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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Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Martin Jakubowski: The signal level could have changed slightly (increased); a change in atmospherics for example.
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Friday, 6 January 2012
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Becca7:30 PM
I live in Ilkley and we live near the Emley moor signal thingy but we cant get any channels the majority of the time except bbc channels we have tried retuning and buying a new cable we dont have a box or anything they seem to work when the weather is good but as soon as it starts raining or the wind picks up we lose them and they don't come back on for days we literally get all the channels about once or twice a week if we are lucky does anybody know why this happens as it's a bit of a joke really what's the point in having loads of channels that you can't actually watch
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Becca: Without knowing your exact location, it's very difficult to be exact. However, it's fair to say that in your general area, reception of Emley Moor will be difficult if not impossible in the bottom of Wharfedale.
For this reason it has it own transmitter signal thingy what der yer ma call it. It's ont' 'ill above Otley.
If your aerial is vertical (elements up and down), then it is probably on the Wharfedale transmitter and is definately not on Emley Moor. Unfortunately Wharfedale is a "Freeview Light" transmitter which means that it only broadcasts the Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) services which are BBC, ITV1, ITV2, C4, E4, More4, C5, HD channels and a few others.
Should your aerial be directed at Wharfedale and you have other channels tuned in like ITV3, Pick TV, Yesterday and Dave, then these aren't coming from Wharfedale, which is probably why reception is touch and go.
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Becca: If you post your location (preferably post code) we can get an idea of what the likelihood of reception is.
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Monday, 9 January 2012
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John Procter5:34 PM
Now have an attenuator as suggested. Tried to ensure the aerial is aimed at Emley.
Most channels now available, although some simply not registering.
Variable strengths indicated for channels as well as variable results, i.e. occasional pixelation on strong channels, none on some weaker ones, and poor reception on ITV4 and Film 4 (Com 6 ?)
Advice appreciated still, although imminent minor surgery indicates I may not be able to crawl around in the loft for a week, or so to possibly deal with the aerial. On the other hand, could adjust the attenuator as that is more convenient.
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David6:15 PM
I'm on Emley Moor transmitter and over the past week we have had lots of storm winds, it surprised me how the slight movement of the aerial that occured messed reception up.
With anologue this slight movement would not have effected reception, so it is most important I think to have the aerial alignment spot on.
Regards
David
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jb388:18 PM
John Procter: Thanks for the update. If you see pixilation on the stronger channels then you will obviously have to increase the attenuation, the thing to remember though being that SDN (ITV3 etc) is indicated as being on lower power (123KW) than the main muxes (@ 174Kw) until the end of January, and ArqA (Pick TV / Dave etc) very much so (87Kw) until the same period, so makes allowances for that when judging signal levels.
That said, ArqB (Film4 / ITV4) is indicated as being on 174Kw, although it has also to be appreciated that figures published aren't always necessarily what is happening in real life, as only the engineers at the station know what the true situation is.
Of course I feel that with the attenuator now in place further experimenting with aerial position on the horizontal plane might even out the channels, especially ArqB.(Mux Ch48)
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Tuesday, 10 January 2012
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John Procter4:23 PM
Here's an interesting side issue.
Alongside the loft aerial location we have a dormer bedroom containing a portable TV with cheap Freeview box. Just tuned it in as I didn't do so last September. All channels perfect.
The curiosity is that the connected aerial is a cheap ribbon type originally used back in the early 80s for stereo radio reception. No aiming, simply secured to the wall with three nails and plugged in. Interesting ?
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Adam B5:10 PM
Dunstable
John Procter:
Because you are so close to Emley Moor (a high power transmitter), you would probably get good reception using a wire coathanger!
Hope this helps,
Adam.
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Adam's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
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A.A.Wright10:51 AM
I live at s65ga and get look north on bbc covering south yorkshire,my friend lives a mile away in sheltered housing at s66aj and the look north comes from east yorkshire,both are on freeview.ITV seems ok.Is the the problem the aerial or can the set be adjusted to get the local south yorkshire news
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