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MUX 2 launch date ?

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    #632
    Machinehead
    Registered Users Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Machinehead


    glimmerman123 wrote: »
    Mux 2 from Maghera was on for a couple of hours one day last week again with no channels on it. Maybe something will appear on it in the new year.
    Maghera mux2 channel 55 lit up today. No content. Mux 2 channel 24 Mullaghanish off.


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    #633
    jamescc
    Registered Users Posts: 395 ✭✭jamescc


    it was switched on this morning on channel 8 if you can call it that.
    it has since gone. i am getting my signal from three rock.


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    #634
    [Deleted User]
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    Channel 8 would suggest the Band III test again.


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    #635
    Machinehead
    Registered Users Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Machinehead


    Mullaghanish Mux2 channel 24 lit up again today. This time there's content, the usual tv test cards but no looped video on the HD test channel. Still transmitting now, (after 5pm) looks like last one out forgot to turn the lights off.


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    #636
    glimmerman123
    Registered Users Posts: 492 ✭✭glimmerman123


    Machinehead wrote: »
    Mullaghanish Mux2 channel 24 lit up again today. This time there's content, the usual tv test cards but no looped video on the HD test channel. Still transmitting now, (after 5pm) looks like last one out forgot to turn the lights off.
    looks like Mux2 from Mulla is getting a good run out. Maghera is still off.


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    #637
    marno21
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,356 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    Mux 2 considerably weaker than Mux 1 here on an attic Band III aerial pointed at Mullaghanish. 100S/100Q on Mux 1, 100S/55Q on Mux 2. 7 testcards, a "SSU" service and that seems to be it.

    No TG4 HD or Today FM for the culchies :(


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    #638
    glimmerman123
    Registered Users Posts: 492 ✭✭glimmerman123


    marno21 wrote: »
    Mux 2 considerably weaker than Mux 1 here on an attic Band III aerial pointed at Mullaghanish. 100S/100Q on Mux 1, 100S/55Q on Mux 2. 7 testcards, a "SSU" service and that seems to be it.

    No TG4 HD or Today FM for the culchies :(
    Not missing much then.


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    #639
    pa990
    Registered Users Posts: 3,884 ✭✭✭pa990


    mux2 offering the same lineup of tests from spurhill.


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    #640
    galtee boy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,488 ✭✭✭galtee boy


    Mux 2, ( Channel 43), fired up on the Mitchelstown transmitter since yesterday also.


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    #641
    pa990
    Registered Users Posts: 3,884 ✭✭✭pa990


    mux 2 mulla and spur hill off again


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    #642
    Boggy
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭Boggy


    Three Rock Ch 33 and Kippure Ch 58 now on


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    #643
    [Deleted User]
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    Three Rock coming in loud and clear here. In fact, if my TV is to be believed, my mux 2 signal is slightly better than my mux 1 signal. I think that confirms that mux 2 had been testing on 58 from Kippure all along, as I was only barely able to get it on 58.

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    #644
    marclt
    Registered Users Posts: 844 ✭✭✭marclt


    It's on from Mt. Leinster too!


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    #645
    STB
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    marclt wrote: »
    It's on from Mt. Leinster too!

    Indeed. Ch 26. 7 TV and 10 radio. Bit rates (test cards) ranging from 313KB/s to 520KB/s. 98KB/s on the radio channels.

    For Test Card Anoraks.
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    #646
    marclt
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    What a selection STB!

    Hope no one accidentally leaves them on for any length. Screen burn!


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    #647
    STB
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    marclt wrote: »
    What a selection STB!

    Hope no one accidentally leaves them on for any length. Screen burn!

    Staring at them whilst listening to the 19Khz test tone at full blast for extended period of time would not be advised. :)

    Infact they should have warnings to that effect in typical RTE Mantra..... anyone who has been affected by this evenings test cards should......


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    #648
    marclt
    Registered Users Posts: 844 ✭✭✭marclt


    And don't forget the obligatory reference to the Aertel page xxx for more details.

    !!!!!!!


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    #649
    Mr Cumulonimbus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Mr Cumulonimbus


    Clermont Carn mux 2 broadcasting on channel 56. Same test cards as shown above on display.


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    #650
    mike65
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    In Waterford I get several blank screens with momentary sound and one grey card. Thanks for nothing! :p


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    #651
    RonanAnthony
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭RonanAnthony


    MUX 2 now testing on channel 57 from truskmore. All test cards same as the pictures posted above


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    #652
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,422 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    I checked 3Rock last night. Mux 1 10 100% sig, q=100%. Mux2 86% sig, q=100%. Kippure is coming in at Mux1 Sig 46%. q=100%, Mux 2 26% sig, q=100%.

    So mux 2 is lower for me on both muxes.


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    #653
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,543 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    :D Maybe they're giving us Oireachtas TV for an Xmas pressie so we can look at all the empty seats we're paying for :D


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    #654
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,422 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    If they are, they are keeping very quiet about it.:mad:

    They have just launched the Christmas edition of the RTE Guide.


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    #655
    RonanAnthony
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭RonanAnthony


    Sam Russell wrote: »
    If they are, they are keeping very quiet about it.:mad:

    They have just launched the Christmas edition of the RTE Guide.
    Lol
    I got that myself yesterday :)
    It will probably switch off again later like they always do


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    #656
    Jpmarn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭Jpmarn


    Picking up mux 2 on ch. 44 in the Limerick area. It is either from Woodcock Hill or Maghera. Broadcasting test cards ATM.


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    #657
    peking97
    Registered Users Posts: 856 ✭✭✭peking97


    Not Maghera. Just did a scan and Mux 1 CH 48 only on Maghera at present. When Mux 2 is on the CH no. is 55. HTH.


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    #658
    pa990
    Registered Users Posts: 3,884 ✭✭✭pa990


    Mulla Ch 24 and SpurHill Ch 49 On Air again with the usual bouquet of tests


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    #659
    marno21
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,356 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    Jpmarn wrote: »
    Picking up mux 2 on ch. 44 in the Limerick area. It is either from Woodcock Hill or Maghera. Broadcasting test cards ATM.
    That's Woodcock Hill alright (assuming it's not another tx with Mux 1 on C47, eg Knockanore or Cairn Hill, both of which would be very unlikely)


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    #660
    galtee boy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,488 ✭✭✭galtee boy


    Is it too much to hope that all this testing of Mux 2 in the last week or so, at a time of the year when most large organisations do not carry out unnecessary work and actually go into wind down mode, means that we are about to see some new channel launch, maybe Oireachtas TV or TV3HD ?


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    #661
    Machinehead
    Registered Users Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Machinehead


    galtee boy wrote: »
    Is it too much to hope that all this testing of Mux 2 in the last week or so, at a time of the year when most large organisations do not carry out unnecessary work and actually go into wind down mode, means that we are about to see some new channel launch, maybe Oireachtas TV or TV3HD ?
    Good point. The "winding down mode" never occurred me. Seems like a plausible idea to have all this activity prior to an impending launch. But I have one question on the mux2 launch. Has there been similar activity for mux2 on the lower powered tx sites nationwide? I've been focused on reports re main transmitter sites. I've seen nothing on mux2 re the sites in my area eg Knockmoyle, Cnoc an Óir & the new site covering Dingle. Can new channel launches go ahead on mux2 when there isn't nationwide coverage available?


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