STQ-7 - Main Transmitters

Main Transmitters

Region served City Channels
(Analog/
Digital)
First air date ERP
(Analog/
Digital)
HAAT
(Analog/
Digital)
1
Transmitter Coordinates Transmitter Location
Cairns Cairns 33 (UHF)4
11 (VHF)
31 December 1990 400 kW
50 kW
1176 m
1190 m
17°15′51″S 145°51′14″E / 17.26417°S 145.85389°E / -17.26417; 145.85389 Mount Bellenden Ker
Darling Downs Toowoomba 35 (UHF)4
34 (UHF)
31 December 1990 1300 kW
500 kW
515 m
520 m
26°53′28″S 151°36′18″E / 26.89111°S 151.60500°E / -26.89111; 151.60500 (analog)
26°53′27″S 151°36′21″E / 26.89083°S 151.60583°E / -26.89083; 151.60583 (digital)
Mount Mowbullan
Mackay2 Mackay 6 (VHF)4
9A (VHF)
9 August 1968 360 kW
90 kW
613 m
613 m
21°1′56″S 148°56′36″E / 21.03222°S 148.94333°E / -21.03222; 148.94333 Mount Blackwood
Rockhampton Rockhampton 31 (UHF)4
38 (UHF)
31 December 1990 2000 kW
500 kW
523 m
523 m
23°43′48″S 150°32′9″E / 23.73000°S 150.53583°E / -23.73000; 150.53583 Mount Hopeful
Southern Downs Warwick 33 (UHF)4
51 (UHF)
31 December 1990 600 kW
500 kW
301 m
316 m
28°32′9″S 151°49′58″E / 28.53583°S 151.83278°E / -28.53583; 151.83278 Passchendaele Ridge
Townsville Townsville 34 (UHF)4
38 (UHF)
31 December 1990 200 kW
200 kW
617 m
644 m
19°20′36″S 146°46′50″E / 19.34333°S 146.78056°E / -19.34333; 146.78056 Mount Stuart
Wide Bay3 Maryborough 8 (VHF)4
7 (VHF)
10 April 1965 200 kW
60 kW
646 m
646 m
25°25′37″S 152°7′3″E / 25.42694°S 152.11750°E / -25.42694; 152.11750 Mount Goonaneman

Notes:

  • 1. height above average terrain
  • 2. The Mackay station was an independent station with the callsign MVQ from its 1968 sign-on until aggregation in 1990.
  • 3. The Wide Bay station was an independent station with the callsign WBQ from its 1968 sign-on until 1978, and then SEQ until aggregation in 1990.
  • 4. Analogue transmissions ceased on December 6, 2011 as part of the national shutdown of analogue television.

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