Photos Of DTT Transmitters-Post here

aerial man

Im just posting a photo of a DTT transmitter ..... Its nice to see what we're all pointing at!

If you have any photos of Transmitters, please post them up.

Heres Arklow

The transmitter on the top



The small covered aerial from Mt Leinster

Gipo3

Truskmore, Co. Sligo

aerial man

Gipo3 wrote: »

Truskmore, Co. Sligo

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Thats a close one (the second picture), very good camera or were you up at the transmitter?
Are they replacing the transmitter at the moment? Thanks for posting

Gipo3

The first photo shows new transmitter on right and old one on left. Photo was taken on mast.

watty

These are mast & Aerial photos.

The Transmitters are in a box or building on the ground

byte

watty wrote: »

These are mast & Aerial photos.

The Transmitters are in a box or building on the ground

Pedant

STB

Cnoic An Oir, Kilduff and Kippure

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74554395

Many more

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055043728

Antenna

Some pictures of (and from) the "Ferrypoint" fill-in DTV and analog television retransmission site on the edge of Co. Waterford - Monatrea area (across water is Youghal Co. Cork). RTE introduced the site for analogue TV sometime in the mid-1990s.
These pictures taken last summer.

aerial man

I took these today above the graveyard up the potlane, Clonattin, Gorey

The Westerner

Picture of Clermont Carn taken in Autumn 2008. Top stack is the analogue UHF section, below it is the DTT stack facing southwest. I'd guess some sort of upgrade will be done (is ongoing maybe?) to remove the northward restrictions on DTT output post ASO this October.

STB

There are some great photos taken by Sean Power of BTS up at Mt Leinster during the snow 2 years go here

tvman2

The Westerner wrote: »

Picture of Clermont Carn taken in Autumn 2008. Top stack is the analogue UHF section, below it is the DTT stack facing southwest. I'd guess some sort of upgrade will be done (is ongoing maybe?) to remove the northward restrictions on DTT output post ASO this October.

Could they not just switch the DTT over to the old analogue panels at ASO?

Antenna

Attached picture of this post is of Fermoy Co. Cork Saorview DTT (and analogue TV RTE1,2,TG4 and also FM radio for RTE stations and Newstalk)
This picture taken last year, though don't think much has changed since then.

Also visible on streetview:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Dublin+Road+Fermoy&hl=en&ll=52.145821,-8.283005&spn=0.000003,0.002406&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.014453,70.3125&hnear=Dublin+Rd,+Fermoy,+County+Cork,+Ireland&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=52.145821,-8.283137&panoid=0FEL4Mift8Fv-qZHTwqsYA&cbp=12,108.81,,0,-22.5

Trick of the Tail

STB wrote: »

There are some great photos taken by Sean Power of BTS up at Mt Leinster during the snow 2 years go here

Ahem, I think you'll find that I, of Total Broadcast, took the Mt Leinster photos!

A.

STB

Sorry Andy and that's what I originally credited to you in that thread at the time but then subsequently saw them on Sean's FB page and assumed they were taken by Sean!

Once a pirate, always.....

Sam the Aerialman

Wonder are you interested in Irish DTT or any UK DTT Tx's...
In the meantime this is a very interesting video from our partners VT.

http://youtu.be/A30LhZf8x2c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A30LhZf8x2c

aerial man

Sam the Aerialman wrote: »

Wonder are you interested in Irish DTT or any UK DTT Tx's...
In the meantime this is a very interesting video from our partners VT.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A30LhZf8x2c

Great video! well put together.

If I'm over in Wales during the summer, ill take a few hours to detour to Preseli, it doesn't seem too far from Fishguard. Over the years, we're after pointing a fair few aerials towards it!

blackius

aerial man wrote: »

Sam the Aerialman wrote: »

Wonder are you interested in Irish DTT or any UK DTT Tx's...
In the meantime this is a very interesting video from our partners VT.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A30LhZf8x2c

Great video! well put together.

If I'm over in Wales during the summer, ill take a few hours to detour to Preseli, it doesn't seem too far from Fishguard. Over the years, we're after pointing a fair few aerials towards it!

Our esteemed moderator marclt lives up beside preseli.

Booms

Wouldn't be here, by any chance?

house for sale

STB

Booms wrote: »

Wouldn't be here, by any chance?

house for sale

Did I lock the door.

That fire guard is on isnt it.

Better check the stay wires out the back too.

aerial man

Booms wrote: »

Wouldn't be here, by any chance?

house for sale

I wouldn't like being in the house during the snow if case of any falling ice!

gingernut79

taken on a recent stroll up Cairn Hill

byte

Jaysus, I wonder can they sqeeze any more antennae on that mast! It's safe to say that it serves more than 1 purpose

marclt

Didn't realise my name was mentioned in this thread. I'll take some better photos soon, here's one of Preseli to keep you going!

Simply TV

Here's one i took on a recent trip to the west... any guesses which one

byte

Simply TV wrote: »

Here's one i took on a recent trip to the west... any guesses which one

God, it's hard to say.

It must've been very foggy when you took the picture because I can't see it :pac:

Still, I'm saying Maghera! Do I win?

Antenna

Here's a few pictures taken earlier this year of the Tonabrocky site on the north-western outskirts of Galway city, transmitting the current Saorview MUX on UHFCh 26 (514MHz) vertical. It's on a upc mast (which has a number of other users as well as mmds transmit at the very top). The UHF DTT transmit is the typical UHF panels.
(BTW, this site was never used by RTE for analogue TV)

Antenna

Glanmire Co. Cork DTT (and ex-Analogue) TV relay recent pictures below:
The site is at the back of the Glashaboy waterworks

This is on UHF Ch47 (682MHz) Horizontal for the current single Saorview MUX

BTW the 2 vertical rods at the top are collinear aerials for the Tetra network.
, and notice the green grime on the UHF TV transmit panels in the second picture!

STB

Antenna wrote: »

BTW the 2 vertical rods at the top are collinear aerials for the Tetra network.
, and notice the green grime on the UHF TV transmit panels in the second picture!

\Jaysus.... what the.....

watty

It mystifies me that the Clarion in Limerick isn't like that.

STB

European DVB-T interactive Maps Including coordinates and Google Earth/Terrain/Satellite.

Here RTE entries http://www.dvbtmap.eu/transmitterlist.html?offset=1

Not too sure how accurate it is, but it does have google earth functionality.

Three Rock from Google Earth.

More Music

Nice.

marno21

Rosscarbery TX taken this evening. Saorview and mobile phone only.

This site originally transmitted VHF television before being upgraded to UHF ~1999. TX comes from the lone panel at the top of the mast, the site is fed by 2 shrouded yagis, fed from Mullaghanish. (not visible in the pic as I couldn't access the other side of the TX).


This site could've done with FM radio as reception of the RTE FM's & ILR stations in the town is dire. (Site was assigned 89.3, 91.5, 93.7, 98.9 but never came to fruition).

STB.

An old programme about building the network in Ireland including interviews with a rake of engineers of that time.

http://www.2rn.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/rtenl_1.mp4

Thurston?

marno21 wrote: »

... This site could've done with FM radio as reception of the RTE FM's & ILR stations in the town is dire. (Site was assigned 89.3, 91.5, 93.7, 98.9 but never came to fruition).

Yeah, in the street view imagery (from March 2009) there's a single 3-element band II aerial beneath twin band III aerials, with twin shrouded UHF log periodics (going by shape) at the top, all pointing the same direction, so looks like they got as far as putting up an FM rx anyway.

Maybe there's multipath or something, site looks like it doesn't have LOS to Mullaghanish, I wonder what analogue TV from it looked like.

marno21

Thurston? wrote: »

Yeah, in the street view imagery (from March 2009) there's a single 3-element band II aerial beneath twin band III aerials, with twin shrouded UHF log periodics (going by shape) at the top, all pointing the same direction, so looks like they got as far as putting up an FM rx anyway.

Maybe there's multipath or something, site looks like it doesn't have LOS to Mullaghanish, I wonder what analogue TV from it looked like.

It doesn't have LOS to Mullaghanish.

Analog UHF TV looked decent bar a bit of snow, nothing major to complain and far better than if they were receiving direct from Mullaghanish (they wouldn't get anything). The fact that the analog source was on VHF helped a lot too.

Parked beside the site my car radio receives clear radio from Mullaghanish with no multipath interference (also receives 95.4, 95.8, 103.3 & 104.5 clear from Nowen Hill).

Antenna

Thurston? wrote: »

there's a single 3-element band II aerial beneath twin band III aerials, with twin shrouded UHF log periodics (going by shape) at the top, all pointing the same direction, so looks like they got as far as putting up an FM rx anyway.

They were not for FM but a telemetry system operating in VHF low-band (the elements would have been a bit longer than for Band II. ) If the transposer failed and went off air it should 'report back' it had failed.

regarding FM they will probably say there is adequate mono reception in the locality with an attic/outdoor aerial (if needed) connected to a decent receiver

kooga

Took these photos of crosshaven last night (rare summers evening)

marno21

Picture taken today of the RTE site at Ballina serving Ballina/Killaloe. RX is single UHF log periodic pointed at Maghera.

From what I can tell the site also carries Clare FM on 96.6.

marno21

Antenna wrote: »

They were not for FM but a telemetry system operating in VHF low-band (the elements would have been a bit longer than for Band II. ) If the transposer failed and went off air it should 'report back' it had failed.

regarding FM they will probably say there is adequate mono reception in the locality with an attic/outdoor aerial (if needed) connected to a decent receiver

Even still, adequate reception in some parts of the town was very difficult. Often the best coverage was during enhanced conditions from Mt Leinster.

252LW had the issue of interference from Algeria also.

marno21

The lesser spotted RTE transmitter at Maamclassach near Dingle, Co. Kerry.

Transmits Saorview and radio on 88.7, 90.9, 93.1 & 98.3.

Originally transmitted RTE1, RTE2 & TG4 on UHF at 20W, which would seem to me that it was originally used as a link site to give clear feed to RTE's transmitters around the Dingle peninsula and for microwave link to RTE Raidio na Gaeltachta's site at Ballydavid.

Now a 200W Saorview site providing sporadic Saorview coverage around the peninsula. Given the terrain of the area coverage is difficult even with the use of a high site like this, which isn't even receivable in Dingle town.

Antenna

Bandon Co. Cork, two pictures taken last December (2016)
click Attached Images below.


Its also visible on Streetview, with a view taken in March 2011 as of now:

https://www.google.ie/maps/@51.7410536,-8.731132,3a,30y,141.63h,105.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjSSxIdozu_uDGX9PkWSCaw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

An obvious change since then is the removal of the VHF Band 3 'Grid' type receive aerial for RTE analogue below the UHF transmit panels. Also visible on the 2011 view but now gone is the satellite dish for alternative receive source installed for the mast replacement work at Mullaghanish a couple of years previous

sligojoek

Truskmore

byte

Nice photo of Truskmore there! I've always wanted to get up to it for a nosy, but never did.

sligojoek

byte wrote: »

Nice photo of Truskmore there! I've always wanted to get up to it for a nosy, but never did.

Thanks. Here's two others I put on another thread.. I took a good few up there a few years ago. They're on a hard drive somewhere. I'll have a look for them later. There's a road right up to it but the gate is always locked. I'm forever kicking myself for not going up before they took the old one down.

marno21

RTENL installation at Clonakilty.

First image is of the tower carrying the Saorview transmissions on UHF 48/52. Previously carried analogue services on 39/42/49.

Second image is of a non broadcast tower at the same location.

Third image is of the pole for the former South Coast TV deflector for the area, which transmitted on 61/64/66/69. This site would've received service from the main Bandon transmitter, which was on a high site around 15km away. This would in turn have received Carrigaline which received from Comeragh mountains in Waterford.

96FM and C103 have relays for the town on 96.2 & 103.9 FM but I am not sure if these transmit from this site.

stephend2000

Was at the Knockmoyle transmitter recently. Can't post photos because I'm a new user. When we were next to the old MMDS transmitter I picked up a WiFi network with the SSID "UPC", I was pretty sure they finished up any transmitting from that location in 2016 when MMDS was shutdown. Maybe the left a router up there! Also, there is great DAB reception up there!

marno21

A far from perfect snap of the 2RN relay at Dingle Co. Kerry. Site is UHF television only, previously transmitted analogue on 23/26/33 and now has Saorview on 30/26. There are no FM services at the site, area is covered by the Maamclassach transmitter a few posts back, Kilkeveragh on the Iveragh peninsula across the water and Mullaghanish. There is Radio Kerry relay nearby at Lispole on 97.6MHz.

Light conditions weren't ideal and the site is approx 100m from the road up a fairly mucky track - perhaps better snaps may come along in the summer.

sligojoek

sligojoek wrote: »

Thanks. Here's two others I put on another thread.. I took a good few up there a few years ago. They're on a hard drive somewhere. I'll have a look for them later. There's a road right up to it but the gate is always locked. I'm forever kicking myself for not going up before they took the old one down.

I was going through the hard drive today and found these.

sligojoek

marno21

2RN Achill installation at Minaun Heights from this week. Weather was quite awful.

Site carries RTE Radio 1 (89.9), RTE 2FM (92.1), RTE RnaG (94.3), RTE Lyric FM (99.5) and Today FM (101.7). I'm not sure if Mid West Radio (97.1), iRadio (103.1) or Newstalk (106.8) come from this site or an adjacent site with FM dipoles on it which I couldn't get a good picture of.