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Freeview Light on the Carnmoney Hill (Northern Ireland) transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the Carnmoney Hill (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 21,000 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 Carnmoney Hill (Northern Ireland) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Carnmoney Hill 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
 V max
C46 (674.0MHz)254mDTG-16W
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
 V max
C40 (626.0MHz)254mDTG-16W
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
 V max
C43 (650.0MHz)254mDTG-16W
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

NIMM
 V max
C48 (690.0MHz)254mDTG-1116W
Channel icons
53 TG4, 54 RTÉ One, 55 RTÉ Two,

DTG-11 QPSK 32KN 2/3 10.0Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Carnmoney Hill (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 Carnmoney Hill 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.

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

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1330 Sep 2019-
B E TB E TB E TB E K TB E K T
C40BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4D3+4
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCBBBCB
C46BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C48NIMMNIMM
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 20W
NIMM, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-1dB) 16W

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. Carnmoney Hill 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
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
MikeP
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5:10 PM
Trowbridge

Andrew:

If you put your full Post Code into this site you will get some blue boxes shown, much like those beneath other posts (but they don't always show!). The digitaluk box will tell you which is the best transmitter to use, which channels/frequencies the multiplexes are using and what type of aerial is needed plus the direction it should be aimed.

Looking at the channel information near the top of this page, I suggest you need either a log-periodic or a Group B yagi. The log-periodic will be best as that will not only cover the existing transmissions but also those in the foreseeable future. The receptor rods (not the main support boom) need to be mounted vertically for Carnmoney Hill and aimed at that transmitter. How many elements it needs depends on where you live in relation to the transmitter site, so again a full Post Code will help.



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Friday, 5 January 2018
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L Fleck
1:10 PM

For the past 2 months I have been unable to get subtitles on any of the programs from Carnmoney Transmitter. I first thought it was my tv but after checking with others, using Carnmoney transmitter who have the same problem, I concluded it may be a trmission fault.
Could you please check this out and and let me know.
Yours L.Fleck

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StevensOnln1
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2:31 PM

L Fleck: Which channels have you tried to access subtitles on? Subtitles are inserted by the broadcaster, so you would need to contact the broadcaster of the channel you're watching.

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Wednesday, 19 December 2018
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Eamon Keown
12:46 PM

Hi

I have noticed recently that the only stations I get through Freeview on Carmoney transmitter are RTE1/2 and TG4. I have tried my outdoor aerial and indoor aerial. Has there been some change recently

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StevensOnln1
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2:30 PM

Eamon Keown: There have been no recent changes reported at the transmitter. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Please provide a full postcode so that we can see where you are in relation to the transmitter your predicted coverage etc. Do not attempt to retune.

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Friday, 15 February 2019
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john
2:10 AM

how come that when i point my wide band antenna at black mountain Belfast to receive RTE on vertical setting i'm getting pixillation but when i change to horizontal its perfect. is divis transmitting these channels. Dunmurry, belfast bt17.

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StevensOnln1
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10:18 AM

john: According to Digital UK, Black Mountin broadcasts the NI mux (RTE1, RTE2 & TG4) in horizontal polarity, as it is intended to provide an additional service to viewers receiving Divis (the transmitters are only a short distance apart).

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MikeP
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5:33 PM

john:

A Full post code is needed not a partial as you have given.



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Monday, 1 April 2019
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James McCusker
4:28 PM

Why can I not get the same programmes on freeview form the Carnmoney transmitter as from the Divis transmitter.

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StevensOnln1
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4:44 PM

James McCusker: Carnmoney Hill is a lite transmitter intended to fill gaps in the coverage area of Divis. If you provide a full postcode we can see whether you might be able to change your aerial to receive the full range of channels from Divis.

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