Freeview Light on the Kilkeel (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kilkeel (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 2,800 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 Kilkeel (Northern Ireland) transmitter._______
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 Kilkeel (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Kilkeel 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) | 291m | 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 291m | 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C46+ (674.2MHz) | 291m | 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Kilkeel (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Kilkeel 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 Kilkeel (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-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 | B E K T | ||||
| C3 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | |||||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
| 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 | 500W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-1dB) 400W |
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 withheldFriday, 16 December 2011
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Dereck2:49 PM
i live in co.meath and can recive english analog stations i was wondering with a freeview box could i recive the new digital signal
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Dereck: It rather depends if the transmitter your are getting the analogue channels from has a Freeview service.
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Sunday, 13 May 2012
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
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mrdtv4:21 PM
Kilkeel coming in all along the Irish eastern seaboard following DSO..
See boards.ie terrestrial forum
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012
At switchover the Kilkeel 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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Sunday, 4 November 2012
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Andrew scott7:10 PM
Newry
Can you tell me why here, in the kilkeel area, we only get the basic freeview channels like BBC itv channels 4 and 5 and not the rest of the channels which are available in almost every other area of the country? When will we brought into line with everywhere else?
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Andrew's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 5 November 2012
Andrew scott: The Commercial (COM) channels are never likely to broadcast from Kilkeel transmitter and over 1,000 other similar small relays. See here for an explanation:
Londonderry transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Monday, 22 April 2013
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Kevin Cunningham3:50 PM
Dave Lindsay: we have a big problem all are itv and channel 4 and 5 have gone of are telly and all we have is sound on are rte channels and no picture can you help we live in annalong
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Kevin Cunningham: Perhaps there are two issues:
1. Loss of PSB2 (which carries UTV, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc)
2. No picture on RT channels.
For RT channels you may require Freeview HD receivers. Some standard definition receivers will work, but no where near all.
Saorview pictures are encoded using the MPEG4 standard whereas Freeview standard definition pictures use the older MPEG2 standard. For that reason many Freeview SD receivers don't have the capability to decode MPEG4 pictures, but Freeview HD ones definately do.
As for number 1, I put the postcode of the Post Office in Annalong into Digital UK Coverage Checker and it doesn't look great. I wonder if you might be in a poor reception area.
Try manually tuning to UHF channel 42 for PSB2 from Kilkeel.
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Wednesday, 4 November 2015
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Keith Cahill12:30 AM
Hello. I have recently moved to Carrick On Shannon in Co Leitrim, about 40 miles from the border with Co Fermanagh. I have not yet had time to install a TV aerial, but I am wondering if anyone can tell me what I can expect to receive, what size and type of antenna I should purchase and where should I point it. Any advice would be appreciated.Thanks
Keith
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