Freeview Light on the Newcastle (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Newcastle (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 4,400 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Newcastle (Northern Ireland) mast?
NEWCASTLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Jan 21:15 until 22 Jan 16:15. . 
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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 Newcastle (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 Newcastle 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) | 269m | DTG- | 800W |
 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) | 269m | DTG- | 800W |
 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 (674.0MHz) | 269m | DTG- | 800W |
 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 -6dB | C48 (690.0MHz) | 269m | DTG- | 200W |
 from 4th September 2019: 53 TG4, 54 RTÉ One, 55 RTÉ Two, | |||||
The Newcastle (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 Newcastle 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 Newcastle (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Sep 2019 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | NIMM | NIMM | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | |||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 1000W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-1dB) 800W | |
| NIMM | (-7dB) 200W |
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 withheldThursday, 8 November 2012
martin cunningham: The reason that the Newcastle transmitter does not carry all the channels is outlined here:
Londonderry transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Whether your house "may" be able to receive the full service from Divis cannot be answered without knowledge of where it is!
The difficulty in your general area with receiving from Divis is that Slieve Croob and nearby peaks are in the way.
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Wednesday, 4 March 2020
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Damian11:15 AM
Hi Brian, the map displayed is not for the Newcastle Freeview Light Transmitter, it is in fact a small relay set on a hill just above the village of Leitrim, County Down which is roughly 16miles west of the Newcastle (Drinahilly, Mourne Mountains) looking down on Newcastle.
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Chris.SE2:12 PM
Damian:
I'm not sure if Brian has corrected anything, or if there was some sort of error when you looked, but the map I'm looking at now appears to be correct.
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Wednesday, 3 April 2024
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Davy McDonald11:36 AM
I am not getting all chanells eg no Dave. How can I get full channells
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Steve Donaldson12:39 PM
Davy McDonald: If you are receiving from the Newcastle transmitter then you won't.
There are a lot of smaller, filler-in transmitters such as Newcastle that carry the PSB (Public Service Broadcaster) channels only (these include the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, along with some ITV and Channel 4 sister channels).
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Tuesday, 1 October 2024
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NEWCASTLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Jan 21:15 until 22 Jan 16:15. . [BBC]
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Friday, 4 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
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NEWCASTLE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 3 Oct 23:45. . DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Jan 21:15 until 22 Jan 16:15. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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NEWCASTLE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 3 Oct 23:45 until 4 Oct 10:11. . DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Jan 21:15 until 22 Jan 16:15. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 October 2024
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NEWCASTLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Jan 21:15 until 22 Jan 16:15. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 20 October 2024
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5:10 AM
NEWCASTLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Jan 21:15 until 22 Jan 16:15. . [BBC]
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