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Freeview Light on the Larne (Northern Ireland) transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the Larne (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 9,300 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 Larne (Northern Ireland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Larne 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C45 (666.0MHz)162mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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
C42 (642.0MHz)162mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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
C39+ (618.2MHz)162mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Larne (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 Larne transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,045km northeast (51°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
regional news image
UTV Live 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT7 1EB, 1,045km northeast (51°)
to UTV region - 46 masts.

How will the Larne (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-1330 Sep 2019-
VHFB E TB E TB E TB E K TB E K T
C3BBCtvwaves
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCBBBCB
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves

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

Oct 1959-May 2006Ulster Television
May 2006-Dec 2014UTV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Larne was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Monday, 23 July 2012
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m wilson
9:53 PM

Transmitter engineering: rfegards to previous comment larne has not been able to get digiatl signal through freeview box unless able to pick up divis signal. When will all areas of larne be able to get this

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Briantist
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10:43 PM

m wilson: Wednesday, 24th October 2012.

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Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Thursday, 25 October 2012
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Sam
5:51 PM

will i be able to receive the RTE channels

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Dave Lindsay
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6:20 PM

Sam: Larne transmitter does not broadcast RT channels.

Knowledge of your location, preferably in the form of postcode or nearby postcode (e.g. a shop) may allow a prediction to be made as to possibilities and the likelihood of success.

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Dave Lindsay
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7:08 PM

Briantist: PSB3 from Larne is on C39+ (according to DUK Postcode Checker and Ofcom Licences V8).

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Briantist
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9:10 PM

Dave Lindsay: Thanks for noticing. I have corrected.

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Sunday, 5 May 2013
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john abram
3:08 PM

can u tell me why i can only get 24 freeview tv channels and 14 radio channels . even though i have perfect strength and it does not matter if i put my aerial inside or out and i still cannot increase number of channels ie 5 usa and others even though i have a freeview hd box . i live in carnlough and any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Dave Lindsay
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4:00 PM

john abram: Because they are the only signals being transmitted by the transmitter you are using.

See:

Londonderry (Northern Ireland) digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice

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