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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Monday, 9 April 2018
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C Thornton3:20 PM
Shipley
Hi my address is BD17 5SJ. I have a new wamsung LED tv with freeview HD. However I cannot get any hi channels. Is this because The Wrose transmittowr which our tv Ariel uses does not support thes HD Channels.
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StevensOnln111:31 PM
C Thornton: Every transmitter broadcasts BBC 1 HD, BBC 2 HD, ITV HD, Channel 4 HD, Channel 5 HD & CBBC HD (all 1,100+ of them). Which model of Samsung TV do you have?
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Friday, 19 February 2021
Hi we live at 797 Leeds Road Idle Bradford BD108UJ and are having repeated pixelation and signal lose which lasts about 10 seconds several times a week, the mast is located on the apex of the roof externally pointing to the Idle transmitter and has a mast head amplifier and a really good new 4 cannel booster in the loft which supplies power for the mast head amplifier and feeds the signal to 4 rooms although only 1 or 2 TV's are on at any one time, we mainly watch standard definition but have tried HD but find the signal fails or cannot be received so revert back the SD, each TV also has a small booster, we recently bought a new Humax Smart box which enables up to four channels to be recorded at the same time but have found the problem is worse when three or four channels are set for recording, I have checked the signal strength on the Humax when the signal is lost and it shows 98/100% strength and 100% quality so I am at a lose as to the cause, any help will be appreciated thank you Mike
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StevensOnln12:21 PM
Michael Swift: If you are seeing close to 100% signal strength then you are probably suffering from the effects of having too much signal, which is effectively deafening the tuner so it can no longer decode the signal. The Idle transmitter is only 1km away and you appear to be amplifying the signal several times, so I would start by removing the boosters behind each TV as they are probably completely unnecessary anyway. Did an aerial installer recommend fitting the mast head amplifier, as that plus the distribution amplifier in the loft may still too much amplification?
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Saturday, 20 February 2021
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Chris.SE3:41 AM
Michael Swift:
I agree with what StevensOnln1 has said and his approach to investigating this, but do check that the aerial is pointing the right way - bearing 189 degrees (rods vertical) that's 9 degrees W of due S. Also that the down lead is secure and not flapping in the wind.
It's slightly baffling that the quality is showing as 100% as one would expect it to decrease with overload, but nevertheless remove these small boosters to start with and see what happens to the strength and quality figures.
In addition, make sure you don't have any HDMI cables close to any aerial leads and flyleads, especially if the aerial leads and flyleads are not high quality double screened types. HDMI has been known to cause interference which could produce the effects you are seeing.
If the 4 channel splitter/booster also supplies power to the masthead amp, then it'll be almost impossible to take it out of circuit for tests. I don't suppose it has a variable gain control that you can turn down?
If removal of the set back boosters still leaves the signal the same, then it might be worth trying a variable attenuator at the set back so you can reduce the signal.
Something like this eBay item number: 310039226920
Coax TV Aerial Attenuator Adjustable Variable Between 0-20 dB Reduces signal | eBay
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Thursday, 29 July 2021
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Andrew Fox3:15 PM
Hi
About 3 months ago, a mast was erected on Leeds and Bradford road Idle (outside The George pub) which I presume is a 5G. Lots of others are appearing all over the area as well.
At first, Freeview reception was shady and now it is none existent at certain times of the day.
The degradation of signal is truly remarkable and beggars belief. Even the BBC services are unobtainable at certain times and no ITV/Channel4/Channel 5 at all.
Previously and prior to the 5G install, we could receive usually 136 TV/Radio channels. Now we are lucky to get 50 and sometimes none.
I know it is not an aerial issue as I used to install them. We retune the TVs in the house every day so no 'update' issues either.
A few days ago , we retuned to 136 channels again briefly (it lasted 2 days). I guess it was because the 5G mast was undergoing maintenance.
Please advise
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Friday, 30 July 2021
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Chris.SE6:51 AM
Andrew Fox:
Please provide a full postcode and which direction your aerial is pointing so that we can look at the predicted reception in your locale. Are the aerial rods (or squashed Xs) horizontal or vertical? Roughly how old is the aerial and downlead?
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Sunday, 26 September 2021
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Julian Taylor1:15 PM
Bradford
Problems with receiving tv/radio channels in bd6 3db area
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Julian's: ...
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Chris.SE3:10 PM
Julian Taylor:
You are not predicted to receive any signals from the Idle transmitter. See my reply on the Bradford West page.
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Monday, 14 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
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Idle transmitter - Idle transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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