Full Freeview on the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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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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Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Chris: The Northern Ireland Mini-Multiplex that will carry RT will come on air at the completion of switchover on 24th October.
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Brian: There has been engineering works in preparation for switchover.
Don't retune if you have difficulties as these won't be caused or resolved by retuning and you may end up loosing affected channels from your receiver altogether.
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Thursday, 28 June 2012
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Bernard Moffatt4:55 PM
Channel 29 dead as a doornail for me at the moment anyone else with same problem? (SC2539283771)
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Bernard Moffatt8:09 PM
All back to normal here (in fact some readings better than usual i.e. chs. 34 & 48) hope its not just atmospherics!
23 Level 55% Qualtity 84%
26 Level 54% Qualtity 92%
29 Level 55% Qualtity 92%
33 Level 58% Qualtity 90%
34 Level 49% Qualtity 89%
48 Level 50% Qualtity 91%
West coast Isle of Man 20:05am
Cheers.
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Michael8:26 PM
Jill, it would be better if you left your own postcode, but from one I found in Ballynahinch then you should be able to pick up the NI mux after switchover - Postcode Checker - Detailed View
However you will need Freeview HD equipment to get RTE.
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Friday, 27 July 2012
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Anne7:51 PM
I am having terrible problems with reception on all BBC channels on all my TV's.
Pixilation, total loss of picture.
It happened in May but was OK again for a while, now started again...any help appreciated.
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John8:57 PM
According to the Postcode checker at
Postcode Checker - Detailed View
Black Mountain (very close to Divis) will transmit the special NI Mux on channel 37 at 2kW from 24 October 2012. This Mux carries RTE1, RTE2 and TG4 - however it is likely rights restrictions will prevent some sports coverage from being transmitted (BT808NU)
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Mark Fletcher9:11 PM
Halifax
Anne.Unless you leave a full postcode or a nearby location as such,we cannot be of much help to you !
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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