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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
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
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Dave Lindsay
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10:32 AM

P Marsh: According to Digital UK Postcode predictor, C48 is now at 174kW (same as the other five). I assume that if it isn't already at this power (i.e. the predictor has pre-empted the increase), that it will be increased soon.

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Tuesday, 25 September 2012
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A.M.Jones
9:48 AM

After prompted freeview re-tune this weekend, found BBC1 Leeds now replaced by Tyne Tees (Bilsdale?) equivalent on Channel One and I assume BBC2. Quality 10/10 - BBC1 Leeds now appears on channel 813, are you on reduced power?

A Near neighbour reports same problem.

Location is Morley, LS27 - no problem previously in receiving Freeview.

Regards

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Stuart Swaine
11:30 AM

Hi, I live in the BD6 area of Bradford and receive my Freeview and digital radio signals from Emley Moor transmitter. Yesterday and today I have noticed a poor sound quality on BBC1 TV and on BBC Radio2. Are there any engineering works going on at the moment regarding the poor sound quality. The TV sound was distorted and the digital radio sound was breaking up. Any comment please?

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Mark Fletcher
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12:28 PM
Halifax

AM Jones.Morley,Leeds.No Emley Moor is on normal power as far as i am aware,you may have to rescan using the manual scanning method instead of the automatic scan which obviously picked up BBCA from Bilsdale on frequency 26,the auto scan always picks up lower frequencies first.

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Mark Fletcher
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12:32 PM
Halifax

Stuart Swaine,Bradford.Not that i am aware of,the signal quality and strength respectively on BBCA frequency 47 from Emley Moor in my locality measures 100% and 71%.I would look up single frequency interference as a likely culprit.

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Dave Lindsay
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12:36 PM

A.M.Jones: The Tyne Tees region is due to complete switchover tomorrow. Two weeks ago the BBC signal from Bilsdale (which is the sourthern-most Tyne Tees transmitter) switched to full power The other services remain on low pre-switchover power until tonight.

Evidently your receiver has tuned to the Bilsdale transmitter as the main one for BBC. It "may" do likewise for ITV1, C4, C5 etc. from tomorrow when a rescan is carried out.

The Bilsdale multiplexes that carry BBC and ITV are on low UHF channels (frequencies) and Emley Moor's are higher up. So have the aerial unplugged for the first 30% of the scan to miss them out.

From tomorrow, the Commercial multiplexes (those that carry ITV3, Pick TV, Dave, Film4 etc) are interleaved within the UHF channels used by Emley Moor. However, they are on lower power than the other (Public Service) channels, so may be less likely to be picked up.

The best thing is to check that your receivers are tuned correctly. Do this by bringing up the signal strength screen and checking the UHF channel it is tuned to:

PSB1 - BBC One - C47
PSB2 - ITV1 - C44
PSB3 - BBC One HD (if applicable) - C41
COM4 - ITV3 - C51
COM5 - Pick TV - C52
COM6 - Dave - C48

Those above are the channels used by Emley Moor.

From tomorrow, Bilsdale's six channels will be 26, 29, 23, 43, 46, 40. Its PSB1 is already on C26.

Refer to this page for a list of all Freeview services and which multiplex they are carried on (those that have a bullet in the "E"/England column apply):

DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex

For example, BBC Two is also carried on PSB1. Usually there isn't a need to check other services in the same multiplex are correct.

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Stuart Swaine
1:32 PM

BBC Radio 1,2,3 and 4 on my digital radio is still very distorted after retuning etc. It only started being distorted at about 11.15 this morning 25/09/12. Other programmes such as BBC Radio Leeds are fine. There must be something happening with the BBC radio stations.

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Peter Hall
1:46 PM

My Father In law lives in the LS27 (Morley) area of Leeds.
Since the latter part of last week he has seen freezing pictures/sound issues on BBC 1 & 2

After a software upgrade and re tune of his Humax 9300 yesterday he got his BBC local from East Yorkshire/Lincs.

He has done a manual re scan again this morning (after a scan with the arial removed) and now has no BBC1 or BBC2 signal on channels 1 &2.

Is this a transmitter issue or equipment related??

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Dave Lindsay
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2:09 PM

Peter Hall: "East Yorkshire & Lincs" is how the Belmont transmitter identifies itself. Emley Moor's network/region ID is "Yorkshire".

Stuart Swaine has reported (above) an issue with reception of BBC channels.

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Robert Hill
2:15 PM

Peter Hall, can I suggest you read the posting of Dave Lindsay above. It explains the thing to do if you need to scan your TV as he explains Bilsdale all-digital channels will be on much higher power, and you may need to do a manual scan! I know you said about East Yorkshire, but it still applies. Do a manual scan. I suggest.

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