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53.833,-1.754 or 53°49'57"N 1°45'14"W

BD18 1JP

4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

Tests now show that SOME households that use masthead amplifiers (and some communal aerial systems) AND are in poor signal areas AND that are very close to a 4G phone mast MAY have their Freeview service disturbed: C21: D3+4
See Expecting 4G interference? Tests now show that you have a one in 300 chance.

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. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Idle (Bradford, England) transmitter which serves 21,000 homes.

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Emley Moor region

BBC North

Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

What do the colours on the map mean?

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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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.

Mux	Aerial position	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	vertical max	C24 (498.0MHz)	260m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	50W
	1 BBC One North, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 BBC Red Button 1, plus 12 others
PSB2 D3+4	vertical max	C21 (474.0MHz)	260m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	50W
	3 ITV (Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)), 4 Channel 4 North ads, 5 Channel 5 The North ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 North ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor),
PSB3 BBCB	vertical max	C27 (522.0MHz)	260m	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	50W
	101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 303 BBC Red Button HD, plus 1 others 232 The Space,
COM4 SDN	vertical max	C42 (642.0MHz)	263m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	50W
	10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free*), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 21 others
COM5 ArqA	vertical max	C45 (666.0MHz)	265m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	50W
	11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, 302 BBC Red Button 2, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	vertical max	C39 (618.0MHz)	265m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	50W
	15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 22 others

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
to BBC North region - 55 masts.

ITV Calandar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 12km east-southeast
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?

	years	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2011	2011-13	2013-18	2013-18
	aerial group	A K	A K	W	K	K	K
	C21	BBC1	BBC1	BBC1	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
	C24	ITV	ITV	ITV	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
	C27	BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
	C30			-C
600	C31	C4	C4	C4
	C34			A
	C39				ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
	C42			D	SDN	SDN	SDN
	C45			1	ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
700	C53			2
	C56			B

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lilac background for power levels in watts

800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013

700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more

600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more

Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 7th September and 21st September 2011.

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

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. Idle was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

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Transmitter engineering
Friday 1 February 2013 4:31AM

IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 02:18 today to 03:19 today. [BBC]

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