Mullaghanish

Mullaghanish
Mullaghanish
Mullach an Ois

Transmitter towers at Mullaghanish
Elevation 694 m (2,277 ft)
Listing Marilyn, Hewitt
Translation summit of the deer (Irish)
Location
Location Cork,  Ireland
Range Derrynasaggart Mountains
Topo map OSi Discovery 79
OSI/OSNI grid W214827

Mullaghanish (Irish: Mullach an Ois) is a mountain located just northeast of Ballyvourney in County Cork, Ireland. It is home to one of RTÉ's main transmitters, as well as some other mobile phone and independent radio stations.

Television and Radio services are all broadcast from this site to serve the southwest of Ireland, namely counties Cork, Kerry and Limerick. It is operated by RTÉ NL a wholly owned subsidiary of RTÉ.

The mast of the facility is 152.4 metres ( 500 ft) tall. A second mast was built ( see discusion)

Television

Both of RTÉ's television services as well as those from TV 3 and TG 4 are broadcast from Mullaghanish at a max ERP of 220kW for the VHF signals and at 500kW for the UHF signals.

The frequencies (and aerial polarisation) for Mullaghanish analogue TV are as follows:

  • VHF D / 175.25 MHz (Vertical) - RTÉ ONE
  • VHF G / 199.29 MHz (Vertical) - RTÉ TWO
  • UHF 27 / 519.25 MHz (Horizontal) - TV 3
  • UHF 31 / 551.25 MHz (Horizontal) - TG4

Saorview (Irish Digital Terrestrial TV) is broadcast in the MPEG-4 standard. From Mullaghanish it is on UHF 21 (474 MHz). The 4 main TV channels along with 3e and addtional RTE TV services and all RTÉ radio services are currently being broadcast on Saorview. UHF channel 24 (498MHz) is planned for MUX2 and channels 25 and 28 were also planned for future use. A 'Group A' (Red colour code) or wideband UHF aerial, (horizontally polarised) will cover all planned DTT and the two analogue UHF channels transmitted from Mullaghanish.

Radio

All of RTÉ's radio services are broadcast from Mullaghanish at a max ERP of 160kW.

The frequencies of all FM radio services transmitted from Mullaghanish is as follows;

(all are vertically polarised)

  • Mullaghanish as taken from the N22 road on the Cork/Kerry county bounds.

  • Old and new masts

  • Cable tie down for stabilizing the mast

  • Base of Mast with Antennas and Comms Tower.

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Coordinates: 51°59′29″N 9°08′42″W / 51.99131°N 9.14495°W / 51.99131; -9.14495

See also


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