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The main transmitter for the Belfast area, Divis, never carried Ch5 analogue - instead it was carried by the nearby Black Mountain transmitter which also carried 1-4, albeit at a much lower level.
Black Mountain used Channel 37, the same as Cambret Hill in Dumfries and Galloway, causing interference for many people until Cambret Hill switched to digital in 2009.
The whole Channel 5 thing was interesting. As a Nottingham viewer, we got it from launch IIRC from the "Nottingham" transmitter (known locally as Kimberley), which is/was otherwise just a relay of Waltham. Waltham itself didn't get Channel 5 until a while later - so did Nottingham relay Lichfield for Channel 5?
I must've watched the pre-launch barker 50 times, and then there were Waltham's tests which were actually simulcasts of Channel 5 with the advert breaks replaced by "This is a Channel 5 test transmission...".
I must've watched the pre-launch barker 50 times, and then there were Waltham's tests which were actually simulcasts of Channel 5 with the advert breaks replaced by "This is a Channel 5 test transmission...".
The main transmitter for the Belfast area, Divis, never carried Ch5 analogue - instead it was carried by the nearby Black Mountain transmitter which also carried 1-4, albeit at a much lower level.
Black Mountain used Channel 37, the same as Cambret Hill in Dumfries and Galloway, causing interference for many people until Cambret Hill switched to digital in 2009.