Full Freeview on the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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._______
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-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
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.
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?
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,044km northeast (51°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Chapel Fields | Transposer | Central Belfast | 61 homes |
How will the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Mar 2020 | ||||
VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | W T | ||||
C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C23 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C26 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C29 | ArqB | ||||||||
C30 | LBT | ||||||||
C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C33 | com7 | ||||||||
C34 | com8 | ||||||||
C36 | _local | ||||||||
C48 | NIMM | NIMM | |||||||
C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
C56tv_off | COM8tv_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
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012
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Peter Henderson11:20 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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JOHN: You will still need a Freeview HD box, as the service will be broadcast using DVB-T2 mode.
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Peter Henderson8:59 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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JOHN : I have added a page at Northern Ireland "mini multiplex" (NIMM) | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice with the details.
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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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Carl6:45 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 Henderson8:41 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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Carl10:38 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 Henderson12:51 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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