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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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Divis (Northern Ireland) mast?

Divis transmitter - Divis transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)551mDTG-100,000W
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
 H max
C21+ (474.2MHz)551mDTG-100,000W
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)551mDTG-100,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C23 (490.0MHz)551mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C26 (514.0MHz)528mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C30 (546.0MHz)528mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LBT
 H -13dB
C36 (594.0MHz)528mDTG-125,000W
Channel icons
from 29th September 2014: 7 NvTv,

NIMM
 H -40dB
C48 (690.0MHz)551mDTG-10W
Channel icons
from 4th September 2019: 53 TG4, 54 RTÉ One, 55 RTÉ Two,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,044km northeast (51°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
regional news image
UTV Live 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT7 1EB, 1,044km northeast (51°)
to UTV region - 46 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

Chapel FieldsTransposerCentral Belfast61 homes

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

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-134 Mar 2020
VHFA K TA K TA K TK TW T
C1BBCtvwaves
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+D3+4D3+4
C23SDNSDN
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCBBBCB
C26ArqAArqA
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C29ArqB
C30LBT
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C33com7
C34com8
C36_local
C48NIMMNIMM
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_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

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. Divis 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
Friday, 3 January 2014
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Daniel Trimble
7:40 PM

Hi does anyone know of a company called Aerial Services NI based in Belfast. Can't find a website anymore and the phone's are not answered. Perhaps they no longer trade? They used maybe still do looked after our apartment block in Annadale Embankment. The letting company went bust and can't get a hold of anyone our flats have had no signal since Tuesday night. Thanks

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James Vance
8:21 PM
Belfast

Hi Kieran the tv is a samsung ue28 f4000 freeview tuner hope this helps to find what type of aerial I would need

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jb38
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11:31 PM

James Vance : Your model of TV will not receive the NIMM RTE/TG4 transmissions as they require a receiver fitted with a DVB-T2 tuner, your Samsung being DVB-T.

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Saturday, 4 January 2014
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P. Kieran Ward
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12:11 AM

Hi James Vance and jb!

James - jb has answered the question regarding the make and model of your set. jb has done the research I would have done to establish the type of tuner in your set. From jb's answer you will see that you will not be able to receive the 3 RTE/TG4 stations transmitted from Black Mountain.

In my first reply to you I included a link to the Digital UK site which included the information regarding the transmitters that you may be able to receive your TV programmes from:

(http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/coveragechecker/main/trade/bt155ag/27/0/85s8ev8f9p8nvo9u6otr93b5g5)

I know the link's address is quite long but if you type it into your internet browser you will be able to see the aerial group you will need. For Divis it lists a Group A aerial and for Carnmoney it lists a Group B aerial.

Just one other thing - this TV set will not tune in the High Definition stations from Freeview although it may be a high definition set it doesn't have a high definition tuner built into the set.

Regards

Kieran

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Sunday, 5 January 2014
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P. Kieran Ward
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12:17 AM

James - I should have said that an aerial for Divis reception is set horizontally while for reception from Carnmoney the aerial is set vertically. That is the elements of the aerial are set horizontally (Divis) and vertically for Carnmoney.

Kieran

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Thursday, 16 January 2014
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P. Kieran Ward
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11:21 PM

Brian!

What is happening to com8 UHF Channel 34 - detailed above. I see that it has a HD icon against this listing and due on-air December 2013. Is there reasons why this channel is not on-air at this time and which channels will use this multiplex?

Regards

P. Kieran Ward

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Monday, 20 January 2014
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Tony
11:30 PM

Ok retune tv with indoor tv aerial get all channels.Attach outside aerial and i have no bbc channels, but have all the others..Reattach indoor aerial i have bbc channels?
Built in freeview on a toshiba t.v in bedroom ,tv downstairs phillips attached to outside aerial via splitter has all channels.
I tried factory settings same problem.
Any help much appreciated

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Wednesday, 22 January 2014
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PJH
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2:13 AM

Sounds like there's a problem with your outside aerial Tony.

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Friday, 24 January 2014
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Gavin
8:14 AM

Since I posted here my phone keeps buzzing me with twitter notifications every time someone posts here. Can anyone advise how to stop this? Sorry I entered my twitter now but I got an error every time I tried to post without entering it :/

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12:34 PM

Gavin: I have blocked your Twitter.

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