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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Sunday, 8 September 2013
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P. Kieran Ward11:23 PM
Hi Liam!
Dave Lindsay is correct about receiving RTE from Blackmountain but if you are trying to receive Saorview you need an aerial (elements vertical) pointing towards Newry direction to receive Saorview as the transmitter is located at Clermont Carn near Omeath. This transmitter transmits on UHF Channel 52 and carries RTE1, RTE2, TV3, TG4, RTE News (from 7pm), 3e and during the daytime RTE Jr. (children's programming until 7pm) and RTE1+1. There are a selection of Radio channels: RTE Radio 1, RTE 2FM, RTE Lyric FM, RTE Radio na Gaeltachta, RTE Radio 1 Extra, RTE Pulse, RTE 2XM, RTE Gold and RTE Jr. Radio.
Now Channels are going to come at a later time on Channel 57 - no date as yet.
Let me know how you get on.
Regards
Kieran
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P. Kieran Ward11:25 PM
Liam!
Typo - More Channels are going to come at a later time on Channel 57 - no date as yet.
Kieran
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Monday, 9 September 2013
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PJH3:46 PM
Saorview Mux II should be on channel 56 Kieran, not 57.
It's rumoured on Boards.ie that some services could start in the new year i.e. start of 2014. RTE One HD for example.
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PJH: Will it use DVB-T2, or will it be DVB-T so as to be compatible with current Saorview devices?
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P. Kieran Ward10:12 PM
Hi PJH!
I know there was some discussion about the second multiplex being on UHF Channel 56 but current information from this site indicates UHF Channel 57 (https://ukfree.tv/txdetail.php?a=SB173735)
Things may change in the next few months but I haven't heard anything at this time.
Regards
Kieran
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Tuesday, 10 September 2013
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PJH1:27 AM
The last time Saorview Mux 2 was testing from CC it used channel 56, not 57 Kieran..
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PJH: Just checked with Technical Parameters - ComReg and I have corrected the database.
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PJH10:50 PM
Thanks Brian.
According to boards.ie it does fire up periodically, but I haven't seen anything since January.
There's speculation it may start in the new year with RTE One HD etc.
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Wednesday, 23 October 2013
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Anto10:59 PM
Hello,
Can anyone please tell me how to manually find channel Dave, Dave Ja Vu and possibly GOLD? Would really appreciate it. I have a Saorview/Freeview combi box and live in the south in Dundalk, Co.Louth, relatively close to the border.
Regards,
Anto.C
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Michael11:44 PM
Anto: If you scroll up to the list of multiplexes you will see Dave is on the ArqA mux - try a manual scan for UHF channel 26. Although, the commercial channels from Divis are broadcast at half the power of the public service ones, so you may not be able to pick them up.
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