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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Brougher Mountain (Northern Ireland) transmitter._______
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 not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Brougher Mountain (Northern Ireland) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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 withheldThursday, 27 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
BROUGHER MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:35 on 06 Aug to 10:37 on 06 Aug, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:35 on 06 Aug to 10:37 on 06 Aug. [BBC]
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Saturday, 8 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:24 AM
4:24 AM
BROUGHER MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:35 on 06 Aug to 10:37 on 06 Aug, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:35 on 06 Aug to 10:37 on 06 Aug. [BBC]
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Thursday, 22 May 2014
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Joe Lee7:57 AM
Belfast
Is there not a legal requirement for Brougher Mountain to get COM7 at some point in the future?
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Joe Lee: (Sorry for the rather straightforward answer) No.
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Monday, 2 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
BROUGHER MOUNTAIN transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
BROUGHER MOUNTAIN transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
BROUGHER MOUNTAIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:54 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 13:33 on 28 Nov to 13:50 on 28 Nov, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:05 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 13:33 on 28 Nov to 13:50 on 28 Nov, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal f [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:31 PM
7:31 PM
BROUGHER MOUNTAIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:54 today to 14:25 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 13:33 on 28 Nov to 13:50 on 28 Nov, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:05 today to 14:17 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 13:33 on 28 Nov to 13:50 on 28 [BBC]
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Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
BROUGHER MOUNTAIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:54 yesterday to 14:25 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:05 yesterday to 14:17 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:05 yesterday to 14:18 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:05 yesterda [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
BROUGHER MOUNTAIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:54 yesterday to 14:25 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today, Radio [BBC]
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