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

The transmitter at Mullaghanish carries all four analogue Irish channels and also broadcasts Saorview.

Analog television

RTÉ One and RTÉ Two are carried on VHF while TV3 and TG4 are carried on UHF. VHF services are transmitted using vertical polarisation while UHF services are transmitted using horizontal polarisation. Due to the mountainous terrain of its service are, Mullaghanish has the highest amount of relays of any Irish transmitter.

Frequency	Service	Power	Polarisation
175.25MHz	RTÉ One	220kW	V
199.25MHz	RTÉ Two	220kW	V
519.25MHz	TV3	375kW	H
551.25MHz	TG4	375kW	H

Digital television

Full Saorview service is also broadcast from Mullaghanish, at an ERP of 200kW. This provides improved coverage from Mullaghanish on UHF. In preperation for transmission of digital terrestrial services, a new mast was constructed at Mullaghanish with a height of 220m, versus the previous height of 170m.

Frequency	UHF	Service	On air
474.0MHz	21	Saorview Multiplex 1	Yes
498.0MHz	24	Saorview Multiplex 2	No (tested periodically)
506.0MHz	25	Multiplex 3	No
530.0MHz	28	Multiplex 4	No

Radio

Frequency	kW	Service
90.0MHz	160	RTÉ Radio 1
92.2MHz	160	RTÉ 2FM
94.4MHz	160	RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
97.0MHz	20	Radio Kerry
99.6MHz	160	RTÉ Lyric FM
101.8MHz	160	Today FM
107.4MHz	20	Newstalk

All transmissions use vertical polarisation. Radio Kerry is broadcast from a directional antenna pointing west, into its target service area of County Kerry. Newstalk is broadcast in mono.

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

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  Old and new masts

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  Cable tie down for stabilizing the mast

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  Base of Mast with Antennas and Comms Tower.

See also

• History of RTÉ's Transmitters
• http://www.irish-tv.com/mullag.asp