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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?

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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
Channel icons
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
Channel icons
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),

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 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C36 (594.0MHz)565mDTG-8174,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C48 (690.0MHz)565mDTG-8174,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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;
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 1-5 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
Sunday, 11 September 2011
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Mike Dimmick
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10:37 PM

Will: At Sandy Heath, ArqB's final channel allocation is C48 - sorry if that wasn't clear. ArqA's final allocation is C52, which can't be used until after Tacolneston Channel 5 shuts down on 23 November. C40 was the pre-switchover channel for Mux C, which could continue to be used until Sutton Coldfield DSO. The issue isn't really that Sandy Heath would interfere too much with Sutton Coldfield, but that SC would interfere with Sandy Heath.

Sandy Heath has been a nightmare, there will be a total of six retunes - the two DSO stages and four post-DSO retunes. It's an issue of geography and of coverage overlaps.

Sources of channel information: Television Transmitter Frequencies for analogue and low-power DTT, Ofcom | Digital Switchover Transmitter Details for final DSO channels, Ofcom | Supplementary licence documents in relation to DSO for interim updates from Ofcom. However, Ofcom seem to be following what the broadcasters decide (particularly Arqiva) rather than leading, and more up-to-date information is often available in Digital UK's Almanac
Transmitter Network - Digital UK Almanac
and postcode checker Postcode Checker - Trade View . All these sources have inaccuracies and you have to use a bit of common sense to figure out what the true picture really is.

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Monday, 12 September 2011
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debs
11:09 AM

TO Briantist

Thank you for your advice regarding my above help needed...much appreciated your time and help!. I followed your link and did the instructions. I tried 3 times and still itv, ch4, ch5 etc came blank. So i tried a wide aerial and re-tunned following your instructions and it worked, all my channels are back on (So anyone who is having problem like me ..google wide aerial image get that..try that, it worked for me and the above instructions).

However, I have a new problem. When i turn my t.v off and freeview nothing is on display (it says ch1 etc all blank) so i have to re-tune again and they all come back on. Before with the old analogue t.v i could turn my tv and freeview box off to save electricity and when i put back on all my channels are there. Please help i do not want to keep re-tunning. Would this problem go away by the next date for swtich over in my area think it is 22nd september 2011. What shall i do? Thanks

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Mike Dimmick
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12:02 PM

debs: If using a set-top aerial worked when the roof-top aerial didn't, you have too much signal. Remove any boosters that you might have, and possibly add an attenuator. You *will* get best results from a roof-top aerial as long as the levels aren't overloading any equipment!

All transmissions from Emley Moor have always been within the original analogue aerial group, except for Mux D, although many Group B aerials will still work reasonably well up at C55, and you're close enough for it not to matter. A wideband isn't necessary after switchover completes on the 21st, as everything then will be within Group B.

Some older boxes did store the channel line-up in volatile memory - which requires power to maintain the contents - but most store it in Flash memory, which doesn't require any power. It's possible some might have used battery-backed memory and the battery is no longer any good. Without a full model number it's impossible to know. It may be easiest to just replace the box.

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2:30 PM

EMLEY MOOR transmitter - Freeview - No problems - HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:50 yesterday to 03:40 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:04 on 09 Sep to 16:26 on 09 Sep [BBC]

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2:30 PM

EMLEY MOOR transmitter - Freeview - No problems - HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:50 yesterday to 03:40 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:04 on 09 Sep to 16:26 on 09 Sep [BBC]

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Tony Riley
3:54 PM

Thank you to Mark Fletcher. I had forgotten that some of the earlier production HD Ready TVs weren't clever enough to sort out the channel list and took virtually first come - first served irrespective of the signal quality. Thus I ended up with the BBC regional programmes being incorrectly channelised. My old Goodmans allows me to manually tune to delete channels and so I was able to remove all the data for signals received below channel 40 leaving me with the correct Yorkshire channels from Emley Moor. I do not however envy the Belmont-served people who have to change their aerials to cover the band. Thanks.

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Mark Fletcher
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6:08 PM
Halifax

Re:Tony Riley.No problem at all.I am glad to be of assistance to yourself and anybody else come to that matter.I'm no professional myself,just an amateur,but i do have some knowledge on TV,aerial and reception issues.It will be interesting once switchover for Emley Moor is completed on Wednesday 21 September 2011 on how everything evolves thereafter.Finally as for Belmont yes equally interesting here as now to receive all 6 Mux's a Group W or "wideband" aerial is required yet according to A.T.V. (Aerials and Television) of Sheffield,looking through their website,widebands or Group W aerials,are quite useless when it comes to channels on the lower end of the frequency spectrum,especially the familiar Group A aerialed frequency Channels 21-37,in which 4 of 6 of Belmont's Mux's on channels 22,25,28,30 are within the Group A aerial range.The other 2 on channels 53 & 60 (currently both on 4kw until Wednesday 23 November 2011 when Tacolneston totally switches over,due to frequencies 53 & 60 there clashing with Belmont) fall within either Group C/D range,channels 48-68 or Group E range,channels 35-68.

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David
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6:48 PM

Been to Norfolk Belmont high muxes are coming in very powerful, just at home in Yorkshire.
So if I were in Belmont area I would not rush out to buy a new aerial, I would wait and see how present aerial works when all at Belmont are full power.

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Rob
10:28 PM
Sheffield

Further to a posting four days ago thank you Briantist and jb38, my large external aerial feeding a loft booster/distribution system from Emley Moor feeds a large Sony ok but small Sharps and Hitachi have no channels. I have borrowed a desktop aerial and these sets now tune ok, I can confirm that the signal power to S26 6SR is too high to require a booster.

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10:32 PM

EMLEY MOOR transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:50 yesterday to 03:40 yesterday - No problems - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:04 on 09 Sep to 16:26 on 09 Sep [BBC]

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