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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Belcoo (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 Belcoo (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
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: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
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 withheldSaturday, 16 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:04 yesterday to 00:30 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 17 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:04 on 15 Feb to 00:30 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 18 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:04 on 15 Feb to 00:30 on 16 Feb. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:41 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:41 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:41 today to 15:03 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:41 today to 15:03 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:41 today to 15:03 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:03 today to 19:03 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:41 today to 15:03 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:41 yesterday to 15:03 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:03 yesterday to 19:03 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:41 yesterday to 15:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 12 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:41 on 10 Apr to 15:03 on 10 Apr, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:03 on 10 Apr to 19:03 on 10 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:41 on 10 Apr to 15:03 on 10 Apr. [BBC]
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Sunday, 14 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:03 on 10 Apr to 19:03 on 10 Apr, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:41 on 10 Apr to 15:03 on 10 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:41 on 10 Apr to 15:03 on 10 Apr. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
BELCOO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:22 today to 14:28 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:22 today to 14:28 today. [BBC]
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