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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
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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
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;
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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, 24 March 2012
Ron Lake
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11:46 PM
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David Parker,
Sadly few people are 'any good' with this modern stuff as it is all surface mount tech. Gone are the days of simply changing an EL34 when the audio went tits up. The old stuff was inefficient as far as power was concerned, i.e. "switch off the heating I'm putting the telly on, it'll be warm enough", but at least you had something you could get your pliers and soldering iron into.

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Sunday, 25 March 2012
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David Parker
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12:36 AM

Ron Lake
I agree with you Ron at least when you change a valve ie el34 you could see the thing one of my worst jobs was changing a tda2600 ic in a Phillips g11 all those pins.Looking at a motherbord for a computer the wrighting is so small I have had to get a pair of glassers x3.5 magnification.looking inside one of these flat screen is a nightmare I need jodral bank telescope to see anything.They must be very clever the guys who build the things.
Davep

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jb38
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3:41 PM

Dave Lindsay: Well I certainly appreciate what you mean about the cooling fan noise levels being annoying, and especially so when a box is sited in a bedroom, but equipment searching for updates in the early hours of the morning is basically programmed for that to happen at these times from within the box itself, and simply because the chances of an update being successfully downloaded within the time slot allocated by the broadcaster always stands a better chance if done in the early hours of the morning over that any other time, as in the early hours of the morning most peoples boxes will be sitting in standby ready to spring into action on PSB1 at the predetermined time, no matter how unearthly it might be!!

Although unaware re the brand model of box that you keep switched off overnight, but on Humax 9200's you can alter the time it searches for updates from its default setting of 4.00am, or even switch them off altogether whereas on many other devices you are unable to alter anything, one rather annoying aspect of leaving the updates activated being that once the box has been triggered to start searching it will run for an allocated period of time whether or not any downloads are there to take place, or are maybe just repeats or previous ones, in other words an annoyance for no real purpose.

Of course this procedure also applied to the regular night time updates that were used by analogue VCR's equipped with PDC, these always taking place around 3am, although in the case of PDC these were always essential in the immediate sense to enable the auto-start / stop programme timers to operate correctly.

Regarding the National grid, yes I suppose it might well show as a slight surge on the control room's demand status indicators, but considering there is generally a surplus of power in the early hours of the morning its neither here nor there.

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3:56 PM

Dave Lindsay: Just a little clarification on a point I made, insomuch that the time slot allocated for an equipment download can be classed as similar to you informing someone else on the PC that you will make a file available for them to download for a certain period of time, but with them deciding when they wish to do it within the time slot you gave, this being why on the aforementioned Humax's it enables the user to decide.

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jb38
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4:29 PM

David Parker: Pity about Argos being out of stock of the HD-Fox T2, but its something that just shows how popular these are. I also noticed that Curry's is currently advertising them @ £89.99 for shop pick up only, and should a branch be near to your location it would enable you to have a no-obligation study at them.

The Humax site also had re-graded versions at the excellent price of £59.00 in their "managers specials" these coming with a full guarantee, however as would be expected the "No Stock" banner is seen displayed.

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David Parker
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6:28 PM

jb38
I will look at Curry's page's to see what I can find. Thankyou
Davep

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Dave Lindsay
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7:13 PM

jb38: The device in question is a Sony RDR-HXD870.

This brings me on to another point. In this forum a number of people have reported issues with Humax devices repeatedly freezing on a particular day; usually Wednesday.

I observed that on the same day, a firmware update was broadcast for the model(s) in question.

As a logical thinking technical person I wondered whether the two were linked. I asked if these people switch their machines off at the wall when not in use. I have to date not had any response to confirm either way whether it was the firmware upgrading process that was inconveniencing their viewing and for which they probably powered it off at the wall again to get it to work.

It stands to reason that during the upgrade process of firmware, any device will be innoperable. Does it sound feasible that these experiences are caused by the firmware upgrading process, for which, apparently, the device has attempted a number of times, only to have its power disconnected?


I should point out that I would leave my device powered on at the wall if there were a way to opt out of the Updates at 2am and 5am. I switch it on at the wall when I get up and usually don't use it immediately; the objective being so as to allow it to update/build up the EPG as well as being ready to record the programmes that I've set.

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David Parker
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9:51 PM

jb38& Dave Lindsay

now i am getting confused do you or do you not turn your power off at night,The amount of power these new unit's use is about the same as 15 watt light bulb.Do you keep it on in case there is a upgrade for the box,how do we find out if there is one?,can we look at a page to see,and do they only upgrade at night?
Davep

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jb38
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11:45 PM

David Parker: Software updates can start on one morning and end at about the same time on the next or even longer, so there is no need to keep a box switched on during the night provided a weekly check is made to ensure that an update hasn't been scheduled to take place at some point during the week, as if it has then you can choose your own time that's suitable to carry out a manual software up date during the time slot indicated.

Unfortunately I cant give the link from what I am presently replying on, but its the DRG's download schedule list which you can access from Google.

If you are using a device like Humax then its plain sailing as the brand "Humax" is listed, but the snag that exists if not using something like a Humax but possibly a Vestel chassis device like Hitachi, Sharp, Digiholme, Wharfedale, Bush and a multitude of other well known brand names, is that the list generally indicates Vestel followed by a chassis number version, and as such a non technical person is not likely to know what version of the chassis is applicable to their brand name.

I will send the link early on tomorrow morning when I am back on my own PC.

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Monday, 26 March 2012
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David Parker
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12:19 AM

jb38
Thanks for your last post,I am going to bed now got to try and catch for the hour I lost last night
Davep

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