Freeview Light on the Newcastle (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Newcastle (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 4,400 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 Newcastle (Northern Ireland) mast?
NEWCASTLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Jan 21:15 until 22 Jan 16:15. . 
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Newcastle (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 Newcastle 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 | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 269m | DTG- | 800W |
 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 | V max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 269m | DTG- | 800W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 269m | DTG- | 800W |
 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 | |||||
| NIMM | V -6dB | C48 (690.0MHz) | 269m | DTG- | 200W |
 from 4th September 2019: 53 TG4, 54 RTÉ One, 55 RTÉ Two, | |||||
The Newcastle (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 Newcastle transmitter?
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,041km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Newcastle (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 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | NIMM | NIMM | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | |||||
| 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 | 1000W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-1dB) 800W | |
| NIMM | (-7dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Divis transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 8 November 2011
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Mike Dimmick3:12 PM
Peter Henderson: Internationally-cleared frequencies are published in the Geneva 2006 broadcasting plan, and updates to it. The Newcastle site was cleared for 12B, the BBC national ensemble, in May 2009, and Camlough in July 2009. Camlough shows definite agreement from Ireland (and Belgium, France and Holland, since it will contribute to the overall power transmitted by the whole SFN); Newcastle doesn't, but it also doesn't show the countries expected to be affected. No-one appears to have raised a complaint, though.
http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/…g=en is updated every two weeks, though GE06 plans, covering VHF Band III for T-DAB and UHF Bands IV and V for DVB-T, are not updated every time.
In the Reserved Assignments List at Ofcom | DAB Technical Policy Documents , Camlough and Newcastle are both listed as having 'other possible local block usage' on 10C and 12D. 12D is the Northern Ireland local multiplex carrying BBC Ulster. I can't find a reference to use of 10C in Northern Ireland anywhere else, though.
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Peter Henderson3:59 PM
Mike: The reason why NI (and some western parts of England and Wales) have no Digital One is because the ROI still use Band III VHF for analogue TV. That is the reason why additional commercial frequencies for DAB were not allocated to NI.
These transmitters will be closed down on 24th October 2012, so there is absolutely no reason why Digital One cannot broadcast in NI (or any of the other parts of England and Wales that are affected) after that date.
As I have shown, there are sites proposed for the expansion of Digital One into the province.
Hopefully, these propsals will take place sooner rather than later. A measly 20 stations and no Absolute Radio is a disgrace at this stage.
NI radio listeners deserve better.
Personally, I can't see huge numbers of listeners going out and buying DAB radios in order to listen to just the BBC offering on DAB.
There is absolutely no excuse for Digital One not to be available in NI after 24th October 2012
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Peter Henderson4:14 PM
P.S. Even including the commercial multiplex, the overall offering on DAB is rubbiksh.
The BBC aside, most of the stations are avalable on FM or AM anyway. The only ones that aren't are Heat Radio, Kiss, and UCB (or Q102.9 if you live in Belfast, Citybeat and Cool if you live in Derry or the morth coast).
Complete and utter rubish, and really not an insentive for anyone to invest in DAB in the province.
At least if Digital One were here it would improve thins dramatically.
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Friday, 11 November 2011
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Peter Henderson7:50 PM
Confirmed on UK Digital Radio's website:
ukdigitalradio: Coverage
"Up until 2010, a legal anomaly combined with a shortage of spectrum prevented the national commercial network from broadcasting in Northern Ireland. However, following a change to the law, spectrum has now been identified. Digital One is in the process of developing a financial and transmitter plan for the area, but a date for switch-on has not yet been fixed. In the meantime, the postcode checker will show details of other stations that are already broadcasting in the area."
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Sunday, 13 November 2011
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Jordy8:43 AM
As it stands the DAB work at Camlough and Newcastle is finished... We await with baited breath someone toddling up the mountain and switching on the tx's. Newcastle looks well with the 4 tier band 3 dipoles surmounting the UHF antennas. It appears the UHF kit is staying as is on the mast and a few dishes have appeared however Camlough has a new cardioid cylinder antenna as well as a pair of band 3 antennas.
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Jordy: Some times there can be a delay because the provision of the terrestrial data link by BT is behind schedule...
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Tuesday, 3 January 2012
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Jordy8:38 PM
All 4 analogue services, DAB and Downtown have been off air since 11pm last night. Service still not restored as of 9pm the following night. Could someone acknowledge the problems and sort them, because I'm sick of the amount of calls regarding this Tx.
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Sunday, 15 January 2012
Jordy: Have you reported the problems via Radio & Television Investigation Service - Diagnostic form ?
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012
At switchover the Newcastle transmitter will be off air from midnight until noon on 24th October 2012 - see UK Digital switchover ends - Northern Ireland completes on 24th October 2012 | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice for full details.
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Thursday, 8 November 2012
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martin cunningham9:54 PM
HI there,
My house is in newcastle co down. Since switchover we can get C5, BBC3 and 4 and ITV2 cbbeesies and cbbc but no other ITV or other freeview channels. We have a freeview HD box. Will we be able to get the other channels soon? Or is the signal from Divis not strong enough?
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