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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

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
Monday, 17 June 2013
Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

1:30 PM

michael: I'm surprised you have got it so reliably.

We don't know for certain, but it would seem sensible to think is that Emley Moor doesn't put out as much signal in a westerly direction as other directions, as it will be being beamed into the Pennines, or else be available, possibly intermittently on the "wrong" side of the Pennines.

Parbold relay is co-channel with Emley's PSBs, albeit vertically polarised.

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Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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michael
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

6:24 PM

As I say dave always been fine here after switch over in all weathers. it seems to have sorted itself out now but I have found out the the Wrekin also shares the same frequency,s with some of Emley mores, So granted every now and again it might affect the signal.

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Friday, 21 June 2013
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michael
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

7:48 PM
Wigan

oh and just in case you were wondering Dave Lindsay. The most reliable and usable all the time are the ITv BBC and The HD multiplex here In Aspull Wigan Wn2 1sz. The others are virtually none existent. If you look at the coverage map above there are some areas over this side of the Pennines that are in bright green for strong signal strength.

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

7:53 PM

michael: Emley's COMs ("the others" you refer to) are co-channel with those of Moel-y-Parc, which comes in quite well across the North West of England.

The coverage map on this site assumes that the signal is radiated equally in all directions as the powers that be won't realise the radiation patterns that would tell us whether this is the case or not.

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

9:09 PM

michael: If you click on the Digital UK tradeview at the right hand side of your posting you will no doubt notice that Emley Moor is not even mentioned as being as possibility for reception, this being simply because that its "not" considered as being a viable proposition because of the signal blocking problem referred to by Dave Lindsay.

The fact that you have been receiving it in a fashion is "only" (apart from luck) through a combination of signal bending (diffraction) and reflection, both of these being most vulnerable to seasonal changes in atmospheric conditions as well as the state of the terrain, e.g: wet or dry which alters the reflective component.

The other point being, that the changes referred to are not by any means constant and can (and do) change from year to year, and so this fact must "always" be taken into consideration.

Needless to say I do not find anything unusual by what you have reported, as its something which would be expected in situations such as yours.

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Sunday, 23 June 2013
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Jeb Scrafton
7:20 PM

We live in York and on a Panasonic television we cannot receive Yorkshire tv or local BBC programmes the television automatically tunes itself to Tyne Tees and north east regional programmes. All other tv's in the house from the same aeriel are ok. Any suggestions on how to retune our TV back to Yorkshire please. Thanks

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

7:40 PM

Jeb Scrafton: Try having the aerial lead out for the first 30% of the scan (or up to scanning of UHF channel 30 if it gives channel numbers) so it doesn't 'see' the Bilsdale Public Service (PSB) channels, which carry regional programmes.

Once you've done this, bring up the signal strength screen on BBC One and it should say it is tuned to UHF channel 47 for Emley Moor. Do likewise for ITV and it should be tuned to C44.

The only thing to be aware of is that Bilsdale's Commercial (COM) channels are in the 40s and therefore interleaved with the wanted channels of Emley Moor. For that reason check that they are tuned to Emley and not Bilsdale.

ITV3 Emley=C51 Bilsdale=C43
Pick TV Emley=C52 Bilsdale=C46
Film4 Emley=C48 Bilsdale=C40

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Tuesday, 25 June 2013
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G Higgins
2:55 PM

Parts of Keighley are having problems with mux 49 The BER is bouncing, & showing large error rate

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

2:58 PM

G Higgins: Presumably this is in reference to PSB1 (BBCA) from Keighley. Possible interference from Winter Hill maybe.

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Saturday, 13 July 2013
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Terry Mahon
6:04 PM

Do you know why my Youview STB does not tune in any of the top-up TV channels or the BT Sports [BT1, BT2,& ESPN etc]channels. All my TV's tune all the channels in.
All my signals are very good and I can see the Emley Moor TV T/x from my house.

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