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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 04/11/2024 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

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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
Saturday, 31 March 2012
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Joseph K
7:58 PM

Thanks for the replies-- To be frank, most of my neighbours don't speak English well enough to understand me, and everyone else I know has Satellite or cable... The problem is that it happened on Friday evening, meaning there's no one I can contact. What's especially distressing is that even unplugged from the communal aerial, and trying to use an indoor one, still I get Nothing... When I first hooked up the TV in September, even before getting a signal booster and hooking it up to the communal antenna, I at least got a few channels with poor reception-- now there's literally nothing. This situation is challenging my understanding of the universe.

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jb38
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9:03 PM

Joseph K: When you mention that you unplugged the communal aerial and tried the indoor one and still nothing, did you actually try a re-scan with the internal aerial installed? as if you haven't then you should try it.

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Joseph K
9:38 PM

Yeah, I've rescanned about 27 times-- I even bought a new Freeview-ready TV because I assumed the TV simply stopped picking up a signal. The new TV has the same problem. There are no options left here, if it's not a transmitter issue, there must be an inversion bubble over my apartment... One would think a rescan with only an indoor DTV aerial would pick up SOMETHING, even if just barely, so that I would know something was being transmitted? This is driving me crazy, not just because I didn't get to see Mythbusters yesterday, but becuase I can't make sense of it (that is, if it's true there's been no change in or issue with transmission)... Argh!

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David Parker
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10:18 PM

Joseph K
All on at my end Emley Moor is ok in South Yorkshire

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Sunday, 1 April 2012
Ron Lake
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3:59 AM
Wakefield

Joseph K,
I have no reception probs from Emley Moor. You are in Bradford, there are various relays for Emley, (around 56 I think) what part of Bradford? are you tuning to Idle or Bramley or another? Could you state your postcode which will help the guys on here to pinpoint where the best signal will come from for your location.

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jb38
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8:54 AM

Joseph K: Another thing you should try is, rather than keep carrying out auto-tunes do a manual tune on Emley's BBC Ch47, and if anything comes up store it, then carry out similar on ITV (Ch44), Emley Moor being located at 13 miles away.

This is purely for a test, as although you have said that nothing was picked up its likely that the signal "is" there but sitting at just under the threshold level for reception, manual tuning always being more successful in these type of situations.

By the way as far as manual tuning is concerned, on most equipment as soon as you enter the channel number you intend to scan into the box the signal strength being received on that channel should start indicating before you scan it, so you could make a note of whatever is seen then enter the ITV (Ch44) and likewise noting whatever is seen, giving an update on results.

I did also notice that as Ron Lake has touched on you are surrounded by local relays, and even although the terrain (as shown on this site) indicates a clear path between you and the Keighley relay (@ 9mls) the actual trade view reception predictor indicates reception as only being possible from the commercial multiplexes, and with this being poor on a permanent basis.

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Joseph K
12:17 PM
Bradford

Thanks again--
I'm in BD1 5BL, and I'm beginning to think, as Ron Lake and JB38 mentioned, that perhaps it's a relay I've been receiving from (since I needed a signal booster from September to get all of freeview, and have been told I shouldn't have needed a booster for Emley Moor).
I've tried manually tuning and all the same... no signal.
When I first turn the TV on, Signal Information says Modulation QPSK,Quality 0, Strength 91. After I scan or try to manually enter a channel, Modulation, Quality and Strangth are all 0.
But I really have a feeling there's a relay station with problems... I've tried calling a phone number on a BBC site, but the number didn't work!

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Dave Lindsay
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2:44 PM

Joseph K: Examination of the images of your appartment block taken by Google Streetview clearly show what could well be the communal aerial and it is directed at Emley Moor:

bd1 5bl - Google Maps

You shouldn't need a booster with *any* communal aerial system (unless perhaps you're feeding more than one set from a single aerial outlet) because the system should be supplying the signals at the correct level (as communal systems contain amplifiers/boosters). If it's not, then that is a matter which needs addressing by whoever is is responsible for the system.

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Joseph K
4:59 PM
Bradford

Looking a the map of the Emley Moor transmitter on this website, BD1 5BL is not in a green zone...(?) Since I've always needed a booster to get all of the channels, isn't that an indication that either my building was never getting the Emley Moor signal or something's been wrong with the communal aerial?
I guess my confusion comes from the fact that I can't get any sort of signal whatever from an indoor antenna or by any means. I would expect, if it were an issue with the communal antenna, that unplugged from it, I would recieve something, if only one channel with poor reception? (As I did when I first moved into the building in September)
Sorry to keep bothering everyone about this-- I'm just hoping that it isn't a problem with my building because God knows if it would ever be taken care of... Either way it looks like the fact that this happened over a weekend has made it complicated...

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jb38
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7:34 PM

Joseph K: I was only really referring to you being surrounded by a series of local relays to give an indication that the whole of your area is that of being problematic for reception, and if you attempted to "manually" tune in Emleys BBC & ITV mux channels I gave you and nothing was indicated then that could be classed as bad news, considering the power of the transmitters involved. That said though, when you mentioned that when you first switched on the TV that the strength was indicated at 91% but the quality was zero is something that would normally have given rise to suspicion of the reverse of a weak signal applying, as absolute zero quality accompanied by high strength is something that's usually seen when a tuner is overloaded by an excessively high level of signal, but if you have tried a manual tune on the channels given "with the set top aerial installed" then overloading cannot occur and so some other factor is in existence, and which to be quite honest about it is something that only an on-site investigation is liable to resolve. I realise that post codes do not necessarily always indicate an exact location, but should "Gatehaus" be the building in question is this relatively new? as if its been there well before last September then the communal aerial system distribution amplifiers may not have been re-adjusted to compensate for the massively increased output from the Emley Moor transmitters, this causing all sorts of instability problems associated with overloading. Just purely for information purposes the local relays I referred to are / Idle: 3mls Keighley: 9mls Oxenhope: 9mls Halifax: 7mls Beecroft Hill: 4mls Bradford West: 2mls

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