Freeview Light on the Carnmoney Hill (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Carnmoney Hill (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 21,000 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 Carnmoney Hill (Northern Ireland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-11 QPSK 32KN 2/3 10.0Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Carnmoney Hill (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 Carnmoney Hill 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 254m | DTG- | 16W |
 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 254m | DTG- | 16W |
 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 254m | DTG- | 16W |
 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 | |||||
| NIMM | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 254m | DTG-11 | 16W |
 53 TG4, 54 RTÉ One, 55 RTÉ Two, | |||||
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Carnmoney Hill (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 Carnmoney Hill transmitter?
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,044km northeast (51°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Carnmoney Hill (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 | |||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C48 | NIMM | NIMM | |||||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 20W | |
| NIMM, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-1dB) 16W |
Local transmitter maps
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Sunday, 3 February 2013
David: Read the posting I made above to norm on Friday 2 November 2012 12:38PM !!
Digital UK suggests your area might be "marginal variable" and not "served". Not sure whether the motorway traffic crossing the path could add to your woes.
If you do go for Divis, then use a Group A aerial rather than a wideband one as they are not as good on Group A channels.
See for information:
6 MUX Digital TV Transmitters
(Other suppliers are available but ATV is a good source of information.)
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Ryan10:11 PM
Can anyone tell me why I can't get all the freeview channels on this transmitter?
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Ryan: Go to the opticians!
I gave a link to norm on Friday 2 November 2012 12:38AM and only 3 hours ago referred David to it.
Specsavers Opticians Newtownabbey
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Wednesday, 6 February 2013
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Peter Henderson2:10 AM
Newtownabbey
Dave: There was talk a while ago that the COM operators may be interested in upgrading a number of Freeview Lite transmitters to full Freeview. Carnmoney Hill has been mentioned, along with Londonderry and Cambret Hill in Scotland.
I haven't heard anything recently so you may be correct. It mught very well never happen.
A good alternative is Freesat.
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Peter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Peter Henderson: I wonder whether they would ever do that off their own bat, especially now having accepted the terms of the licences.
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Peter Henderson1:10 PM
Newtownabbey
Well, I'm puzzled as to why the Londonderry transmitter isn't full Freeview. Equivalent transmitters in England e.g. Oliver's Mount serving the town of Scarborough are. I'm also surprised no politician has raised this in the assemby. After all, Derry is the second major city in NI.
Then again, I've been told most Derry viewrs can receive Limivady so maybe it's somewhat irrelevant.
Cambret Hill is also a bit of a puzzle as it covers quite a large area of Southwest Scotland and is similarly quite high power (2.8 kw), like Londonderry.
Carnmoney Hill does serve much of the borough of Newtownabbey and as such has quite a large number of viewers for a 20 watt relay station.
Still, it does seem as if it's set in stone now Dave, and if you're stuck with Freeview Lite Freesat would appear to be the only alternative.
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Peter Henderson: Londonderry must be one of the few transmitters that carried Channel 5 analogue, but which aren't full-Freeview.
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Peter Henderson2:23 PM
Newtownabbey
Yep, good point as well Dave.
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Peter Henderson2:27 PM
Newtownabbey
Cambret Hill is in a similar position i.e. it carried Channel Five analogue prior to switchover but is now Feeview Lite.
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Peter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Peter Henderson: Of course, whilst Londonderry did carry Channel 5, its parent didn't. And the power of C5 analogue was three times that of the other four channels. So I guess that it was intended to spill over into what was a Limavady area.
I wonder how many Limavady viewers had a second aerial put up for Channel 5. And for those who could receive good signals from either, how many switched from using Limavady to using Sheriff Mountain. These people will now have it all to do again to get full Freeview, particularly if they disposed of their Limavady aerial.
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