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Saorview on the Cairn Hill (Republic of Ireland) transmitter

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sa_gmapsGoogle mapsa_bingBing mapsa_gearthGoogle Earthsa_gps53.808,-7.717 or 53°48'29"N 7°43'1"W

 

The symbol shows the location of the Cairn Hill (Republic of Ireland) transmitter. 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 Cairn Hill transmitter.

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Which Saorview channels does the Cairn Hill transmitter broadcast?

If you have any kind of Saorview fault, follow this Saorview 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
SV1
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)406mDTG-1003160,000W
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3 Virgin Media 1, 4 TG4 (RoI), 21 RTÉ News Now, 22 Tithe an Oireachtais ,

SV2
 H max
C44 (658.0MHz)406mDTG-1003160,000W
Channel icons
1 RTÉ One HD, 5 Virgin Media 2 , 6 Virgin Media 3, 7 RTÉ jr, 11 RTÉ One +1, 12 RTÉ2+1, 27 Saorview Information (*,

DTG-1003 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

How will the Cairn Hill (Republic of Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-13-
A B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHFB E K TB E K T
C44SV2SV2
C47SV1SV1

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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 1 Jan 12 and 1 Jan 12.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

SV1≡, SV2≡ 160kW

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
S
Seamus
12:55 PM
Newry

RTENL Saorview transmission mode is DVB=T MPEG-4, not MPEG-2 as stated above

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Sunday, 26 February 2012
Briantist
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4:08 PM

Seamus: Yes, indeed... fixed.

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