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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Saturday, 23 July 2016
Hi I'm currently having problems with channels 101-105 very poor signal tried reinstalling etc but not working?!
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jb388:37 PM
Martin: The problem referred to is likely to be related to the wave of high pressure which is currently sweeping across the whole of Ireland, this also affecting Western coastal areas of Scotland as well as the Southern same of England.
As far as Northern Ireland (only) is concerned, the high pressure zone is forecast (AK: William Hepburn) as not clearing the area until late Sunday evening, returning for a brief spell late on Wednesday (27th) / Thursday (28th) before clearing away again later that day.
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Tuesday, 27 December 2016
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joe deehan8:18 AM
Hi
I have set the box up with an INDOOR aerial (vertical) in Ballymena, perfect installation of channels and RTE and KEEP IT COUNTRY channel. I then set it up at home in Coleraine Co. Londonderry and information on the epg for saorview channels was missing and out of sequence, also it showed a lot of unknown channels. This was on a rooftop aerial in horizontal fix.Can you solve this problem for me?Joe Deehan
Many thanks
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StevensOnln111:33 PM
joe deehan: You are most likely receiving a different transmitter at each location and will therefore need to carry out a full retune when moving the TV as each transmitter broadcasts on different frequencies.
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Monday, 6 March 2017
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PATRICK NEILL2:23 PM
I note that from 2019 channels 42 and 45 will be used from this transmitter. Saorview from the Moville transmitter currently uses channels 42 and 45. Does anyone know what new channels the Saorview services will move to?
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Saturday, 9 September 2017
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RONAN1:13 PM
I lost all my Freeview channels that i should be getting on the limavady transmitter last Saturday. i can only receive the 6 Irish TV and radio digital channels. i May have picked up a transmitter from another region. how can i get these channels back? i have tried retuning but to no avail.
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Sunday, 10 September 2017
MikeP
11:27 AM
11:27 AM
RONAN:
Please don't shout! All capitals is regarded as shouting.
There are no reported problems at the Limavady transmitter. You should investigate your aerial system as that may have a faulty/poor connection. Also check with your neighbours to see if they have the sam problem with Freeview.
If, by retuning, you have picked up a different transmitter then look at the top of this page for the channel numbers used at Limavady and manually retune to those only - do not do an auto-tune as that will possibly lose your channels again. (You should never do a general retune if a few channels are lost.)
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Tuesday, 16 October 2018
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John O'Flaherty11:25 AM
Londonderry
Hi,
This question relates to reception mostly noticed on the Sony Movie Channel. Living in Derry, I receive my Freeview signal from Limavady. Tne signal breaks up to the extent of being unwatchable.
Thank you.
John.
BT48 8AF
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
11:47 AM
11:47 AM
John O'Flaherty:
The predicted reception at your location is shown as being good and reliable. It is therefore likely that you have an aerial feed problem. That is not i=uncommon and is known to cause loss of or disruptions oif just one channel. 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 Limavady signals, go to Coverage Checker - Detailed View and scroll down to the Limavady listing and use the current channels listed there. It will also tell you what the future changes may be and roughly when.
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Monday, 15 July 2019
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Maureen5:45 PM
What has happened to keep it country on channel 87
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