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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 18/11/2024 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
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), 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;
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
Friday, 23 September 2011
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jb38
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8:44 PM

paul: Thanks for your update, and pleased to hear that the info has rectified your parents problem.

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Mark Fletcher
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9:22 PM
Halifax

jb38.The box i am using to carry out my wee experiments on is the Goodmans GHD2521F2 Freeview+ non-HD set-box top which i purchased from a mail order catalogue in the summer of 2008.And no my set-top box does not have a regional scanning selection facility.I just perform a simple manual scan by inputting the frequency channel,example Number 30 for Belmont's SDN mux.However i did an experiment earlier and this was what happened.Automatic scan (a waste of time it was) Fr 21 Halifax relay of Emley Moor,D3+4 mux stored,Fr 22 Belmont BBCA mux stored,Fr 24 Halifax relay of Emley Moor,BBCA mux failed to store,Fr 25 Belmont D3+4 mux stored 800-809,Fr 30 Belmont SDN mux stored,Fr 44 Emley Moor D3+4 mux failed to store,Fr 47 Emley Moor BBCA mux stored 810-830,Fr 48 Emley Moor ArqB mux stored,Fr 51 Emley Moor SDN mux failed to store,Fr 52 Emley Moor ArqA mux stored.So now you know why the automatic scan where i am currently located is now useless,which i why i prefer the manual scan option instead.I will in my next posting give details of another experiment i performed soon afterwards.

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Mark Fletcher
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10:52 PM
Halifax

jb38.In response to your earlier text which i had given a reply,i did another experiment soon after.I manually scanned all 5 mux's from the Winter Hill transmitter,ArqB on fr 55,SDN on fr 58,D3+4 on fr 59,ArqA on fr 61,BBCA on fr 62.The catch was that this had to be performed with an amplifier on and holding the antenna in my hand (not recommended) as there will be no signal whatsoever without it with my indoor set-top aerial,and even with the signal booster on the pictures were pixellating and breaking up,but instead the most important issue was to come.Experiment being i kept the Winter Hill settings (all 5 mux's,except the BBCB HD mux,being a non-HD box) that i mentioned earlier,switched off the amplifier redirected my aerial towards Belmont (slightly left of Emley Moor) and manually scanned,one mux at a time then deleted it then rescanned a different mux,and so on.Firstly,the Emley Moor mux's,D3+4 was stored 800+ range,BBCA stored 800+ range,however ArqB failed to store,SDN failed to store,ArqA failed to store.Secondly for the present Belmont 3 mux's i can receive BBCA stored 800+ range,D3+4 stored 800+ range,but SDN failed to store.(ArqA & ArqB currently on 4kw out of reach obviously.)This experiment could prove that since DSO2 at Emley Moor,only PSB1-BBCA,PSB2-D3+4 mux's,(unsure about PSB3-BBCB (HD) mux )are accepting duplications in the 800+ range,but the COM4-SDN,COM5-ArqA,COM6-ArqB mux's are refusing duplications in the 800+ range.Prior to DSO2 at Emley Moor,from Wed 17 August 2011 (DSO2 at Belmont) until Wed 21 September 2011,both mux's SDN Belmont,and the then Mux A (now SDN) Emley Moor did duplicate themselves,whichever was stored first,the other was replicated in the 800+ range.It was during that DSO1 stage at Emley Moor from Wed 7 Sept 2011 until DSO2 on Wed 21 Sept 2011,when i had a maximum of 174 programme channels,for which i documented on this in one of my earlier texts on here.

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Saturday, 24 September 2011
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Mark Fletcher
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1:18 AM
Halifax

Following on from my previous posting in relation to manual scanning of the 5 mux's i am able to pick up from the Winter Hill transmitter (BBC 1 North West,ITV 1 Granada),with my set-top indoor aerial without the amplifier,reception was non-existent but with the amplifier on,on all 5 mux's i was able to get limited stable reception but the problems of pixellation and picture break up,plus the difficulty of maintaining stable reception by holding the aerial in my hand and getting armache in the process this option for now is off the radar.Prior to commencing this experiment i was concerned that the nearby Holmfield relay of Emley Moor where i live which broadcasted D3+4 mux on ch 55,BBCA mux on ch59,BBCB mux on ch 62,would possibly clash with Winter Hill's ArqB mux on ch 55,D3+4 mux on ch 59,BBCA mux on ch 62 with the potential of single frequency interference issues here,luckily this did not happen.Some Halifax households i observed,have horizontally polarised external aerials directed at Winter Hill (most of them look like cheap inferior contract type aerials),and i wonder if there is a possibility that if i was to have an external Group C/D horizontally polarised aerial pointing towards Winter Hill in my location,postcode HX2 9JY i may be able to receive a more stable reception without or possibly with an amplifier/signal booster.

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Bill Jackson
10:23 AM

Completed changeover on Wednesday 21st and everything seemed to be working OK. During last night's viewing a messahe came up saying we had no valid channels and then the screen went black.
Two other TV's are working fine.
an you help?

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Bill Mackintosh
6:24 PM
Leeds

Post Code LS19 6AL My relative cannot receive ITV3. She could get it prior to DSO.
It now registers as Channel 47 on list, but there is no picture. She is up-to-date with the re-tune.
I have looked at the Emley Moor Tranmitter map and page. I cannot see ITV3 listed.
Advice please.

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Dr Tim Searle
8:49 PM

We are south of Sheffield and when I factory retune my Humax F-2 Fox T it lists Emley ITV etc channels which we receive at 83%. However, the BBC group on C47 are not there; instead we get C27 etc from Sheffield. This only runs at 30%, OK if the weather is calm but hopeless when it gets windy. A manual tune on C47 shows this channel is present (again at 83%) but I can't get this group to appear on the programme list. It says it's saving them but they seem to disappear. The handbook sheds no light; can you?

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KMJ,Derby
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9:13 PM

Dr Tim Searle: Clear the channel list, then do a manual tune on the Emley Moor channels. At present, because the BBC mux from Sheffield has identical content to that of Emley Moor, it is possible that the box just sees that it has already stored the channels so overlooks identical alternatives.

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KMJ,Derby
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9:54 PM

Bill Mackintosh: ITV3 is carried on the SDN mux, which is transmitted on C51 from Emley Moor. It is possible that a weak signal on C42 from Idle has been found first when scanning and a set of unusable channels stored for SDN. Clear the channel list, then do a manual tune for the Emley Moor frequencies to store a set of working channels. If the box or TV does not have a manual tune option the alternative method of storing working frequencies is to temporarily insert an attenuator in the aerial feed for the duration of the scan. With a bit of luck the strength of the unwanted weak signals is reduced sufficiently for them to be overlooked, resulting in just the required stronger Emley Moor signals being found.

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Sunday, 25 September 2011
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Tim Searle
3:36 PM

Humax F2-FOX T. Horizontal polarisation.

Back again. Cleared list, manually searched for C47 and C44, found, strength 83%, saved OK. Same problem remains: when I look at what I get, rather than what I asked for, I find C44 and C27. Latter is Sheffield and weak. Repeated several times; not finger trouble. What to do?

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