hd receiver but i am not getting any hd channels are my logal utv itv1 or ch 4 is there any reason for this,
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madeleine's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb387:25 AM
madeleine houlahan: HD transmissions will not be starting until October 24th, nor indeed will any Freeview be available from your local Armagh relay until October 10th when the BBC multiplex goes into operation, ITV and HD joining it on the 24th.
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jb383:41 PM
madeleine houlahan: Also meant to say that on October 24th you might possibly be able to receive a full Freeview service from the Divis transmitter (unlike Armagh's PSB only service) as even at present its indicated as covering your area, but though only with a reception status of poor / variable, the only channel not being ArqA. (11-Pick TV / 19-Dave etc)
Your aerial would also require to be changed to group A type, as the one presently fitted is most likely to be a group B version "if" it was set up for Armagh's analogue service, the new one installed horizontally and facing Divis on a bearing of 62 degrees from your location.
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012
At switchover the Armagh transmitter will be off air from midnight until 9am on 24th October 2012 - see UK Digital switchover ends - Northern Ireland completes on 24th October 2012 | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice for full details.
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Thursday, 1 August 2024
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Bailie9:33 PM
Picture breakup weather fine and need to go to freesat. Drama , ITV channels and always at about same time at night approx 6.0pm-7.00pm or Channel 5 approx 9am .
Fitted G5/D4 filter and fitted new satnav .
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Friday, 2 August 2024
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Chris.SE2:35 AM
Bailie:
This sounds a bit ;like some localised electrical interference if it's occurring at exactly the same time of day on a regular basis, but it's difficult to get a feeling for this not knowing what your normal reception is like which we can't check without a full postcode.
The Filter that you've fitted, is this the Free 700MHz Filter (5G) Filter from Restore TV? Is it fitted between the aerial and any pre-amp/amp/splitter you may have?
Nor exactly sure what you mean by "fitted a new satnav", not sure what a satnav has to do with Freeview reception!
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Chris.SE2:36 AM
Bailie:
Sorry also meant to ask, how long has this problem been going on for?
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Saturday, 23 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:20 AM
8:20 AM
ARMAGH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Nov 05:45 until 23 Nov 06:30. . [BBC]
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