Full Freeview on the Limavady (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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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._______
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
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 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.
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.
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 | |||||||
| C49tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C54tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C58tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 UTVWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Limavady transmitter area
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Sunday, 13 December 2020
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Chris.SE10:02 PM
Francis Byrne:
OK, look forward to hearing.
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Friday, 23 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:50 PM
2:50 PM
Limavady transmitter - Limavady transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/07/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
Limavady transmitter - Limavady transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/07/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 30 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:50 AM
11:50 AM
Limavady transmitter - Limavady transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/07/2021 Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Monday, 2 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:50 AM
8:50 AM
Limavady transmitter - Limavady transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/08/2021 Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Friday, 6 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:49 AM
11:49 AM
Limavady transmitter - Limavady transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/08/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 8 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:50 PM
11:50 PM
Limavady transmitter - Limavady transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/08/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 16 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:20 AM
5:20 AM
Limavady transmitter - Limavady transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/08/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 6 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:23 AM
11:23 AM
Limavady transmitter - Limavady transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/09/2021 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 13 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:23 AM
11:23 AM
Limavady transmitter - Limavady transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/09/2021 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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