Freeview Light on the Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 14,000 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 Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmitter._______
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 Strabane (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 Freeview channels does the Strabane 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 | C32 (562.0MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 400W |
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 | V max | C34 (578.0MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 400W |
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 | V max | C35+ (586.2MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 400W |
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 | |||||
NIMM | V -13dB | C40 (626.0MHz) | 581m | DTG- | 20W |
from 4th September 2019: 53 TG4, 54 RTÉ One, 55 RTÉ Two, |
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Strabane (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 Strabane transmitter?

BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,050km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
How will the Strabane (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?
1963-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 4 Sep 2019 | ||||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | K T | ||||
C8 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | |||||
C40 | NIMM | NIMM | |||||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 | 2kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
NIMM | (-20dB) 20W |
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Thursday, 30 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
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STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:05 yesterday to 14:09 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 31 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
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STRABANE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:05 on 29 May to 14:09 on 29 May. [BBC]
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Saturday, 29 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:08 PM
8:08 PM
STRABANE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 19:05 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:08 PM
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STRABANE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 19:05 today to 19:11 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 30 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
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STRABANE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 19:05 yesterday to 19:11 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 1 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
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STRABANE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 19:05 on 29 Jun to 19:11 on 29 Jun. [BBC]
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Saturday, 13 July 2019
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Bart11:59 AM
What will happen when saorview in donegal changes some transmitters to the exact a as me frequencies as the strabane frequencies in September 2019
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Sunday, 14 July 2019
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Chris.SE6:21 AM
Bart:
If you put your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker it will give you an idea about the predicted reception under the entries "Reception changes" if there is any effect.
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Monday, 15 July 2019
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StevensOnln110:39 AM
Chris.SE: I don't think Digital UK provide information on Irish transmitters. Does anyone know of any equivalent website for Saorview in Ireland?
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Chris.SE7:54 PM
StevensOnln1:
Strabane is a Northern Ireland transmitter and will therefore be covered by Digitaluk. Any changes to other transmitters that might affect reception of Strabane will be reflected in the predicted reception should it have any impact. Bart seems to be concerned about the actual reception from Strabane and not directly concerned with receiving Donegal.
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