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The symbol shows the location of the Bellair (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 1,200 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 Bellair (Northern Ireland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Bellair 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
C39 (618.0MHz)228mDTG-8W
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
C42 (642.0MHz)228mDTG-8W
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
C45 (666.0MHz)228mDTG-8W
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
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The Bellair (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, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, 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, 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 Bellair transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,047km northeast (51°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
regional news image
UTV Live 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT7 1EB, 1,047km northeast (51°)
to UTV region - 46 masts.

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

1984-971997-981998-20122012-134 Sep 2019
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TB E K T
C39BBCA
C42D3+4
C45BBCB
C48BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4
C52tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCB
C56tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C67C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 40W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 8W

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. Bellair 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, 23 October 2012
Tuesday, 1 January 2013
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john abram
10:51 PM
Ballymena

why can i not receive rte hd as i have a hd box
im also missing channel 5 hd , tg4 and stv

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Wednesday, 2 January 2013
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Michael
sentiment_satisfiedGold

1:14 AM

john abram: Are you referring to a separate RTE HD channel? There is none, though RTE2 broadcasts some programmes in HD. I know for sure it's available on Saorview, though I'm not sure if RTE2 via the NI mux broadcasts any HD programmes.

If you can get RTE1 and RTE2, etc. at the moment you should be able to get TG4.

Channel 5 HD is not available on Freeview HD. STV is only available if you can receive a signal from a Scottish transmitter.

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Dave Lindsay
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9:44 AM

john abram: I think that, at your location, it is unlikely that you will be able to receive any of the Republic's channels via the terrestrial networks (Freeview or Saorview). This is due to your coastal location which means that the ground goes upwards as you head inland.

To receive Saorview from Clermont Carn in Co Louth you would therefore have the high ground in the way and the same goes for reception of the NI Mux from Black Hill (adjacent to Divis).

Ofcom published a fact sheet which has a map of areas likely to be able to receive RT in the North and along the north east is a pocket of unserved terrain:

http://consumers.ofcom.or….pdf

You will probably need to look at Saorsat. Unfortunately a different dish or bigger dish will be required to that, for Freesat.

Google Freesat and Saorsat for more information on a combined solution.

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Dave Lindsay
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9:47 AM

john abram: I should have said "Black Mountain" rather than "Black Hill". It doesn't make any difference anyway because you're still not likely to be able to pick it up.

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