Full Freeview on the Limavady (Northern Ireland) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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55.108,-6.887 or 55°6'30"N 6°53'14"W

BT49 9LJ

The symbol shows the location of the Limavady (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 45,000 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 Limavady (Northern Ireland) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Limavady 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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C41 (634.0MHz)	382m	DTG-	20,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) Northern Ireland, 2 BBC Two Northern Ireland, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 14 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C44 (658.0MHz)	382m	DTG-	20,000W
	3 UTV (SD) (UTV), 4 Channel 4 (SD) NI ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 NI ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 UTV +1 (UTV),
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C47 (682.0MHz)	382m	DTG-	20,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Northern Ireland, 102 BBC Two HD Northern Ireland, 103 UTV HD (UTV), 104 Channel 4 HD NI ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C40 (626.0MHz)	379m	DTG-8	10,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 35 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C43 (650.0MHz)	379m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C46 (674.0MHz)	379m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Limavady (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Limavady transmitter?

BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,051km northeast (51°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.

UTV Live 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT7 1EB, 1,051km northeast (51°)
to UTV region - 46 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

Elliotts Hill

Transposer

13 km SE Ballymena, Co. Antrim

90 homes (according to B9 Energy)

How will the Limavady (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	4 Sep 2019
	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E T	B E K T
C40					SDN
C41					BBCA
C43					ArqA
C44					D3+4
C46					ArqB
C47					BBCB
C48				_local	_local
C49_{tv_off}				ArqB
C50_{tv_off}				BBCA
C54_{tv_off}				SDN
C55_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCB
C58_{tv_off}				ArqA
C59_{tv_off}	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4
C62	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves
C65	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{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	100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 20kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB	(-10dB) 10kW
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B, Mux C, Mux D	(-21dB) 800W

Local transmitter maps

Limavady Freeview Limavady DAB Limavady AM/FM Limavady TV region BBC Northern Ireland UTV

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Limavady transmitter area

Oct 1959-May 2006	Ulster Television
May 2006-Dec 2014	UTV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Limavady was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

6:08 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 11:04 on 17 Jul to 11:57 on 17 Jul. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:02 on 17 Jul to 11:57 on 17 Jul, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:02 on 17 Jul to 11:57 on 17 Jul, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:02 on 17 Ju [BBC]

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John O'Flaherty
11:25 AM
Londonderry

Hi,
This question relates to mostly noticed on the Sony Movie . Living in Derry, I receive my signal from . Tne signal breaks up to the extent of being unwatchable.
Thank you.
John.
BT48 8AF

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John's: J's Freeview map J's terrain plot J's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage

MikeP

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11:47 AM

John O'Flaherty:

The predicted at your location is shown as being good and reliable. It is therefore likely that you have an feed problem. That is not i=uncommon and is known to cause loss of or disruptions oif just one . So please check all your aerial cables and connections, where there are coaxial plug/sockets unplug then and then refit (that is to clear any possible corrosion/oxidation on the contacts) and then check that you are correctly tuned to the signals, go to Coverage Checker - Detailed View and scroll down to the Limavady listing and use the current listed there. It will also tell you what the future changes may be and roughly when.

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Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

1:32 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 11:10 today to 11:28 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:10 today to 11:28 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:10 today to 11:28 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:10 today to 11:28 today, Radio 4 FM [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

4:30 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 11:10 yesterday to 11:28 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:10 yesterday to 11:28 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:10 yesterday to 11:28 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:10 yesterda [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

4:30 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 11:10 on 14 Feb to 11:28 on 14 Feb. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:10 on 14 Feb to 11:28 on 14 Feb, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:10 on 14 Feb to 11:28 on 14 Feb, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:10 on 14 Fe [BBC]

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Maureen
5:45 PM

What has happened to keep it country on 87

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StevensOnln1

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6:18 PM

Maureen: Keep It Country has closed. It's replacement, Spotlight TV, is available as a streamed using your internet connection on compatible connected TVs.

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F Byrne
8:31 PM

Hi,

For the last few weeks, COM4 has been breaking up really badly for me, while it was fine before that. I live in , Co Donegal. was perfect before that. Is there any changes on ch54 which could be causing this? It was ok for a day or two ladt week but is totally pixellated again. Thanks!

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MikeP

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8:48 PM

Byrne:

Please provide a full post code, the website used to check expected only accepts full post codes. The name of an area does not us to helop you.

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