Saorview on the Moville (Republic of Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Moville (Republic of Ireland) transmitter. 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 Moville transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-1003 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Saorview channels does the Moville transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Saorview fault, follow this Saorview 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 |
| SV1 | H max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 356m | DTG-1003 | 2,000W |
 3 Virgin Media 1, 4 TG4 (RoI), 21 RTÉ News Now, 22 Tithe an Oireachtais , | |||||
| SV2 | H max | C34 (578.0MHz) | 356m | DTG-1003 | 2,000W |
 1 RTÉ One HD, 5 Virgin Media 2 , 6 Virgin Media 3, 7 RTÉ jr, 11 RTÉ One +1, 12 RTÉ2+1, 27 Saorview Information (*, | |||||
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
How will the Moville (Republic of Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 1 Sep 2019 | |||||
| A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | B E K T | A K T | |||||
| C32 | SV1 | ||||||||
| C34 | SV2 | ||||||||
| C42 | SV2 | ||||||||
| C45 | SV1 |
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 1 Jan 12 and 1 Jan 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| SV1≡, SV2≡ | 2kW |
Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSunday, 15 April 2012
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Peter Henderson8:47 PM
Newtownabbey
I take it Saorview reception of this transmitter along the north coast of NI i.e. Portrush, Portstewart etc. is fine ? Is it still transmitting analogue ?
Must take a wee run up to my parent's apartment in Portrush and check things out.
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Monday, 16 April 2012
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Peter Hegan5:06 PM
Peter Henderson:
Hi Peter,
My first time replying on this site, am an installer in Limavady area and yes Moville is still transmitting analogue (RTE1,RTE2 & TG4) in parallel with their Saorview multiplex of eight channels. Their analogue is due to end in October the same as ourselves.
If I can be of any help then feel free to contact me.
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Tuesday, 17 April 2012
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Peter Henderson1:09 AM
Newtownabbey
Thank's Peter.
My Parent's apartment has communal Aerials installed which obviously includes RTE (Moville) as they get perfect reception of RTE1, RTE2 and TG4 (No TV3).
Just wondering if Saorview reception was mirroring that of the analogue coverage.
As I say, must take a wee run up and check out Saorview with my Humax Fox HD t2 (which is relatively cheap now).
Unfortunately, no Saorview here in Jordanstown despite excellent analogue reception from Clermont Cairn. Hopefully, this wont be the case after October 24th.
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Peter Hegan2:56 PM
Hi Peter,
Okay on that, would say that Saorview should be good enough at your parent's location although the digital signal would be of slightly lower power but tends to penetrate better than analogue.
Had to manually retune a Humax box recently to bring in Saorview off Moville on CH45 as the autotune only logged the UK Freeview so keep that in mind.
Thought you would get Saorview at your home but obviously not. You're likely aware that the RTE mini multiplex is going to be on Black Mountain, Carnmoney Hill and Brougher Mtn so Carnmoney may help you?.
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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Jim Cassidy3:40 PM
Ballymoney
I'm at BT53 7AS with 2 roof aerials Group B for Moville Analogue with 12V powered masthead amp and Group C/D for limavady Freeview and I have diplexer.
I have a Freeview HD set top receiver.
The maps show I should be receiving Saorview now but I'm not.
Do I have to change any hardware to receive Saorview now?
Will I have to change any hardware in October?
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Friday, 20 April 2012
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Peter Hegan10:14 AM
Hi Jim,
If you can tell me the make and model of your HD receiver I should be able to let you know as not all HD receivers and HD televisions are Saorview compatible and not every dealer will inform you of this before you purchase.
Generally speaking, most recent LG and Samsung integrated models are compatible and Humax set-top boxes and the Technika (Tesco) model STBHDIS2010 also.
Peter.
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Monday, 23 April 2012
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Jim Cassidy11:19 AM
Thanks Peter,
Good news. I've got the cheapie - the refurbished Tesco STBHDIS2010 so I'll get Saorview in due course if the signal is strong enough.
At present the EPG shows Saorview Channel names but no programme details.
Are any changes likely to be necessary to the RTE aerial and amplifier?
Jim
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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Peter Hegan7:42 PM
Okay Jim,
Yes I have supplied many of that model to customers and have three myself at home on analogue televisions. You have to actually highlight and select one of the Saorview channels for the programme info to fill up. If your analogue RTE is fairly good then that 's an indicator that you're in with a good chance for Saorview. Recently did some work in Postboys Walk area of Ballymoney but the RTE analogue was grim, even with a MHA so hope you've more luck.
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Thursday, 26 April 2012
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Jim Cassidy12:16 PM
Thanks again Peter,
I think these models are good value for the money and the direct access to BBC iPlayer can be a useful facility for replaying on the TV.
I tried Saorview RTE1 this morning around 6am and almost got a picture - not just pixellated but large blocks missing - and a few very short staccato sounds.
The EPG for the Saorview channels was almost fully populated with programme title, beginning and ending times and duration but no information when 'i' button was pressed. However, it's now 12.00 noon and there is no picture at all and EPG doesn't populate even when a channel is highlighted.
My analogue RET1 is good - as good a my analogue Channel 4
RTE2 often has diamond shaped interference all over the screen but is watchable and
TG4 is almost as good as RTE1
I am still optimistic for October.
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Peter Henderson6:42 PM
Jim:are you sure your aerial is pointing towards Moville and not Holywell Hill ?
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