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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 25/11/2024 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
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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;
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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, 23 June 2012
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Far
2:19 AM

Quite a few short (30 to 90 second) interruptions over the last couple of days in transmission on specific multiplexes - yesterday (22/6/2012), for instance, the HD mux was interrupted around 17.20 for nearly 2 minutes. No announced work on here though - anyone else had this? Could it be due to bad weather? (53.9577,-1.0823) 

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Tuesday, 26 June 2012
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12:02 AM
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Ross.No problem whatsoever,glad to be of assistance to you !

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12:13 AM
Lytham St. Annes

Ted Bell.On Wednesday 26 September 2012 once Pontop Pike goes all digital (TV wise) the presently 87.5kw powered ArqB multiplex on frequency 48 will increase in power by very nearly two times to 174kw.It is because one of Pontop Pike's currently low powered pre-digital multiplexes uses frequency 48 too.


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Friday, 29 June 2012
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9:10 AM
Leeds

My older Lowry Freeview box doesn't seem to work properly. The auto-scan gets as far as channel 52 then completely sticks until I power-cycle it. It's never done this before, and I've tried rescanning 5 times in succession - same issue. Has something changed on Emley Moor's ArqA that it doesn't understand?

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Monday, 2 July 2012
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1:06 AM
Halifax

Thomas,Leeds.Difficult for me to say but i think your older Lowry freeview box may have had its day.My best advice is to buy a new set-top box.
As for your last sentence nothing has changed on Emley Moor ArqA multiplex on frequency 52 as such.

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Thursday, 5 July 2012
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Alan
10:32 AM
Sheffield

Hello. I did an automatic scan last night which worked ok on Sagemcom freeview + recorder but my Toshiba Tv has gained the new Ch4 channel on 47 but has lost Ch5+1, ITV3 etc.
Just tried a manual search for ch.51 and it says "signal quality - none, signal level ..." well looks 75 per cent.
Already had new aerial, new tv, any suggestion please ?

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Friday, 6 July 2012
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12:28 AM
Sheffield

Alan.Sheffield,S35 3JH.Well judging by your text you're referring to SDN multiplex on frequency 51 from Emley Moor main transmitter itself.
You may have to perform a reset procedure by unplugging your Toshiba TV from mains for one minute then replug back into mains,then unplug aerial (or aerial connector lead) from the TV's aerial socket and perform an automatic scan from start to finish it will find zero channels yet simultaneously clears yer TV's previous memory as such.Now after this replug the aerial itself back into the TV and this time perform a manual scan instead of Emley Moor's multiplexes starting with SDN on frequency 51,then the rest.It should do the trick.Once done reconnect back to the set up you previously had prior to your current predicament as such,normal service should be re-resumed.

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9:28 AM
Sheffield

Thank you Mark, will try and report back later.

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4:52 PM

Followed Mark;s instructions, and now everything is Ok except for a poor signal on the problem multiplex on frequency 51, picture freezing most of time, and now also breaking up on other Tv's in house.
Maybe the exceptional weather... but I am fairly certain that the tuner on the Toshiba TV is inferior, and it is at the end of the line as opposed to other TV's and recorders.
On the other hand everything was problem free before I retuned.
Has the signal strength been slightly reduced to accommodate new channels ?
I'll have to experiment a bit over the weekend. Thanks for help.

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Alan.Sheffield,S35 3JH.
No most likely is the answer to your question in your text on Friday 6 July 2012,4.52pm,relating to deduced signal strength to accomodate new channels.Only the ArqB multiplex on frequency 48 from Emley Moor is broadcasting on 87.5kw until Wednesday 12 September 2012 when Pontop Pike transmitter commences DSO1 there,as currently they're using lower powered pre-digital Mux1 multiplex on frequency 48 as well.
However now that you mentioned again that the SDN multiplex on frequency 51 from Emley Moor is still problematic in your location i just wonder whether there is a single frequency interference issue here from another distant relay mast or some distant main transmitter also using frequency 51 as well.If your Toshiba TV is a wee bit older that could be an issue,if so do you know the model number as such ?
Can you also pick up the major Sheffield relay,or the main Belmont transmitter as such where yer located as possible alternatives ?
As you mentioned,try experimenting over the weekend and draw to some conclusions what and if can be done to alleviate or even eradicate your present dilemma as such.No problem whatsoever in providing valuable assistance to you.


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