Full Freeview on the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 440,000 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 Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Divis 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Divis transmitter?
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,044km northeast (51°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Chapel Fields | Transposer | Central Belfast | 61 homes |
How will the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Mar 2020 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | W T | ||||
| C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C23 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C26 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C30 | LBT | ||||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C33 | com7 | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C36 | _local | ||||||||
| C48 | NIMM | NIMM | |||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
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 | 500kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| com8 | (-16dB) 12.7kW | |
| com7 | (-16.1dB) 12.4kW | |
| LBT | (-20dB) 5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-23.4dB) 2.3kW | |
| Mux C* | (-24dB) 2kW | |
| Mux D* | (-24.9dB) 1.6kW | |
| NIMM | (-47dB) 10W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Divis transmitter area
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Saturday, 15 January 2011
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Alex1:16 PM
Downpatrick
I Live in BT30 area and have been struggling to understand via internet & this site to understand what is going on with freeview....since around December the MUX2? channels are really bad...is there an official huiman being with the info somewhere with a responsibility for this who can be contacted verbally...at moment Divis freeview should be good, but my freeview bad...is this really my local problem, and whys it only intermmitent suddenly after years OK ? - any help appreciated!!
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Alex's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 17 January 2011
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
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Peter Henderson3:40 PM
There you go Alex, you've got an official reply to your query !
Haven't noticed anything at this location (BT37) recently although, I did have some breaking up/freezing over the Christmas period (weather conditions maybe ?).
I assume BT30 is in and around the Crumlin area ? We have friends in BT 29 and they've had no problems.
Roll on Nov. 2012 then, when all this will hopefully be sorted (along with the arrival of Saorview Lite !)
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Thursday, 20 January 2011
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Phillip7:04 PM
Belfast
Thank you Adam B
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Phillip's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 24 January 2011
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Phillip10:11 PM
Belfast
I am using a Bush HD freesat box and a Luxor HD freeview box with my 'Polaroid' HD ready tv. The freesat box automatically sets to 1080I and the freeview box to 720P. Both are connected to the tv using hdmi cables.
Picture quality on both is very good and if anything, better on the 720P freeview channels.
However when I view HD programmes on freesat (don't have freeview HD here yet)I struggle to see any improvement in picture quality.
Am I alone or just doing something wrong?
Despite this I am very pleased with both boxes, much more fun than the SKY package I had before.
By the way I tuned in ITV HD in Crumlin (northern ireland) with no problem and no change of post code.
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Phillip's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Phillip: The HD channels on satellite are at the same bitrate and resolution as those on Freeview. You should see no difference at all between Freeview HD and Freesat HD.
You should clearly be able to see the difference between SD and HD..
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Friday, 28 January 2011
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Eddie Gowdy (Digital Solutions North Wes7:35 PM
There is an article in our local paper stating RTE is going to be broadcast on UK Freeview from Divis later this year. Is there any truth to this and how will this happen??
It does not mention Limavady transmitter which is strange.....
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Monday, 31 January 2011
Eddie Gowdy: Peter Henderson's comment above covers this in depth.
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Wednesday, 2 February 2011
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Allen7:13 PM
Belfast
I have great problems receiving MUX2 channels in either belfast BT71PT, or whitehead BT389SP areas. Can you please advise what I need to do to recieve these - I'm using an aerial direct into a new Panasonic G20 viera with free view built in. Please advise
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Allen's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Allen: I would start by checking the things on the Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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