Area covered: Irish Midlands
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Site: Cairn Hill, Co. Longford UHF Aerial Group B (Yellow) RTÉ One: 40; Network 2 43; TV3 46; TG4 50 Polarisation: Horizontal Nominal Max ERP Vision:800 kW Site Height: 916 ft A.S.L. Mast Height: 400 ft |
Cairn Hill has a power of 800kW, making it Ireland's most powerful television transmitter. Cairn Hill provides RTE and TG4 on UHF to the midlands, and was opened in 1978 to fill a large gap of poor reception in the midlands. RTE One is on Channel 40, Net 2 is on channel 43, TV3 is on channel 46 and TG4 is on channel 50.
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