Clermont Carn 2.33

Clermont Carn, variously spelt as "Clermont Cairn", "Clairmont Carn/Cairn" and Carnán Mhaighréid Náir in Irish is a 510m high peak in the Cooley Mountains in County Louth, Ireland, which is also home to a main 2RN transmission site.Transmission siteThis transmission site in County Louth, was opened in 1981 to provide UHF television coverage for the North East of the Republic of Ireland, counties Louth, Meath, and North county Dublin. However, with the site being less than 1 km from the border it was clear that this transmitter would be used to provide RTÉ services into Northern Ireland. Initially the two channels RTÉ 1 and RTÉ 2 were carried on Ch52 and Ch56 with TV3 (Ch66) and TG4 (Ch68) following later. In 1982, a 2M Amateur Radio Repeater was installed. FM radio transmission was also added providing coverage of the five national channels to a wide area.In 2002 a new cable-stayed mast 120m tall was erected, this greatly improved coverage into Northern Ireland. The existing self-supporting tower was truncated, and is now only used for microwave links and the Amateur Radio Repeater.DAB, digital radio broadcasting from Clermont Carn began in 2006 and Digital terrestrial television (DTT) trials started in 2008.