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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Idle (Bradford, England) transmitter._______
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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Monday, 28 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
8:37 PM
8:37 PM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:01 today to 13:03 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:35 AM
1:35 AM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:01 yesterday to 13:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:28 AM
1:28 AM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:01 on 28 Apr to 13:03 on 28 Apr. [BBC]
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Friday, 9 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
9:44 AM
9:44 AM
IDLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Programme from 07:58 today to 08:07 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:44 AM
1:44 AM
IDLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Programme from 07:58 yesterday to 08:07 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 11 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
2:39 AM
2:39 AM
IDLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Programme from 07:58 on 09 May to 08:07 on 09 May. [BBC]
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Saturday, 31 May 2014
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John Pyrah11:03 AM
Shipley
Hi, I have just purchased a Telecam indoor tv aerial TC2000. I only seem to be getting a very weak signal when tuning my tv to this aerial (ie 1 out of 10). It is very hit and miss and there is frequent pixillation.
I am hoping to use this on a portable TV on holiday in Saundersfoot Wales.
Do you think this will be ok for a good stable picture or are there better indoor aerials available?
We are going on 7th June so would appreciate any advise you could give.
Thanks
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Thursday, 19 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:28 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:31 PM
4:31 PM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:28 today to 14:25 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 20 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:28 yesterday to 14:25 yesterday. [BBC]
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