Full Freeview on the Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) transmitter
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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 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
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 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.
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?
BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 22km north-northeast (22°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.
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 B | Active deflector | 74 homes | |
| Derwent C | Active deflector | (second level) | |
| Dunford Bridge | Active deflector | 14 km S Huddersfield | 15 homes |
| Hmp Leeds | Transposer | 30 homes | |
| Thixendale | Transposer | 25 km ENE York | 40 homes |
How will the Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1956-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Feb 2020 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | W T | ||||
| C10 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C32 | com7 | ||||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C39 | _local | ||||||||
| C41 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C44 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C47 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C48 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C51tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | SDN | |||||
| C52tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | LLS |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
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
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Friday, 1 May 2020
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Chris.SE1:44 AM
Paul:
Depending on your exact postcode, you could possibly pick up 3 other main transmitters in addition to Emley Moor. Check each of your multiplexes is correctly tuned to Emley Moor's UHF channels as listed in the post before yours.
If you are correctly tuned, you mentioned an 18 element aerial, if this is an older Group B aerial as originally used by Emley Moor, then the SDN multiplex may not be received as strongly, likewise the ArqA multiplex, you may need a Group T (or Wideband) for optimal reception, especially for COMs 7&8.
If you have all these things then, as I can find no reported faults by the BBC or Freeview I'd suggest you check all your coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads are a common problem, try swapping/changing them. Also check that your downlead looks undamaged (especially if it is old) and that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction.
Problematic connections, water ingress etc. can seem to affect reception of just an individual or several multiplexes.
Also check you have no HDMI leads near poorly screened flyleads/aerial leads as these can cause interference.
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Monday, 11 May 2020
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Dave S10:26 AM
Channel 78 on com5 has changed from Now 90s to Now 70s
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Chris.SE1:28 PM
Dave S:
It did that back in February, see 26 Feb 2020 - Channel changes | Freeview
I'm afraid there are quite a few listings on this site that are not up-to-date as the site owner had not had time to keep up with all the 700MHz Clearance changes, never mind broadcasters swapping their channels about!
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Friday, 29 May 2020
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Malcolm9:54 AM
Hi
Smithsonian channel 57 keeps disappearing last night thurs 28 at 23:00 & maybe befor. Also prev Thurs.
Anything going on or are your engineers fiddling unofficially?
I am Leeds & can see Emley. LS26
Thanks
Malcolm
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Saturday, 30 May 2020
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Chris.SE12:34 AM
Malcolm:
Smithsonian is on the ArqA multiplex, see Channel listings | Freeview
Check you are tuned to the correct UHF channel C36 at Emley for this multiplex.
I assume since the last of the 700MHz Clearance retunes on the 5th Feb., you have a Group T or Wideband aerial.
I can't find any faults currently listed (it's not "our" engineers btw, this is an independent help site) other than that there is some "Tropospheric Ducting" around at present which may result in interference in some parts of the country, see -
How does good weather affect my television? | Help receiving TV and radio and
Effect of tropospheric ducting on Freeview | Help receiving TV and radio
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Monday, 22 June 2020
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Dave S11:44 PM
Sheffield
Cheers Chris S.E.
Yes I was a bit behind there as COM7 and COM8 have gone today now anyway :-D
I'll miss Now 80s, even though it broke up all the time, presumably due to mobile interference from Sheffield.
For anyone else interested the changes not reflected in the table as of now, these are COM4/SDN moved to Ch33 and COM5/ArqA moved to Ch36 (Feb 20).
Looking forward to the extra channels in the future when DVB-T phased out, shame it takes so long.
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
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Chris.SE12:19 AM
Dave S:
My post Wednesday, 22 April 2020 on p219 lists all the current UHF channels for Emley, except of course COM8 is closing. COM7 is still there with Now 80s on C55. If you are not picking it up, try a manual tune on C55, there's some variable "tropo" around which my cause periodic interference!
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Sunday, 28 June 2020
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Chris.SE4:45 PM
Just in case anyone misses it - a reminder that since the 700MHz clearance retune, and Arqiva's decision to close COM8 for commercial reasons -
Emley's Multiplexes & UHF channels are now as follows, in the order -
PSBs1/BBCA, PSB2/D3&4, PSB3/BBCB HD, COM4/SDN, COM5/ArqA, COM6/ArqB, COM7 HD, & Local
C47, C44, C41, C33, C36, C48, C55, & C39.
Whether you get satisfactory reception of COM7 or the Local multiplexes will depend on location.
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Thursday, 10 December 2020
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Dr SM Crawford9:58 AM
Halifax
Where we live, Northowram HX3 7WF we have excellent line-of-sight reception from Emley Moor with a strong, high-quality signal on most multiplexes.
The exception is Channel 36 where reception is iffy and programmes unwatchable. Why is this? Is it something to do with the temporary mast? Is it a directional phenomenon?
Yours sincerely,
Michael Crawford
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Dr SM Crawford10:02 AM
I see Malcolm's comment on 29/5/2020 at 9:45 refers to the same channel from the same transmitter.
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