All posts by Richard
Below are all of Richard's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
It is a certain sign og progress on the political front in Northern Ireland when tv transmitters for Irish tv can be located within the six counties.When Claremont Cairn tv transmitter was under construction,24/7 security by Irish police and army was on site to guard against loyalist threats.Proximity to the border led to outrage from unionist politicans.Now it is wecomed.
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Carl, I have seen excellent reception of RTE 1&2,TV3 with a rooftop aerial,single element in Magherrafelt of Saorview transmissions from Claremont Cairn.TG4 reception was unwatchable.
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MTSS all that needs te done to receive freesat channels is unplug your SKY box withdraw card and plug in Sky box again.It will take a few minutes for your box to upload free to air channels.You may have to manually add frequencies for Channel 5 in other channels menu.
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In the early years of what Northern Unionists called the "Free State"BBC Radio broadcasting from Belfast had a huge listership south of the border.This was due to the fact that 2RN(RTE)broadcast for about 3 hours daily.The huge influx of correspondence from the so called FreeState upset the Unionist Government and the BBC was asked if overspill of signals could be preventedWhen Claremont Cairn transmitter broadcasting a tv aerial installion company was asked to erect an aerial at Unionist Party Headquarters to receive Irish tv.
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Thanks Brian for work on Saorview transmitters."Saor" is the Gaelic word for free.
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My point Peter Henderson is while Welsh people were looking for ways to receive improved receptiono of Irish TV a mentality existed in our small island which sought to deny Irish people of stronger Irish tv signals.
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UTV owns several radio stations in the Republic.It is also on UPC cable Epg channel 110.TV3 objected to SKY Ireland having UTV on EPG,so it is only available in other channels menu.It has a large audience in SouthWest Scotland, competiton entries and comment welcome from this area as well as Republic.
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Channel 5 is now a default channel 105 in ROI SKY boxes.It was available only in other channels menu until recently.
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Tuesday 3 January 2012 4:56PM
Happy new year Brian,Sky news,Community channel and Men & Movies are broadcasting free to air on satellite.Possibly you mean that these channels are not available on Freesat receiver.