Freeview Light on the Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 14,000 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.
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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 Strabane (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 Strabane 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 | C32 (562.0MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 400W |
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 | C34 (578.0MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 400W |
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 | V max | C35+ (586.2MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 400W |
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 -13dB | C40 (626.0MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 20W |
from 4th September 2019: 53 TG4, 54 RTÉ One, 55 RTÉ Two, |
The Strabane (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 Strabane transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-newsline.jpg)
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,050km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1963-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Sep 2019 | ||||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | K T | ||||
C8 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | |||||
C40 | NIMM | NIMM | |||||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 | 2kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
NIMM | (-20dB) 20W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Limavady transmitter area
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Monday, 30 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:25 on 28 Sep to 09:51 on 28 Sep. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
6:23 PM
6:23 PM
STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2019-12-28 21:27:26 until 2019-12-28 21:27:26. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 2 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:44 AM
10:44 AM
STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2019-12-28 21:27:26 until 2019-12-29 03:23:21. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:48 PM
1:48 PM
STRABANE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jan 12:06 until 15 Jan 12:17. . [BBC]
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Monday, 20 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:47 AM
7:47 AM
STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Jan 06:44. . DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jan 12:06 until 15 Jan 12:17. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Jan 06:44 until 20 Jan 07:49. . DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jan 12:06 until 15 Jan 12:17. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:48 PM
1:48 PM
STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Jan 11:34 until 20 Jan 11:46. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Jan 06:44 until 20 Jan 07:49. . DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jan 12:0 [BBC]
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Tuesday, 21 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:58 AM
4:58 AM
STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Jan 11:34 until 20 Jan 11:46. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Jan 06:44 until 20 Jan 07:49. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 22 Jan 16:04. Off the air due to a fault from 22 Jan 15:29 until 22 Jan 15:40. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Jan 11:34 until 20 Jan 11:46. Weather conditions may be affecting your [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:31 PM
7:31 PM
STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 22 Jan 15:29 until 22 Jan 15:40. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Jan 11:34 until 20 Jan 11:46. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 Jan 06:44 until 20 Jan 07:49. [BBC]
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