Freeview Light on the Belcoo (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Belcoo (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves less than 500 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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Belcoo (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Belcoo 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) | 197m | DTG- | 70W |
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 | C47 (682.0MHz) | 197m | DTG- | 70W |
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), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 197m | DTG- | 70W |
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 |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Belcoo (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Belcoo transmitter?
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,048km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Belcoo (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 30 Sep 2019- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 | 87W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-0.9dB) 70W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Brougher Mountain transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 22 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 22 Aug 02:55 until 22 Aug 03:05. Off the air due to a fault from 21 Aug 10:16 until 21 Aug 10:25. Off the air due to a fault from 17 Aug 06:41 until 17 Aug 06:51. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 22 Aug 02:55 until 22 Aug 03:05. Off the air due to a fault from 21 Aug 10:16 until 21 Aug 10:25. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Aug 02:10 until 23 Aug 02:16. Off the air due to a fault from 22 Aug 02:55 until 22 Aug 03:05. Off the air due to a fault from 21 Aug 10:16 until 21 Aug 10:25. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Aug 02:10 until 23 Aug 02:16. Off the air due to a fault from 22 Aug 02:55 until 22 Aug 03:05. Off the air due to a fault from 21 Aug 10:16 until 21 Aug 10:25. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 26 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Aug 02:10 until 23 Aug 02:16. Off the air due to a fault from 22 Aug 02:55 until 22 Aug 03:05. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 27 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Aug 02:10 until 23 Aug 02:16. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 2 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Sep 01:04 until 2 Sep 01:18. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:20 PM
8:20 PM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Sep 17:36 until 19 Sep 17:45. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Sep 11:09 until 20 Sep 11:15. Off the air due to a fault from 19 Sep 17:36 until 19 Sep 17:45. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 24 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:20 PM
8:20 PM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Sep 11:09 until 20 Sep 11:15. . [BBC]
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