Full Freeview on the Limavady (Northern Ireland) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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55.108,-6.887 or 55°6'30"N 6°53'14"W

BT49 9LJ

The symbol shows the location of the Limavady (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 45,000 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 Limavady (Northern Ireland) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Limavady 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	H max	C41 (634.0MHz)	382m	DTG-	20,000W
	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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C44 (658.0MHz)	382m	DTG-	20,000W
	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, 30 E4 +1, 35 UTV +1 (UTV),
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C47 (682.0MHz)	382m	DTG-	20,000W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Northern Ireland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 UTV HD (UTV), 104 Channel 4 HD NI ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C40 (626.0MHz)	379m	DTG-8	10,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! movies action, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 15 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C43 (650.0MHz)	379m	DTG-8	10,000W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C46 (674.0MHz)	379m	DTG-8	10,000W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?

The Limavady (Northern Ireland) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .

If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Limavady transmitter?

BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,051km northeast (51°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.

UTV Live 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT7 1EB, 1,051km northeast (51°)
to UTV region - 46 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

Elliotts Hill

Transposer

13 km SE Ballymena, Co. Antrim

90 homes (according to B9 Energy)

How will the Limavady (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					SDN
C41					BBCA
C43					ArqA
C44					D3+4
C46					ArqB
C47					BBCB
C48				_local	_local
C49_{tv_off}				ArqB
C50_{tv_off}				BBCA
C54_{tv_off}				SDN
C55_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCB
C58_{tv_off}				ArqA
C59_{tv_off}	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4
C62	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves
C65	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{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	100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 20kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB	(-10dB) 10kW
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B, Mux C, Mux D	(-21dB) 800W

Local transmitter maps

Limavady Freeview Limavady DAB Limavady TV region BBC Northern Ireland UTV

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Limavady transmitter area

Oct 1959-May 2006	Ulster Television
May 2006-Dec 2014	UTV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Limavady 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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mrdtv

_{sentiment_satisfied}Gold

9:15 AM

Geo: On the 24th PROVIDED you have equipment HDTV will be live from .

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Gerry

_{sentiment_satisfied}Bronze

7:12 PM

Will be available in hd on from come 24/10/2012

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Dave Lindsay

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Platinum

7:16 PM

Gerry: Yes.

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Briantist

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Owner

9:17 AM

At the will be off air from midnight until 6am on 24th October 2012 - see UK Digital switchover ends - Northern Ireland completes on 24th October 2012 | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice for full details.

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Briantist

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9:19 AM

At the will be off air from midnight until 6am on 24th October 2012 - see UK Digital switchover ends - Northern Ireland completes on 24th October 2012 | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice for full details...

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Gerry

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11:49 AM

will it best to return tv from 6am tomorrow morning.......

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Paul
11:11 PM

Retuned my box today Receive BBC HD,BBC N.I HD,,C4 HD,but not receiving any RTE receiving from myself .
Went to retune my friends Freeview HD set boxs tonight he lives in the other side of the town (Coleraine) and he received All HD Channels on most of his freeview HD boxs and all RTE Channels including RTE 2 HD ,9 RTE CHANNELS IN TOTAL.But some of his freeview boxs strugle to receive ITV SD.So I guess he must be reciving them from his RTE Aerial.So many tvs and I have not worked out how to improve ITV SD without losing all RTE Channels.He has 2 Aerials on the ,1 RTE and 1 Limavady...

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Tom
12:40 AM
Londonderry

Not picking up any of the HD on 55 or 47 Derry transmitter. All other channels are perfect and strong . Anyone no what's happening? I have the correct HD equipment.
By the way i receive RTE2 HD and all the other RTE channels from transmitter with no problems. Any information would be appreciated.

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pat
1:56 AM
Londonderry

TOM.
I though i had the same problem, but i have two TVs one is the Sony bravia working perfect on HD, the other a Samsung seris 5, the Samsung has no DVB-T2 hence no HD.

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pat
2:04 AM
Londonderry

No HD on British on my Samsung , but RTE HD is OK.

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