Full Freeview on the Idle (Bradford, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Idle (Bradford, England) transmitter which serves 21,000 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 Idle (Bradford, England) mast?
Idle transmitter - Idle transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/11/2023 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Idle (Bradford, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Idle 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Idle (Bradford, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Idle transmitter?
BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 15km east-southeast (105°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.
ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 13km east-southeast (105°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region
How will the Idle (Bradford, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 12 Feb 2020 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
| C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C32 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C35 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C39 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C42 | SDN | ||||||||
| C45 | ArqA |
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 1-4 | 250W | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-14dB) 10W |
Local transmitter maps
Idle Freeview Emley Moor TV region BBC Yorkshire Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area
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Friday, 14 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:08 yesterday to 13:00 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 15 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:08 on 13 Jul to 13:00 on 13 Jul. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 13:43 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 13:43 yesterday to 23:43 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 8 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:05 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:05 today to 11:34 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:05 yesterday to 11:34 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 10 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:05 on 08 Nov to 11:34 on 08 Nov. [BBC]
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Thursday, 30 November 2017
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Richard gough 8:40 PM
Shipley
Picture breaks up regularly with bbc1 being the strongest but often picture is v good even on pick and Dave which are not available most of the time
MY POST CODE IS BD17 6HE
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln111:17 PM
Richard gough : Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? You're just 2km from the Idle transmitter so it's possible that you are suffering with signal overload (search for the article "too much of a good thing" on this website).
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