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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Divis (Northern Ireland) mast?
Divis transmitter - Divis transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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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Saturday, 28 July 2012
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Anne5:37 PM
Banbridge
Anne: Hi again - my postcode is BT32 5DU - Banbridge area
Thanks!
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jb388:39 PM
Anne: If you are referring to Freeview (analogue still being in operation) then you are predicted to receive BBC from the Divis transmitter as your local Leitrim relay station will not be in operation until October 10th as far as BBC is concerned.
However BBC from Divis is only transmitting on 2.3Kw and with it being at approximately 25 miles away irrespective of what the predictor might show I would expect problems such as you are experiencing until October 10th when Divis BBC changes to high powered operation @ 100Kw.
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Sunday, 29 July 2012
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joe10:01 AM
waht make of box doi need tofereive and record irish and british tv stations
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Anne11:03 AM
Banbridge
jb38 - yes it's freeview. I have been in the house for 18months and all the BBC channels were fine until May this year. The other channels - ITV, Ch4, CH5 etc... are all fine - no problems at all.
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jb3811:17 AM
Anne: Thanks for confirming that, but though as far as the problem is concerned there is work always going on at the station in preparation for high powered switchover in just over a couple of months and your difficulties could possibly be caused by this, the last notice to this effect made in July 9th and this certainly will not be the last.
Apart from that the other possible reasons for problems of your nature can be caused by seasonal atmospheric changes allowing distant stations on the same frequency to interfere with a local station, but I still feel that the aforementioned is more likely to be the cause.
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Anne11:53 AM
Banbridge
Thanks JB38 - It's very annoying - the sooner they switch over the better!!
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Peter Henderson1:17 PM
Anne: Digital UK's postcode checker shows that your reception from Divis should be OK post DSO. The PSB (Freeview Lite) channels from the local Leitrim transmitter should also be very good.
No mention of the NI mux from Black Mountain, but you should get adequate Saorview reception from Clermont Cairn once it increases power on the 24th October.
Failing all that, Freesat would be the other option.
As you say, DSO can't come soon enough.
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Monday, 30 July 2012
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Malachy,1:05 PM
Wi9ll Divis be broadcasting HD channels after changover ?
Some NI viewers are receiving these from Wales
Malachy, Newcastle
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Malachy: Yes. HD services will be available from Divis starting on 24th October.
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Friday, 3 August 2012
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steve2:44 PM
Dungannon
Hi will the divis transmitter have a strength upgrade before the digital switchover as my picture quality is clicky and jumpy when windy or heavy rain.And as we all now thats 6 months of the year minimum here in n ireland.My equipment is new and good 75 per cent of channels work well at present.
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