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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Wednesday, 24 October 2012
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John Reilly10:23 PM
Hi. I live in the Republic and can get most of the Freeview channels. When I re-tuned this afternoon I had ITV3 ITV2+1 5USA and some others. However around 5 P.M. this evening the channels on Multiplex COM4/SDN disappeared. Does anyone know why this might have happened?
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lezzie10:54 PM
hello everyone i have been getting a message the video format is no supported when i try to watch rte 1 but in the morning at about 6:30 of the 24oct12 i had no problem with it i can hear the sound but can see anything does anyone have the same problem am in dunmurry
please help me dont know what to do
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Carl11:23 PM
After a day of retuning quite a number of TVs I noticed the following on EPGs
TVs with Freeview HD put the NIMM RTE from black mountain at 51 52 and 53.
Those with aerials for Claremont Cairn RTE, they appear between 800 to 807.
The four Northern Hd channels appear high up the channel list as well so do check your full EPG or channel guide.
From checking the Claremont Cairn signal today a mast amp is still required at least in the Antrim area.
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Fergus Maunsell11:44 PM
Belfast
KMJ,Derby: Thanks for answering my query.
Now have to get a Freeview HD Box.
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Fergus's: mapF's Freeview map terrainF's terrain plot wavesF's frequency data F's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 25 October 2012
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Fergus Maunsell12:11 AM
Mini FASHION TRUE HD Digital DVB-T Terrestrial Receiver H.264 MPEG4 TV BOX(Black,DG-OT3901)
Mini FASHION TRUE HD Digital DVB-T Terrestrial Receiver H.264 MPEG4 TV BOX(Black,DG-OT3901) - Digi4you.co.uk
Would this hd box for Belfast (BT96TZ)
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Michael12:18 AM
Fergus Maunsell: Only if you are able to receive Saorview, as it will not pick up any of the Freeview HD (DVB-T2) channels.
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Lorri Henry12:23 AM
I have retuned Samsung EH5000 Series 5 Full HD LED TV and can get all the NI HD channels but not the RTE ones . My postcode is bt39 9he
Any thoughts?
Thanks
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Neil Robertson9:28 AM
Dave Lindsay
Thanks for your comments..
I can receive the multiplexes from both local relays here in Largs without a problem so
the exercise (more of a technical bit of fun really) was to see if I could receive
more channels by receiving the multiplexes which are not on my local relays directly from a main transmitter site. However yesterday after switch-over the signal levels on the SDN, ARQA and ARQB multiplexes from Divis are much, much lower(as I had feared due to the lower transmitter power ) than the BBC and D3+4 multiplexes so it's not really practical unless I use a huge high-gain antenna.
I have Freesat as well so can get them that way.
Thanks
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Dave McGeown11:14 AM
Hi,
I live in Newtownabbey and my Freeview HD TV is picking up BBC HD, BBC One HD and UTV HD. I haven't seen any of the RTs just yet but I'll do a bit more checking some other time.
I had to retune some elderly relatives' TVs and set top boxes last night. One set was in Larne, which we got 21 TV channels and 14 radio. This was on 2 TVs. From the looks of the EPG, it looks like PSB1 and PSB2 channels mainly. The other relatives in Ballyclare however were getting a full 120+ channels it would appear.
I also checked with my brother if he rescanned my dad's TVs, who lives just south of the Border in Louth. He said that he also has 21 channels.
Why would this occur? Incorrect aerials and/or wrong direction?
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Fergus Maunsell11:41 AM
Looking at amazon for Freeview HD Box as my TV is a Samsung UE22D5003 22 Inch Full HD 1080p Edge-lit LED TV
Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo (BT96TZ)
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