Hi, I live just north of York, and have always had good with a pointing towards the , to get the Leeds/Yorkshire version of the local news. That was until a few weeks ago, when we noticed that some were breaking up. Yesterday I looked at the signal strength, and found some channels were very poor. I checked that the aerial was still in the right place (it is) and then had a go at the reset/retune. What I found has got me baffled.
Looking at the channels & frequencies given on this site, it looks as if some channels are coming loud and clear from Emley Moor - ITV on Ch.44, and SkyArts on Ch.36 for example - while others are being picked up from - Drama on Ch.43 and DaveJaVu on Ch.40.
Going through each of the Emley Moor frequencies, Ch.47, (BBC1 etc) is showing very poor signal strength (jumping from nothing to 75 and , with 0 ). But Ch.44 (ITV etc) has strength 75 and quality 100. Ch.36 (SkyArts) is also fine, but Ch.48 (DaveJaVu) is showing at all.
The biggest puzzle is that when I look at BBC1/2, they are coming to me on Ch.27, which as far as I can see is not used by either Emley or Bilsdale. So where are they coming from? It says it is BBC NE & Cumbria, and there are some smaller transmitters using 27 up in Northumberland, but could that be getting all the way down here?
I suppose my main question is - is there a problem with Emley Moor which has thrown my previously good reception into chaos?
Thanks

link to this comment

Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) transmitter
Friday 18 March 2022 3:41PM
York

Thanks Chris. That explains the Ch27 mystery - another set of reaching us from . I will give it a few days and see if anything has changed if I go through the manual tuning options again. I am still puzzled why some Emley frequencies are virtally non-existent, while others are as strong as ever.
Thanks for your advice.
Steve (YO32 5ZN)

link to this comment

S's Freeview map S's terrain plot S's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage