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The symbol shows the location of the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 440,000 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 Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Divis 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)551mDTG-100,000W
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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
 H max
C21+ (474.2MHz)551mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)551mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C23 (490.0MHz)551mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C26 (514.0MHz)528mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C30 (546.0MHz)528mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LBT
 H -13dB
C36 (594.0MHz)528mDTG-125,000W
Channel icons
from 29th September 2014: 7 NvTv,

NIMM
 H -40dB
C48 (690.0MHz)551mDTG-10W
Channel icons
from 4th September 2019: 53 TG4, 54 RTÉ One, 55 RTÉ Two,

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Divis transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,044km northeast (51°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
regional news image
UTV Live 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT7 1EB, 1,044km northeast (51°)
to UTV region - 46 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

Chapel FieldsTransposerCentral Belfast61 homes

How will the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-134 Mar 2020
VHFA K TA K TA K TK TW T
C1BBCtvwaves
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+D3+4D3+4
C23SDNSDN
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCBBBCB
C26ArqAArqA
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C29ArqB
C30LBT
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C33com7
C34com8
C36_local
C48NIMMNIMM
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

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 500kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 100kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 50kW
com8(-16dB) 12.7kW
com7(-16.1dB) 12.4kW
LBT(-20dB) 5kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-23.4dB) 2.3kW
Mux C*(-24dB) 2kW
Mux D*(-24.9dB) 1.6kW
NIMM(-47dB) 10W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Divis transmitter area

Oct 1959-May 2006Ulster Television
May 2006-Dec 2014UTV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Divis was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
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Peter Henderson
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11:20 PM

I've no idea what you're talking about Chris.

The proposed RTE mini mux will broadcast from the mast at Black Mountain, not Divis.


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Wednesday, 1 February 2012
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JOHN
7:51 PM

When northern Ireland goes digital in October 2012 will rte be available on Freeview - i cannot currently obtain rte on Freeview.

my current digital TV has mpeg4

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Briantist
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8:19 PM

JOHN: You will still need a Freeview HD box, as the service will be broadcast using DVB-T2 mode.

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Peter Henderson
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8:59 PM

"WHEN NORTHERN IRELAND GOES DIGITAL IN OCTOBER 2012 WILL RTE BE AVAILABLE ON FREEVIEW - I CANNOT CURRENTLY OBTAIN RTE ON FREEVIEW.

MY CURRENT DIGITAL TV HAS MPEG4"

The proposed mini RTE mux will broadcast from transmitters at Black Mountain, Brougher Mountain, and Carnmoney Hill.

After 24th October 2012, Saorview from clermont cairn will have the null to the north removed and many areas that currently receive analogue transmissions only, should get a decent signal from Saorview. Note that Clermont Cairn Saorview transmissions also change from channel 53 to 52 on that date.

Brian: I'm not sure if this is the case with Saorview as I was led to believe the SD transmissions were simply MPEG4 and could be received by an MPEG4 capable receiver (e.g. the Picnic box). I'm not sure if the proposed NI mini mux conform to these standards.

You are correct that a UK Freeview HD box will receive Saorview. However, there could be EPG issues, and I've read elsewhere that one box (the new Technisat) has problems with RTE channels (but not the others). There should be no such issues with the NI mini mux as the EPG will conform to UK Frreeview standards.

If you are out of range of the NI min mux or border transmitters John, your only other solution is Saorsat, or a Sky subscription.

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Briantist
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9:30 PM

Peter Henderson: Saorview is MPEG4 on DVB-T, and can be watched by some equipment, most notably BT Vision boxes.

Freeview HD will display Saorview.

Freeview HD boxes are expected to be able to deal with the cross-border EPG issues, as there is a section in the specification dealing with this.

Anyway, more at Northern Ireland "mini multiplex" (NIMM) | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Friday, 3 February 2012
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Carl
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6:45 PM

Hi, Im an installer in Antrim and recently Ch23 Mux seems to be having major problems with BER. The signal and level looks fine on the spectrum anaylizer however the quality of the signal is bad. Can this be looked at as I have customers and queries regarding this issue. I have noticed this myself over the last few week the areas are BT41, BT42.

Cheers

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Peter Henderson
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8:41 PM

I've had similar issues Carl. Thought it was just myself affected.

All I can say is roll on October 24th when all of this should be a thing of the past.

Incidentally, my strongest channel on Freeview is 34 which, strangely, is one of the lower power multiplexes

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Carl
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10:38 PM

To add to my last post this problem also extends to Lisburn as well so there is a problem either with the frequency or the Mux! if channel 23 is to be used on DSO I would look again

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Saturday, 4 February 2012
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Peter Henderson
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12:51 AM

It should be fine after DSO, hopefully Carl, as the power increases to 50kw.

My issues are also to do with the quality of the signal. I'm in BT 37 (Jordanstown) and up until recently channel 23 was OK, although a bit weaker than the rest.

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