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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?

If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.

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
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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
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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
Friday, 30 December 2011
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jb38
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5:25 PM

Becky: You are indicated as only being 12 miles way from the powerful Emley Moor station and as such "if" using an outdoor aerial could be suffering from severe signal overloading, as this can partially block your tuners operation.

If you are using any type of aerial amplifier disconnect it, or for a test try using a set top aerial to see if the missing programme channels return "after" having carried out a complete (factory re-set) re-scan.

If the missing channels return by using a set top aerial, then you will require to fit an in-line attenuator to the aerial socket of your TV or box. (around £4.00 or so)

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Saturday, 31 December 2011
Robert Hill
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8:26 PM

Braintist,
Happy new year and thank you for the site.

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Monday, 2 January 2012
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John Procter
9:54 AM
Huddersfield

Hello again and Happy New Year.
Signal strength on our TV is indicated by a sliding bar, so no actual figures. I'm judging "strength" by the length of the sliding bar.
The most recent aerial directional adjustments now provides BBC channels, but at a loss of ITV3 and some others. The ITV3 showing on the sliding bar is over 50%, whilst other available channels indicate much lower bar readings.
Thanks for the help advice so far.

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jb38
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10:57 AM

John Procter: And a "Happy new Year" to you too.

But if I could just add to what Dave Lindsay has already said insomuch that at only 8 miles away from Emley Moor you are liable to be getting blasted with signal strength from the transmitters, and when you managed to get a better picture by adjusting your aerial its not so much a case of you aiming it better, but much more likely the reverse of misaligning it which will slightly kill the reception thereby reducing the overload situation in your TV's tuner, this resulting in a better picture.

If you don't have an attenuator as yet, then try turning your aerial completely in reverse, i.e: pointing away from the station, as that will "slightly" kill the signal but do it evenly, so rather than pointing it E/SE (119 degrees) for Emley point it W/NW (300 degrees)

By the way Ch51 (SDN/ITV3 etc) is indicated as running at lower power (123Kw) until the 31st of the month, likewise Ch53 (ArqA/ Pick TV, Dave etc) on 87Kw, so make allowances for this difference in readings you might see.


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jb38
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11:09 AM

John Procter: Meant to also add that you have to beware carrying out an auto-tune in your area as Halifax as well as Belmont are shown as being highly possible to receive, and with both these stations using lower channel numbers than Emley your sets tuner could well lock onto them thereby pushing Emleys channels up in the 800 ranges.

Emley using: Ch47 - Ch44 - Ch41(HD) - Ch51 - Ch52 - Ch48

If you have any doubts as to where you are receiving from go into the signal check screen "whilst on the channel", and you should see the channel number listed associated with the strength indication.

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Dave Lindsay
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11:40 AM

John Proctor: Happy New Year.

If I were you, I would certainly get a variable attentuator to try.

I am 25 miles from Emley Moor with clear line of sight at rooftop level. With my loft aerial pointing in the right direction the PSBs come in stronger than the COMs. Moving it 15 or 20 degrees off, the PSBs are still very strong but the COMs' strength falls off.

If what you describe is that when the aerial is pointing in the correct direction you loose the BBC channels, then I am thinking, as jb38 describes, that you are giving it too much signal.

The multiplexes from Emley Moor are:

PSB1=BBCA (BBC1 etc) Ch47
PSB2=D3&4 (ITV1 etc) Ch44
PSB3=BBCB (HD services) Ch41
COM4=SDN (ITV3 etc) Ch51
COM5=ArqA (Pick TV etc) Ch52
COM6=ArqB (Yesterday etc) Ch48

For a complete list of post-switchover services, see here:

http://www.dtg.org.uk/ind…post (Ch47 PS)

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John Procter
5:59 PM

Variable attenuator ordered as a result of advice.
In the meantime will try the reverse direction suggestion, if only because I'm curious.

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Tuesday, 3 January 2012
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Martin Jakubowski
9:48 AM
Wakefield

Hi
I bought a Sagecom RT190 T2 HD freeview recorder for my Mum for Xmas and installed it for her on the 28th Dec. It worked OK until the 1st Jan but now the image is pixillating and the signal strengh keeps varying btween high and low. Connecting the roof top ariel back to the freeview receiver in her LG TV gives a normal picture so the problem seems to be the new box. We did a reset which worked for a few hours although we lost the HD channels (BBC, ITV-1). In the morning the problem was the same with the images pixillating. Has anyone got any ideas on what i can do? Her post code is WF2 6DY and i think the transmitter is Emley Moor.
many thanks
Martin

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Dave Lindsay
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11:36 AM

Martin Jakubowski: At 7.6 miles from the transmitter, with clear line of sight, it could be that the signal level is too high.

See this page for more information:

Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

Get a variable attenuator and connect it between the aerial and the input of the Sagecom box.

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Martin Jakubowski
2:55 PM

Dave
thanks for the advice I will try this and post the result to let you all know how I get on.
I am still puzzled as to why the box would have worked OK for a few days though and then start to fail. Is there an explanation for this?
Martin

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