Claudy digital TV transmitter

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54.906,-7.127 or 54°54'23"N 7°7'36"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Claudy transmitter. The Claudy transmitter covers less than 500 homes.

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Limavady region

BBC Northern Ireland

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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.

Claudy transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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. The rating shown takes in account the output power level and the various Freeview transmission modes and do not indicate an ongoing fault.

Mux	Effective power level, aerial position	Rating	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	vertical	Below average	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	23
	1 BBC One Northern Ireland, 2 BBC Two Northern Ireland, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 14 others 200 BBC Red Button, 700 BBC Radio 1, 701 BBC 1Xtra, 702 BBC Radio 2, 703 BBC Radio 3, 704 BBC Radio 4, 705 BBC Radio 5 Live, 706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, 707 BBC 6 Music, 708 BBC Radio 4 Extra, 709 BBC Asian Network, 710 BBC World Service, 719 BBC Radio Ulster, 720 BBC Radio Foyle, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C57 (762.0MHz) from 159m datum.
PSB2 D3+4	vertical	Below average	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	23
	3 UTV (UTV), 4 Channel 4 NI ads, 5 Channel 5 NI ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 NI ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 UTV+1 (UTV), plus 1 others 726 U105, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C53 (730.0MHz) from 159m datum.
PSB3 BBCB	vertical	Below average	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	23
	101 BBC One HD Northern Ireland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 UTV HD (UTV), 104 Channel 4 HD NI ads, plus 1 others 232 The Space, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C60 (786.0MHz) from 159m datum.

Looking for these 26 channels?

The Claudy (Northern Ireland) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5*, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Community Channel, Dave, Dave ja vu, E4+1, Film 4, Food Network, ITV 2 +1, ITV 3, ITV 4, Movie Mix, PICK TV, Quest, Really, RT English , Sky News, The Zone, VIVA, Yesterday.

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.

Regional news from the Claudy transmitter

How the transmission frequencies change over time

	years		1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	2013-18	2013-18
	aerial group		C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E
700	C53		C4	C4	C4	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
	C57		BBC1	BBC1	BBC1	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
	C60		ITV	ITV	ITV	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
800	C63		BBC2	BBC2	BBC2

orange background for multiplexes names more

green background for transmission frequencies

lilac background for power levels in watts

800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013

700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more

600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more

Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 10th October and 24th October 2012.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-4	29W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-1dB) 23W

History of Channel 3 in the Limavady transmitter area

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

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