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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
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), 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

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 1-5 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
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
G
Gem
10:03 PM
Pontefract

Thanks Dave.

When I check signal for channel UHF 41 there is nothing. No signal strength or quality.

Most of the other channels show excellent signal quality and reasonable strength (about half it's potential).

Channel UHF 47 is a problem, mostly in the evenings but sometimes during the day too. It shows 'excellent' quality although unlike the other channels you can actually see the bar fluctuation. The signal strength seems to remain constant, but isn't very strong, it's just about in the yellow band but can drop into the red band.

Watching BBC channels is frustrating, the picture freezes for a second or so every few seconds. I don't have this problem on my other (Older) box though which is odd!

We don't have sky etc, and everything else inc DVD player is generally turned off at the mains when not in use. We just have the one roof ariel as only one TV in the house.
I do have a mains powered portable ariel that we used to use upstairs, would that be worth trying do you think? I assumed it wouldn't be enough for digital TV (not that I know anything about these things!)

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Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:07 AM

Hi Gem, if you've tried plugging the Philips HD box straight into aerial socket (you say you don't have Sky, so I guess it doesn't go through anything else anyway), then I come to the conclusion that you will have to get someone in to replace your aerial.

What was the reception like on the analogue channels? Also, what was the digital reception like before switchover?


I believe that I've located the cause of your problems. Ideally, your aerial needs line of sight with the transmitter. In cases where there isn't, that's not to say that it won't work. It merely increases the chances of having issues.

I used a website to plot the path from your location to the transmitter. Unfortunately the ground goes up towards Brierley Gap (the red lines indicate where sight is blocked):


Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location


I then went to Google Streetview and looked down Saxon Mount and found larger the normal aerials on Emley, some on high masts. Some houses have decided to point their aerials at Belmont instead. This rather confirms what I found about the terrain going upwards around Brierley Gap.

Clearly others on your estate will have the same issue.

I therefore suggest that you look at having your aerial replaced.

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Friday, 25 November 2011
M
mike Roberts
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

12:57 AM
Wigan

Hi did anybody else's ITV1 go off for about 30 seconds this evening the 24th of November at about 5:55- 6 PM just before the news when it came back the signal was weak for a futher 30 seconds then went back to full strength. I am in Aspull Wigan WN2 1SZ and usally get full strength on ITV1 since the switchover on emily more. thanks in advance. and yes i do know before anyone says that my local transmitter is winter hill lol

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John Salmon
7:03 AM

Mike Roberts - if you mean Emley (not emily) Moor (not more)then yes, I experienced a short 'no signal' period, early evening.

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Tuesday, 29 November 2011
S
sharealam
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

12:58 PM

three new channels connect 1 on channel 113,connect 2 114 and connect 3 on channel 115,retune required.

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mike Roberts
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

7:41 PM
Wigan

hi dose anybody else's signal on the ITV1 multiplex, drop from full strength to about 3/4 strength, which on my box, then turns from green to amber then shoots back up to full strength again, it dose at regular some days and was just wondering if anybody else had noticed it. It dosent affect the picture or sound, cant tell what the percentages are on my siganl strength as it dosnt tell you on my box.

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Richard Caywood
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9:12 PM

I have a question for those incharge of aquiva.. I have noticed that in bad weather (i.e. High winds and rain) that it interfears with picture quality and that the sigal drops down to poor.... is this normal????

Aerial on the roof Not been moved or altered....

Channels that are poor signal
PSB 2 D3/4
COM 4 SDN
COM 5 AQUIVA A

All others seem to be fine..

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Wednesday, 30 November 2011
G
Gem
8:42 AM
Pontefract

Thank you so much for all your help. I don't mind looking into getting my arial upgraded if there is a good chance it will resolve the problem.

I just didn't want t get ripped of by a company who will say it needs doing even though it doesn't!

We'll try it and see what happens anyway! Thank you.

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Dave Lindsay
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1:23 PM

Gem: No problem. Happy to help.

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jb38
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5:14 PM

Richard Caywood: It should be appreciated that when such as you have mentioned occurs its 99% of the time because the usually applying "non line-of-site reception" of the signal received is being obstructed or reflected in some way, like for example such as you can get from branches on trees with wet leaves blowing about in the wind, as there isn't anything on a transmitter mast that can vary with weather conditions.

The other point is, that even although the signals all come from the same mast they are at different height levels and so don't necessarily radiate in exactly the same horizontal plane, this making it whereby a signal from one level on the mast can be reflected by whatever, whereas from a different level it isn't, its total hit and miss!

The other factor that can affect signals being received is dense rain clouds, as these can have a reducing effect on the signal in roughly the same way as it does with Satellite equipment.


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