Full Freeview on the Idle (Bradford, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Idle (Bradford, England) transmitter which serves 21,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Idle (Bradford, England) mast?
Idle transmitter - Idle transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Idle (Bradford, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Idle transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Idle (Bradford, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Idle transmitter?
BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 15km east-southeast (105°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.
ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 13km east-southeast (105°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region
How will the Idle (Bradford, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 12 Feb 2020 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
| C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C32 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C35 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C39 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C42 | SDN | ||||||||
| C45 | ArqA |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 250W | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-14dB) 10W |
Local transmitter maps
Idle Freeview Emley Moor TV region BBC Yorkshire Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area
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Friday, 22 April 2011
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Pedro dd9:14 PM
Marlborough
You do not need a wideband aerial, just a group K which will have a lot more gain. Look at aerialsandtv.com gain charts and data.
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Pedro's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Pedro dd: Group K is not good enough for this transmitter before or after switchover.
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Pedro dd9:38 AM
How? Look halfway down Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial in "graph of typical gain curves for.....". The group K aerial has the most gain around channel 49 (arqmuxB), even though they are only intended for (21-48). Or you could Use a group B. (SN84ND)
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Pedro dd: There's more here Aerial group performance | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
I stick to the official definitions, the ones that Ofcom, Digital UK, and Confederation of Aerial Industries use.
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Thursday, 1 September 2011
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Harry4:21 PM
Ilkley
Help, I have an ariel man coming to fit me a roof ariel on 14th September. Should I wait another week?
Which is likley to be my best transmitter. I would like 5 USA if possible. Post code LS29 6PZ. Thanks
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Harry's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Harry: From 21st September 2011 you will get all Freeview services from Emley Moor, all other local transmitters Wharfedale and Beecroft Hill will only provide "Freeview Light".
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011
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Michael McTasney6:04 PM
Shipley
I live in a flat complex owned by Incommunities (Charlestown, Baildon) in the Idle transmitter area. They are responsible for providing a signal for C1 to 5 which I can receive but since the switch to digital I am unable to receive a number of channels. I've tried the reset you suggest but it didn't work. I've checked the aerial and it is a wideband on the roof with other equipment being housed in the roof space. If I bought myself a wideband aerial is it likely to make any difference.
Thanks for your help.
Regards
Michael
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Michael's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Michael McTasney: I would have a look at Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Zak11:26 PM
Bradford
I live in Clayton and get very weak signal from Idle transmitter. There is no line-of-sight for Emley Moor due to terrain. Have wideband aerial on roof. How can I improve reception? Do I need a High Gain aerial or one of them Tri-boom ones?
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Zak's: mapZ's Freeview map terrainZ's terrain plot wavesZ's frequency data Z's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Zak: Can you hang on until 26th September 2012, when you will get a full-strength service from the Bilsdale transmitter?
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