Full Freeview on the Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) transmitter
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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 02/12/2024 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Emley Moor 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
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 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C32 | com7 | ||||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C39 | _local | ||||||||
| C41 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C44 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C47 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C48 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C51tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | SDN | |||||
| C52tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_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 |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area
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Thursday, 10 December 2020
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Chris.SE3:28 PM
Dr SM Crawford:
Whilst Malcolm's problem may well have been due to a transmitter fault which wasn't identified/reported at that time, there was subsequent Planned Engineering at Emley w/c 8/6/20. As you say you should have excellent line of sight reception.
The problem you now see could well be a repeat of the same issue, which might be the reason that there has been major work at Emley since 4/12/20 see https://www.freeview.co.u…ters
The "temporary" mast was put up in 2017 with the intention of it being in place for 4 years whilst structural work was done at the top of the existing mast. However covid-19 has put pay to the work that was originally planned in 2020, so whether the current work is due to or causing the problem you currently see, we don't know, Arqiva don't normally provide that sort of detail.
You might find interesting reads at This is why there will be TWO Emley Moor masts for four years - YorkshireLive and The up-and-down story of the TV mast at Emley Moor | Yorkshire Post
Using your search engine will find other interesting information.
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Saturday, 19 December 2020
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M Ball4:41 PM
Leeds
Postcode LS9 6EZ Problem: epg fine on sd produces gibberish on hd Any solutions re transmission/ reception data issues?
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M's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 20 December 2020
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Chris.SE5:31 AM
M Ball:
There has been some recent major work at Emley (which was previously unlisted) see https://www.freeview.co.u…ters which supposedly has finished but it wouldn't surprise me if work is carrying on if/when weather permits etc. This may be giving rise to the problem you are seeing. There may be some other cause!
Make sure you are tuned to all the correct UHF channels for Emley, it's possible that during the work if there was no or weak signal you may have got tuned to another transmitter -
Emley's Multiplexes & UHF channels are now as follows, in the order -
PSBs1/BBCA, PSB2/D3&4, PSB3/BBCB HD, COM4/SDN, COM5/ArqA, COM6/ArqB, COM7 HD, & Local
C47, C44, C41, C33, C36, C48, C55, & C39. Whether you get satisfactory reception of COM7 or the Local multiplex will depend on location.
If the problem continues, post back, further information may have come to light.
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Wednesday, 13 January 2021
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peter3:19 PM
Postcode HX62PD
Any known issues with Emley Moor/Halifax MUX Channel 48
All channel on this are garbled/breaking up
All other channels including HD are fine
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Chris.SE10:07 PM
peter:
I can't find any reports of problems affecting ArqB/COM6 and the transmitter isn't currently listed for Planned Engineering.
Is the problem still present? Are you receiving COM7 C55 ok?
It might be worth checking that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction (at your location bearing 124 degrees - that's 11 degrees E of SE with rods horizontal) and that your downlead looks undamaged (especially if it is old).
Also 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. See what signal strengths and quality you are getting for the multiplexes (groups of channels) shown in your TV's tuning section.
Problematic connections, water ingress etc. can seem to affect reception of just AN individual or several multiplexes.
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Monday, 8 February 2021
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Kevin Gledhill12:09 PM
At 11:56 am each day my tv reception drops out for a couple of seconds. I live a mile from the Emley moor transmitter. The problem is my digital recorder actually stops the recording as there is no signal. Is there a reason and does anyone know if this will be rectified.
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StevensOnln12:24 PM
Kevin Gledhill: Emley Moor broadcasts to over 1.5 million homes and is also Arqiva's main transmitter monitoring station, so it is unlikely to be the transmitter cutting out. What is far more likely is that something in your home (or nearby) operating on a timer is switching on at 11:56 each day and causing a brief spike of electrical interference.
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Chris.SE11:10 PM
Kevin Gledhill:
I assume your aerial signal is first fed to your Digital Recorder and then to the TV. If you plug the aerial direct to the TV, does the TV still lose signal for a few seconds at 11.56am?
If not, this suggests there could be some setting in your digital recorder that is causing this, go through all the settings and redo any you find you need and delete any that you haven't set/don't need etc.
If the TV still has the same problem, this indicates it's some interference getting into your aerial system as StevensOnln1 has suggested.
Is your aerial fed to any form of booster/distribution amplifier? Do you have any electrical equipment on a timer that switches on (or off) at 11.56am each day?
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Saturday, 6 November 2021
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Paul Bentley 2:22 PM
Is there an issue with Quest HD on channel 114? I'm in the Cleckheaton area?
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Chris.SE2:46 PM
Paul Bentley:
Some parts of your area will not have good reception of COM7 which carries Quest HD. Do you still have the problem, it could have been a temporary issue? I can't find any faults currently listed.
At time of posting, there's no issue with the signal's source - just checked my reception (not Emley) - please provide a full postcode so we can look at predicted reception in your locale.
Depending on predicted reception, if you still have the problem, it may entirely be due to Planned Engineering as mentioned in the post just before yours - do you have the same problem with BBC News HD on 107?
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