Full Freeview on the Brougher Mountain (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Brougher Mountain (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 36,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Brougher Mountain (Northern Ireland) mast?
Brougher Mountain transmitter - Brougher Mountain transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-11 QPSK 32KN 2/3 10.0Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Brougher Mountain (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 Freeview channels does the Brougher Mountain 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-11 QPSK 32KN 2/3 10.0Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Brougher Mountain (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 Brougher Mountain 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 Brougher Mountain (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Sep 2019 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C24 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | |||||
| C27 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C30 | -NIMM | NIMM | |||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C37 | BBCB |
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 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-17dB) 2kW | |
| NIMM | (-20dB) 1000W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-23dB) 500W |
Local transmitter maps
Brougher Mountain Freeview Brougher Mountain TV region BBC Northern Ireland UTVWhich 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, 11 January 2011
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Sam 12:55 PM
Have the transmitters in Northern Ireland not gone through the 8k mode change yet? Is there any information on when this is to happen and i would imagine fundamental if Single frequency networks are to be planned.
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Monday, 14 February 2011
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Paddy11:58 AM
Hi living in the Belcoo,Co Fermanagh area.I believe we are receiving our signal from Marlbank.We are not receiving any digital signals but can receive RTE digitals perfect.Has Marlbank not gone digital yet? If not when?
Thanking you.
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Paddy: No, digital switchover for Northern Ireland is 2012/13, as it says above.
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Monday, 21 February 2011
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gerard10:12 AM
bbc1 and bbc2 have bad coverage from brogher mountain for the last two days? why? (54.278481,-8.0)
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gerard: There are no transmitter faults. Can you please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Stuart Watson8:26 PM
Craigavon
Can anyone please tell me if this transmitter covers the Craigavon area, or is there a nearer one? I have frequent freeview reception problems: "channel not running", "signal lost" etc. My postcode is BT63 5BE, in theory a freeview area. We also have Sky, and experience no difficulties.
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Stuart's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Stuart Watson: You should be using Divis if you want some form of Freeview reception.
You will get mutliplexes 1, B, C and D (the 16QAM mode ones) until 2012, and everything after switchover.
Sky uses a group of satellites over the DR Congo and has nothing to do with the terrestrial transmitters. Hence the name.
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Sunday, 6 March 2011
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gerard mc morrow11:03 AM
hi i am not receiving multiplex 2 but im receiving all the rest how can i receive it thanks (54.278481,-8.0)
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gerard mc morrow: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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