Holywell Hill

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Coordinates: 54°59′56″N 7°23′59″W / 54.999023°N 7.399721°W / 54.999023; -7.399721 Holywell Hill transmitter

This transmitter site in County Donegal, Ireland is situated just 50 metres from the border with Northern Ireland, and it is owned and operated by 2RN. The transmission mast is a self supporting steel lattice tower 60m tall, with the site itself being 260m ASL.[1] The station was opened in 1981 to provide UHF television coverage to parts of County Donegal and Derry City and County. It originally carried the four Irish analogue channels, RTÉ One (Ch 23), RTÉ Two (Ch 26), TV3 (Ch 29), and TG4 (Ch 29), horizontally polarised and at an effective radiated power of 20kw. Today the station provides the Irish digital television service Saorview to a large area of North West Ireland including Derry/Londonderry city.[2] The five national radio stations are also relayed from the site on VHF FM.

Current transmissions

Digital television

Frequency UHF kW Multiplex
546 MHz 30 20 Saorview (Mux 1)
570 MHz 33 20 Saorview (Mux 2)

Analogue FM radio

Frequency kW Service
89.2 MHz 6 RTÉ Radio 1
91.4 MHz 6 RTÉ 2fm
93.6 MHz 6 RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
98.8 MHz 6 RTÉ lyric fm
101.0 MHz 6 Today FM

References

  1. Mountain views Ireland. "Holywell Hill". Mountain view Ireland. Retrieved 2012-10-31. 
  2. UK FreeTV. "Holywell Hill transmitter". Retrieved 2012-10-31. 

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