Swords (Co Dublin) Cable frequencies

Ulsterman 1690

Someone asked for this a while back. Found an old list. Probably well out of date but may still be correct for the main channels ?

TV5 45.75 MHz
RTE1 53.75 MHz
RTE2 61.75 MHz
Sky News 152 MHz
Eurosport 160.25 MHz
C4 175.25 MHz
BBC2 191.25 MHz
UTV 199.25 MHz
Sky Sports 208 MHz
BBC1 216 MHz
Sky 1 224 MHz
Movie Channel 232 MHz
MTV 248 MHz
TNT/Cartoon Network 256 MHz
Community 264 MHz
NBC Super Ch 272 MHz
CNN 286 MHz

Antenna

It must be a fairly old list alright! - no mention of TG4/TnaG which came on the air in 1996

Notice how a minority interest/foreign language channel, TV5 , is put on the most troublesome slot (lowest Band 1 channel is often affected by external interference i.e. baby alarms). Cable networks will put the least popular channels on the slots most prone to external interference.

bazzer

'Cable networks will put the least popular channels on the slots most prone to external interference.

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This didn't seem to bother NTL (Dublin analogue) by putting TV3 and TG4 on channels similar in frequency to the off-air RTE1 and RTE2 from Kippure. Although luckily I don't have any such interference problems because I have good quality screened cable, those living closer to the mountains and/or those with sub-standard cable are likely to experience some sort of interference.

icdg

The inclusion of The Movie Channel would date it late 1997 at the latest. TNT has been TCM for years, while NBC Super closed in 1998.