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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 11/11/2024 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, 30 November 2019
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Philip
11:08 AM
Sheffield

I can't get BBC4 HD on my Humax PVR after retune.
Post code S35 0AU. My aerial is pointed to Emley Moor and has very good reception. It is on a tall chimney and we live at 200m above sea level. I have never had any freeview signal problems. The aerial is less than 10 years old.

I have retuned my Panasonic TV and Humax PVR.

The TV gets all channels including 56 which has BBC4 HD. Good signal strength. No problem.

My PVR gets all channels except 56, i.e. BBC4 HD. I tried retuning the PVR by removing the aerial to clear memory, and then retuning with aerial plugged back in. No joy. I don't know whether the Humax PVR is too old to receive channel 56. Clearly the aerial is adequate. Any advice?

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Chris.SE
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6:14 PM

Philip:

Your Humax PVR should have no problem getting C56!

Is your aerial a Wideband or a Group B (the latter will have a yellow bung in its end)?
If it's a Group B, you may not be getting quite enough signal for the PVR - its sensitivity may be less than your TV.
Does the aerial plug into the PVR and then a flylead from the PVR to the TV or are you using a splitter?
If using a splitter, then try swapping the outputs and/or flyleads over, it maybe a poorer output on one side of the splitter or an iffy flylead.

But before you do all that, sometimes the Humax may need its memory clearing before a retune. Try unplugging the aerial from it, then do an automatic tune which should clear the memory as no channels will be found. Plug the aerial back in and then do the automatic retune. Hopefully this will restore all the multiplexes.

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Thursday, 12 December 2019
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Mike Davison
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11:27 AM

Many errors on this page. Not least the fact which I have mentioned several times that earlier page links do not work. Local Mux now on channel 39 moved from 56, COM8 now on 56 moved from from 34, COM7 currently still on 32 and not due to move to 55 until 2020.

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Chris.SE
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12:25 PM

Mike Davison:

As has been mentioned many times around various pages on this site, the site owner has not been able to keep up with all the changes resulting from the 700MHz clearance. Refer to Freeview | All your favourite TV shows, all in one place and all for free where you should find up-to-date information.

The pagebar problem on the Emley_Moor pages is something that's more recent, even a direct link back to my post on this is not working !!

"Not sure what happens on this site from time to time, but one can't get back to previous pages as the links seem to get corrupted eg. at present Page 209 has the link Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) Full Freeview transmitter | free and easy and it just stays on Page 210. The corruption seems to be the _(U) after Emley_Moor.
The workaround seems to be Right Click the page number and select Copy Link Location. Paste that into the address bar and delete the _(U) from the address before pressing Return/Go."

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Tuesday, 31 December 2019
Brian Butterworth
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6:15 PM

@Chris.SE

Sorry about that, the page bar is now working properly.

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Chris.SE
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6:19 PM

John:

Hi John, if you happen to come reading, a happy new year to you.
Was just checking a few things out and was "prompted" to go and look at the checker for EM and Bils after spotting something on the checker for other transmitters.
Hmm, more on that in a moment.

As you know, I'd previously mentioned that you'd likely lose COM8 from Bils after 13th Nov. and COM7 next year (5th Feb.) after retunes elsewhere. I can't find any mention that I made about you also losing COMs4-6 from Bils after 12th Feb. I don't recall seeing that, the prediction may have changed or I didn't notice! You are still predicted to get PSBs1-3 from Bils with no issue.
You are still predicted to get PSBs1-3 & COMs4-6 from EM with no problem, COM8 as it is now, and COM7 OK but maybe less after 5th Feb. and 4th Mar. about the same as COM8.

But now, here is the total speculation - I'd noticed on many (all that I've looked at) coverage checker pages, where it had previously said "Final prediction 2020" it now says "Final Prediction 2025" - that's changed in the last few days! It also applies to all that I've checked with COMs 7&8 - so are we to speculate that COMs 7&8 will continue until at least 2025?
One thing we do know is that the current licence for COMs 7&8 runs until 2026 with a caveat that 2yrs notice will be given if it is to be terminated sooner. So at least they should remain until 2022 as I've not seen (can't find) any announcements from OFCOM or Arqiva to the contrary or notice being given.

For anyone reading by the way, the predictions I was talking about at the start of the post are for John's location, not everyone, so others won't be necessarily losing any reception from Bilsdale.

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Chris.SE
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6:21 PM

@Brian Butterworth:

Thanks Brian, yep all working fine now. Happy New Year.

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Saturday, 11 January 2020
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mike davison
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8:58 PM
Wetherby

Thanks Brian - it made it difficult to reply to people's problems if the answer caused a new page to be added.

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mike davison
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9:10 PM
Wetherby

Philip - You don't say what model of Humax PVR it is. Has it ever received DVB-T2 muxes and fed HD signals to your TV which obviously has DVB-T2 capability? My video installation has a daisy chain of HD-PVR to non-HD PVR to Toshiba TV for the aerial signal from Emley Moor and I find that my HD-PVR(HUMAX) is more reliable than the TV for the Channel 56 frequency reception particularly when it was the Local Mux, just my observation here in Wetherby.

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Sunday, 12 January 2020
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Chris.SE
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12:42 AM

mike davison:

Reception of the COMs 7&8 muxes on UHF C55&C56 is very location dependent. For Philip's location reception is predicted to be very good for all multiplexes, with COM8 a miniscule fraction less than the other multiplexes, although COM7 will be similar after Feb.5th.
I did stupidly suggest he did a retune with the aerial unplugged when he'd already done it! We don't know what the outcome of the other suggestions was. I note he didn't mention any issue with the HD channels on the BBC HD mux on C41 or the other HD (or SD) channels on COM7 C55 eg. BBC News HD, 4+1 HD, 4/7 HD, RT HD.

Philip: If you can let us know how you got on, that would be good. One question I didn't ask was have you got any AT800 filters installed?

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