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The symbol shows the location of the Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) transmitter which serves 1,550,000 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 Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) mast?

Emley Moor transmitter - Emley Moor transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Emley Moor transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)578mDTG-174,000W
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1 BBC One (SD) Yorkshire, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C44 (658.0MHz)578mDTG-174,000W
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3 ITV 1 (SD) (Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C41 (634.0MHz)578mDTG-174,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Yorkshire, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H max
C33 (570.0MHz)566mDTG-8174,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C36 (594.0MHz)565mDTG-8174,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C48 (690.0MHz)565mDTG-8174,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LLS
 H -15.4dB
C39 (618.0MHz)565mDTG-125,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd September 2014: 7 Made in Leeds,

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Emley Moor transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 22km north-northeast (22°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.
regional news image
ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 22km north-northeast (16°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region

Are there any self-help relays?

Derwent BActive deflector74 homes
Derwent CActive deflector (second level)
Dunford BridgeActive deflector14 km S Huddersfield15 homes
Hmp LeedsTransposer30 homes
ThixendaleTransposer25 km ENE York40 homes

How will the Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1956-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-135 Feb 2020
VHFB E TB E TB E TB E TW T
C10ITVwaves
C32com7
C33SDN
C34com8
C36ArqA
C37C5wavesC5waves
C39_local
C41C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C44BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4D3+4
C47ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C48ArqBArqB
C51tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesSDN
C52tv_offArqA
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offLLS

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Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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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 1-5 870kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 174kW
com7(-12dB) 54.8kW
com8(-12.3dB) 51.2kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B*, Mux C*(-19.4dB) 10kW
Mux A*, LLS(-22.4dB) 5kW
Mux D*(-23.4dB) 4kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Oct 2002Yorkshire Television
Oct 2002-Dec 2014ITV
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Comments
Thursday, 25 August 2011
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Mike Dimmick
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10:37 PM

Iain Nicol: Probably both of those, and the polar response of the aerial as well. See Aerial Polar Reponse Diagrams for an explanation of polar response and some examples.

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Mike Dimmick
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10:47 PM

Simon: Is the aerial set for vertical polarization - elements going up-and-down - or horizontal? If vertical, you should be tuned into the Sheffield transmitter. It could be a case of too much signal - if you have a booster, remove it or turn it down.

If the aerial is set for horizontal polarization - elements going side-to-side - you're too far away for reliable digital reception from Emley Moor at the moment. Emley Moor switchover starts in two weeks, on the 7th of September, when BBC Two analogue switches off, ITV1 analogue moves to replace it, and high-power BBC digital services take over ITV1's frequency. (Low-power Mux 1 is switched off). It completes on 21 September, when all remaining analogue services shut down, and all low-power digital multiplexes are replaced by their high-power counterparts, on different frequencies. You will need to retune on both dates.

There's a possibility that you could be picking up Sheffield's signals powerfully enough for the TV to detect them even if you have the aerial set horizontally. Newer TVs should handle this overlap better, though.

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Friday, 26 August 2011
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Gordon Fee
6:38 PM
York

I Live in York YO32 5TE.
Came back from holiday. My BBC1 channel will only give me Newcastle Look North reception. We used to get local York, Leeds Look North.
What can I do to change??

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Saturday, 27 August 2011
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Mark Harrison
9:46 PM

We live about 1 mile from the Emley Moor transmitter (and have a line of sight view of it from our window!) - we live in a new house and have a brand new ariel with an integrated splitter/amplifier.
Signal strength/quality on the BBC channels is perfect, but signal quality on the ITV channels and Channel 4 etc generally very poor (strength is ok) with a tendency for the picture to break up and become blocky. Its the same on all TVs running off the splitter. Sometimes it is watchable but more often than not it isn't.
Any thoughts? Pretty frustrating being so close to the transmitter with a brand new setup, getting a perfect signal on some channels and an unusable one on others!

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Sunday, 28 August 2011
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David
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8:13 AM

Read many years ago when Emley Moor first brought into service that Emley village could not recieve the transmision as the signal went over their heads.
Something was done back then to help.

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Briantist
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9:10 AM

David: Do you mean the original mast, the one that fell down in cold weather in 1969?

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Thomas
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

11:26 AM
Leeds

Mark, if you live only 1 mile from the transmitter and can actually SEE it, you should not need an amplifier at all. A non-powered splitter should do the job. You may be getting too MUCH signal, which can cause problems similar to too little signal.

If you can't change the amplifier/splitter, you may need to install an attenuator to reduce the signal level.

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Mark Harrison
12:43 PM

Thomas - the TV is definitely saying that signal quality is very poor on ITv/C4 - I have tried an attenuator as I thought this might be the problem - it just made it worse!!
BBC has 80% strength and 100% quality and the picture is perfect. ITV/C4 strength is about 70% but quality is barely 20%. I would have thought that if there was a problem with the equipment I wouldn't get such a good signal from the BBC.
Looking at the various MUX above, it does say that 2 and A are low and very low but it seems outrageous that I can't get a good enough signal so close to the mast!!!

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David
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1:00 PM

Do you think your getting CH 22 from Belmont for the BBC stations?
(As we are just a little north of you.).

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