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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Strabane (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 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| 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?
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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Wednesday, 15 February 2012
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des drumm5:57 PM
Any updates on the "freeview" RTE channels on the Strabane transmitter ?
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des drumm: It doesn't look like RTÉ will be broadcast from Strabane. See this page:
Northern Ireland "mini multiplex" (NIMM) | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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Thursday, 16 February 2012
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Mike Dimmick2:59 PM
des drumm: It won't be broadcast from Strabane, but you may be able to get either overspill coverage from Saorview transmitters in the Republic, or coverage from the mini multiplex that Dave Lindsay mentioned. The signals from Brougher Mountain may travel well enough for you to receive it.
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des drumm: Further to Mike Dimmick's posting, I had a look at the Saorview coverage map which shows the locations of transmitters: Coverage Map | SAORVIEW
Whether you can or can't receive from any of these stations depends on the terrain.
Holywell Hill is on channel 30 horizontal at 20kW with a second multiplex pencilled in on channel 25.
Letterkenny is on channel 53 vertical at 2kW (with a future multiplex on channel 57.
Ballybofey transmitter is about 11 miles from your location, but is only at 100W. It is vertically polarised and transmits on channel 47 with a future multiplex on channel 44.
The Saorview coverage map shows green where the signal is predicted as being available, but it doesn't allow selection of individual transmitters to see which is best in particular locations!
PS. For those soles inclined, Comreg has published technical parameters of TV and radio transmitters, although TV3 does not appear to be on the list:
Technical Parameters - ComReg
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Saturday, 18 February 2012
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des drumm4:53 PM
thanks to Mike and Dave for their replies. Des
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Sunday, 26 February 2012
des drumm: There are also Saorview maps on this site - TV regions overview map | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
I will shortly be updating the site to include ROI transmitters when inputting Northern Ireland postcodes.
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Sunday, 27 May 2012
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Eugene11:56 AM
Looking for a bit of advice regarding a freeview and saorview installation in BT828LW
Looking to feed three rooms, all rooms have 4 coax cables running to the attic.
I am presuming I should be using a group A aerial for Holywell Hill and group B for Strabane. Would I be better using a diplexer or join the feed at the freeview box using a Y connector?
Will there be a need for a diplexer after DSO?
Thanks in Advance
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Monday, 17 September 2012
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Mike Dimmick5:57 PM
des: Because the digital transmissions *replace* analogue ones, it is not possible to run continuous test transmissions. There may, periodically, be analogue shutdowns overnight to allow digital test transmissions.
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Digital UK - Planned Engineering Works for notice of any engineering works. It's likely that this would be listed under Limavady rather than Strabane itself.
Note that when digital test transmissions *have* been broadcast, they are deliberately broadcast without any Service Information, meaning that receivers will not pick up any services if retuned at that time. This is to prevent those boxes which do automatically retune overnight from mistakenly deleting their current set of channels.
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