Full Freeview on the Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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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 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Emley Moor transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C47 (682.0MHz)	578m	DTG-	174,000W
	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	H max	C44 (658.0MHz)	578m	DTG-	174,000W
	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	H max	C41 (634.0MHz)	578m	DTG-	174,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H max	C33 (570.0MHz)	566m	DTG-8	174,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	H max	C36 (594.0MHz)	565m	DTG-8	174,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	H max	C48 (690.0MHz)	565m	DTG-8	174,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others
LLS	H -15.4dB	C39 (618.0MHz)	565m	DTG-12	5,000W
	from 22nd September 2014: 7 Made in Leeds,

DTG-8 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	ITV_waves
C32						com7
C33						SDN
C34						com8
C36						ArqA
C37			C5_waves	C5_waves
C39						_local
C41		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB	BBCB
C44		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C47		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C48					ArqB	ArqB
C51_{tv_off}		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	SDN
C52_{tv_off}					ArqA
C55_{tv_off}						com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_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

Local transmitter maps

Emley Moor Freeview Emley Moor DAB Emley Moor AM/FM 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

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Oct 2002	Yorkshire Television
Oct 2002-Dec 2014	ITV

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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Chris.SE

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1:44 AM

Paul:

Depending on your exact postcode, you could possibly pick up 3 other main transmitters in addition to . Check each of your multiplexes is correctly tuned to Emley Moor's UHF as listed in the post before yours.

If you are correctly tuned, you mentioned an 18 element , if this is an older Group B aerial as originally used by Emley Moor, then the SDN may not be received as strongly, likewise the ArqA multiplex, you may need a Group T (or ) for optimal , 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 .

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Dave S
10:26 AM

78 on com5 has changed from Now 90s to Now 70s

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1:28 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 Clearance changes, never mind broadcasters swapping their about!

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Malcolm
9:54 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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Chris.SE

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12:34 AM

Malcolm:

Smithsonian is on the ArqA , see Channel listings | Freeview
Check you are tuned to the correct UHF at Emley for this multiplex.
I assume since the last of the Clearance retunes on the 5th Feb., you have a Group T or aerial.
I can't find any faults currently listed (it's not "our" engineers btw, this is an independent site) other than that there is some "Tropospheric Ducting" around at present which may result in 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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Dave S
11:44 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 from .

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 in the future when DVB-T phased out, shame it takes so long.

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12:19 AM

Dave S:

My post Wednesday, 22 April 2020 on p219 lists all the current UHF for Emley, except of course COM8 is closing. COM7 is still there with Now 80s on . If you are not picking it up, try a manual tune on C55, there's some variable "tropo" around which my cause periodic !

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4:45 PM

Just in case anyone misses it - a reminder that since the clearance retune, and Arqiva's decision to close COM8 for commercial reasons -
Emley's Multiplexes & UHF are now as follows, in the order -
PSBs1/BBCA, PSB2/D3&4, PSB3/BBCB HD, COM4/SDN, COM5/ArqA, COM6/ArqB, COM7 HD, & Local
, , , , , , , & .

Whether you get satisfactory of COM7 or the Local multiplexes will depend on location.

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Dr SM Crawford
9:58 AM
Halifax

Where we live, Northowram HX3 7WF we have excellent line-of-sight from with a strong, high- signal on most multiplexes.

The exception is 36 where reception is iffy and programmes unwatchable. Why is this? Is it something to do with the temporary ? Is it a directional phenomenon?

Yours sincerely,

Michael Crawford

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Dr SM Crawford
10:02 AM

I see Malcolm's comment on 29/5/2020 at 9:45 refers to the same from the same .

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