Truskmore

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Truskmore
Trosc Mór
Truskmore distant.jpg
Truskmore seen from Gleniff Horseshoe Drive
Highest point
Elevation 647 m (2,123 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 560 m (1,840 ft) [1]
Listing County Top (Sligo), Marilyn, Hewitt
Coordinates 54°22′27″N8°22′18″W / 54.374208°N 8.371639°W / 54.374208; -8.371639
Naming
English translationbig cod (fish)
Language of name Irish
Geography
Island of Ireland relief location map.png
Red triangle with thick white border.svg
Truskmore
Location in Ireland
Locationborder of County Sligo and County Leitrim, Republic of Ireland
Parent range Dartry Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid G758473

Truskmore (Irish : Trosc Mór, meaning 'big cod') [3] is a mountain with a height of 647 metres (2,123 ft) on the border of County Sligo and County Leitrim in Ireland. It is the highest summit in the Dartry Mountains and the highest in Sligo. [1] It is in the middle of a plateau whose edges are marked by high cliffs, [4] including Benbulbin (526m), Benwiskin (514m), Slievemore (597m) and Kings Mountain (462m). [1] The top of Truskmore lies in County Sligo, a short distance from the border with County Leitrim; however, the mountain itself is in both counties. [4]

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Transmission site

The Truskmore television transmitter opened on 1 February 1962, the second of the original five main Telefis Éireann transmitters to go on air after Kippure (December 1961). It used as antenna carrier a 135 metres tall mast. Initially its transmissions were only in 405 lines on VHF channel 11, with 625-lines transmissions beginning in November 1963 on Channel I. The new RTÉ Radio VHF FM radio service was added in 1966. The second television service came in 1978 on Channel G and UHF television transmission began in 1996 with the advent of Teilifís na Gaeilge. In 2009 a new 175-m mast was erected in preparation for the changeover to digital television transmission and the original 1961 mast was removed. Since the national shutdown of the analog television networks on 24 October 2012, [5] Truskmore now broadcasts [6] the Irish DTT service Saorview and the national FM radio channels to the northwest of Ireland, including a large area of the west of Northern Ireland. The site is owned and operated by 2RN, a subsidiary [7] of the Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ.

Current transmissions

Digital television

FrequencyUHFkWMultiplexPol
642 MHz42160 Saorview 1H
666 MHz45160 Saorview 2H

FM radio

FrequencykWServiceNotes
88.2 MHz125 RTÉ Radio 1 Since 1986
97.8 MHz125 RTÉ lyric fm Since 1999
90.4 MHz125 RTÉ 2fm 89.7 MHz Before 1986
92.6 MHz125 RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta 91.9 MHz Before 1986 (Mono only before 1982)
100.0 MHz125 Today FM Since 1997
102.5 MHz Ocean FM Since 2004
104.4 MHz iRadio Since 2011
107.4 MHz Newstalk Since 2006 Mono only

Truskmore relay transmitters

DTT RelayCountyMux 1Mux 2kWPol
AranmoreDonegal47444V
CastlebarMayo22252H
DooncartonMayo27320.5V&H
GlencolumcilleDonegal33360.2H
GlentiesDonegal32340.1H

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Truskmore MountainViews. Retrieved: 2012-05-06.
  2. Truskmore Peakbagger. Retrieved: 2012-05-06.
  3. Placenames Database of Ireland
  4. 1 2 Ordnance Survey Ireland - Online map viewer
  5. The Irish Times. "Analogue consigned to broadcasting history". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  6. "Saorview Frequencies" (PDF). 2RN. 2RN. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  7. RTÉ NL. "About RTÉ NL" (PDF). RTÉ. Retrieved 29 October 2012.