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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Limavady (Northern Ireland) mast?
Limavady transmitter - Limavady transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Screen may go black 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
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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Wednesday, 2 January 2013
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Ger10:03 PM
Hi, In Fanad, on a Saoeview tv,I can pick up rte from Holywell Hill and with the same aerial and amp get channels 50,54,58 but not c49 or c59 .Signal quality goes from good to poor.Any suggestions? Thanks
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Thursday, 3 January 2013
Ger: If you're receiving both with the same aerial, then one or both transmitters must be a bit off-beam and that would seem to be the most likely possibility.
Holywell Hill is on C30, so I guess you might (or really probably should have) a wideband aerial.
The gain of wideband yagi aerials drops off on lower channels and are therefore less directional (than higher ones). See this page for come examples that illustrate my point about gain:
Gain (curves), Again
Therefore, the answer might be to have the aerial pointing at Limavady (or much closer to it than to Holywell Hill). Failing that, a separate aerial with the two combined using a diplexer.
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Clonmany transmitter broadcasts vertically at 20W on C49; not sure whether this might be a possible cause.
There appears to be no other transmitter on C59 that might be an issue.
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Ger: Another thought: Amplifiers used to boost low-level signals are best at the aerial end as having them before the receiver amplifies the noise picked up in the cable as well as amplifying what is left of the signal (it having been reduced due to its travel along the cable).
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Tuesday, 10 December 2013
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Greysteel Viewer10:25 PM
Londonderry
So none of the extra BBC HD channels (BBC4 HD or BBC News HD etc) for Derry or Limavady....so much for being UK City of Culture 2013!!!
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Greysteel's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 14 November 2014
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Jim Neary12:12 PM
Limavady area transmissions
why is there a "voiceover" commentary being transmitted on some digital channels?
the recent transmission of "the Fall" on BBC2 was ruined by this.
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Wednesday, 7 January 2015
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Paul Fisher10:59 PM
It says freeview hd is in Limavady. Yet I can't receive it in creggan in derry, yet I get the rte 1+2 hd.
Any idea why this might be? I really miss film 4+1
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Dave Lindsay
11:20 PM
11:20 PM
Paul Fisher: Is the set a Freeview HD one, which means it contains a DVB-T2 tuner? If not then you will not receive Freeview HD services. Saorview uses DVB-T only therefore a non-Freeview HD receiver capable of showing HD pictures will receive RT One HD and RT 2 HD.
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Friday, 26 June 2015
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E Mark7:31 PM
Transmitter engineering:
I can no longer receive HD Channels from the Limavady transmitter, what is the problem and will it be rectified in the near future.
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derryuser8:43 PM
EMark, where are you based?
I'm in Greysteel and all HD channels still working.
Have you tried a retune of your box?
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Saturday, 27 June 2015
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jb3812:06 AM
E Mark : Please note that engineering work has been taking place at the Limavady station since last Monday 22nd, warnings of a "possible weak signal" having been posted on the engineering page, this being the most likely reason for your problem, no expected completion dates having been given.
Carry out a retune as suggested by derryuser, if though nothing is received keep trying, as the signal will return.
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