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 11/11/2024 Screen may go black 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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Sunday, 16 October 2011
Zak: Can you hang on until 26th September 2012, when you will get a full-strength service from the Bilsdale transmitter?
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Mike Dimmick9:30 AM
Zak: Is the aerial optimized for Idle? It should be oriented with the elements running up-and-down, not side-to-side, and pointing north-east.
The prediction at the moment is poor, because the low-power services from Bilsdale use the same frequencies as Idle (the three PSB multiplexes and the SDN mux), and the two transmitters are in very nearly the same direction for you.
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011
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Zak12:04 AM
Bradford
Thanks for replies.
The aerial is optimised for Bilsdale right now (horizontal) as this gives much better signal then Idle but still not great. You're right both transmitters are pretty much in the same direction.
What about Bradford West transmitter? This is also in the same direction. Am I out of range for given that it serves a local area i guess?
As feared I guess I've got to stick it out and wait until SEPT2012 to tke advantage of FreeviewHD which is built-in into my Panny plasma.
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Zak's: mapZ's Freeview map terrainZ's terrain plot wavesZ's frequency data Z's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Zak: Yes, you will have to wait until 26 September 2012 for Freeview HD.
However, if you want those HD channels today, you could add a FreeSAT HD dish and receiver to your set.
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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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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 11 February 2016
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BARBARA8:01 PM
Bingley
LAST FEW NIGHTS AROUND 8.00PM ALL MY BBC CHANNELS HAVE APPEARED TO BREAK UP IS THIS A TRANSMITTER FAULT ARE YOU DOING ANY WORK ON IDLE TRANSMITTER
I live in bd16 1ly area - cottingley bridge/beckfoot lane
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BARBARA's: ...
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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Saturday, 24 March 2018
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Fiona Stanley10:56 AM
Shipley
According to Freeview we should have 76 TV channels at BD17 7LB but can currently only get 37 ? I have had an aerial engineer out and he says our aerial signal is good and we are getting all channels available. Can you please explain why we have lost half our channels ? Many thanks
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Fiona's: mapF's Freeview map terrainF's terrain plot wavesF's frequency data F's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln111:17 AM
Fiona Stanley: There have been no changes at either the Idle or Emley Moor transmitters. I would suggest you get the engineer back and get them to do their job properly.
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