Freeview Light on the Skipton (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Skipton (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter which serves 11,000 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.
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Skipton (North Yorkshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Skipton 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C39+ (618.2MHz) | 212m | DTG- | 2,000W |
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 | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 212m | DTG- | 2,000W |
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 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 212m | DTG- | 2,000W |
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 |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Skipton (North Yorkshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Skipton transmitter?
BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 44km east-southeast (114°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.
ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 42km east-southeast (115°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region
How will the Skipton (North Yorkshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA |
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 | 10kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW |
Local transmitter maps
Skipton 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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Thursday, 28 July 2011
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Craig Gannon 8:46 PM
Skipton
Which transmitter should we have our aerials pointing to for digital tv in Skipton for best reception and the wider range of channels please?
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Craig's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby11:05 PM
Craig Gannon: The Digital UK postcode checker predicts the strongest signal at your location to be from Skipton Town at 127 degrees, aerial Group A , vertical polarisation. This is however a Freeview Lite transmitter and only carries the 3 PSB muxes. To receive all six muxes good reception is predicted from Emley Moor at 148 degrees, aerial group B and horizontal polarisation. Good reception is of course subject to there being no local obstructions (trees or tall buildings) blocking the signal path. Mux BBCA enters service on 7th September 2011. On 21st September 2011 Mux D3+4 and Mux HD begin from Skipton Town and all muxes will be at high power from Emley Moor.
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Thursday, 25 August 2011
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Richard9:18 PM
I was just looking for the switchover date for the Skipton transmitter. I looked at the list of channels and when they would become available. Since Skipton is a relay of Emley Moor it seems odd that many of the channels available on Emley Moor are not shown for the Skipton transmitter. It would be nice to think that the opportunity presented by digital switchover to provide an equal and comprehesive coverage for all might havebeen taken. Unfortunately it is no surprise that it has not. After all, Skipton still doesn't have channel 5 on analogue. Probably no great loss but it would be nice to be given the chance to decide!
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Mike Dimmick11:07 PM
Richard: I'm afraid that only the Public Service Broadcasters were required by Ofcom to match analogue coverage.
The commercial multiplex operators were offered the option to broadcast from more sites, but they turned it down on cost grounds. They will continue to use the 81 sites they used before switchover. They will broadcast at much higher power, though, so it may be possible to get Emley Moor once it has switched over. If you provide a full postcode I can check this.
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Mike Dimmick11:09 PM
Richard: Because Skipton is quite high-power and covers a fairly large number of homes, I would expect it to be high up the list of sites that are considered, if the commercial operators do decide to add more sites.
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Wednesday, 7 September 2011
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Jonathan Williamson8:09 AM
Skipton
BD23 1BJ - Skipton
Hello!! Lost ALL CHANNELS this morning. Re-tuning has no effect. Schedule states only BBC2 should have gone???
Is this me or a transmitter problem??
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Jonathan's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Jonathan Williamson: Please see Switchover starts in 4 million homes in Yorkshire, West Midlands 7th September | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - this transmitter will not be restored UNTIL 9AM.
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Thursday, 8 September 2011
Andrew: Please see Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . You do have many times more channels than you had on analogue.
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Monday, 12 September 2011
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Tim5:44 PM
When will I be able to receive ITV digital channels from the Skipton transmitter?
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Tim: Please see the information at the top of the page under "Wednesday, 21st September 2011".
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