Saorview on the Clermont Carn (Republic of Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Clermont Carn (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 Clermont Carn transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-1003 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Saorview channels does the Clermont Carn 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| SV1 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 626m | DTG-1003 | 160,000W |
 3 Virgin Media 1, 4 TG4 (RoI), 21 RTÉ News Now, 22 Tithe an Oireachtais , | |||||
| SV2 | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 626m | DTG-1003 | 160,000W |
 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 (*, | |||||
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
How will the Clermont Carn (Republic of Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 1 Sep 2019 | |||||
| A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C42 | SV1 | ||||||||
| C45 | SV2 | ||||||||
| C52tv_off | SV1 | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | SV2 |
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 1 Jan 12 and 1 Jan 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| SV1||, SV2|| | 160kW |
Comments
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
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unionhall9:14 PM
Hi,
October is here. I am in Skerries.
Getting RTE1,RTE2 etc on Channel 53 presumably from Clermont Carn through my Aerial and Saorview box.
Reception is patchy - sometimes good sometimes freezes or pixillated.
Should the DSO on Oct 24th still help this due to increased power as mentioned above a couple of months ago.
Thanks for any replies...
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Thursday, 4 October 2012
unionhall: Yes, at switchover the power of Clermont Carn will be increased to 160kW. It will also change from C53 to C52, so a retune will be required.
See the list of Saorview transmitters from RTNL:
http://www.rtenl.ie/wp-co….pdf
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Friday, 5 October 2012
Saturday, 6 October 2012
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Peter Henderson1:24 AM
Unionhall: Why Clermont Cairn ? Would you not get better reception from either Three Rock or Kippure ?
Still, I suppose it's better to wait until the 24th October befopre doing anything.
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Thursday, 11 October 2012
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unionhall9:09 AM
Beats me Peter, but that is the way the aerial is facing / the channel that comes up.
Skerries is on a bit of a promontory so most of the way from there to Clermont Carn is over sea - so presumably little interferance.
Once October 24 comes and goes I will check with a local installer if there are still any problems.
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Peter Henderson7:45 PM
Yes, it might be better to wait until then.
I'm receiving Carnmoney Hill off an aerial pointing towards Clermont Cairn, which is roughly the same direction but the wrong group, and this is despite poor analogue reception, so you just never know. It was a copmplete surprise yesterday.
I'm more optomistic than I was about C.C. when the power increases on the 24th, which supposedly will happen at 1 p.m.
If there's nothing at your location on the 24th I'd defrinitely try either Three Rock or Kippure.
I gather the new BBC A multiplex from Kilkeel is being received well in Skerries, according to reports on Digital Spy and Boards.ie
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Monday, 15 October 2012
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Timothy Ervine1:34 PM
Location BT60 4LY - I understand have to get a Freeview HD box for mother-in-law. But does her TV also have to be MPEG4 DVB-T2 as well to receive RTE channels?
Location BT34 5HL - I have a freeview HD and saorview built into my TV will it pick up Freeview HD channels as well. Is RTE showing on saorview at present? Cant seem to get it. Is it best to tune my TV to Ireland saorview to get the best of both worlds.
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Timothy Ervine1:38 PM
Sorry meant to write under Location BT34 5HL - If tune my TV to saorview will I get Freeview HD channels?
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Monday, 22 October 2012
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Joe19876:38 PM
I live in Crossmaglen, near the ROI border and I have always picked up the Irish Channels, sometimes even clearer than i recieve the UK channels, but my freeview box does not show the picture from the Irish channels dispite it saying that the signal is full, will it show the picture after the DSO? as I will surely be recieving the spill over from the Irish transmitters?
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Joe1987: You need a Freeview HD box/TV because Saorview uses MPEG4 for pictures whereas Freeview standard definition uses MPEG2 and hence they don't usually incorporate MPEG4 codecs.
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