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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.

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.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C23 (490.0MHz)260mDTG-50W
Channel icons
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
C26 (514.0MHz)260mDTG-50W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C30 (546.0MHz)260mDTG-50W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 V max
C32 (562.0MHz)263mDTG-850W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C35 (586.0MHz)265mDTG-850W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C34 (578.0MHz)265mDTG-850W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 15km east-southeast (105°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.
regional news image
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?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-1312 Feb 2020
A K TA K TA K TK TA K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4
C23BBCA
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C26D3+4
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCB
C30BBCB
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C32SDN
C34ArqB
C35ArqA
C39ArqB
C42SDN
C45ArqA

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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Oct 2002Yorkshire Television
Oct 2002-Dec 2014ITV
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV 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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Saturday, 20 February 2021
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Chris.SE
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3:41 AM

Michael Swift:

I agree with what StevensOnln1 has said and his approach to investigating this, but do check that the aerial is pointing the right way - bearing 189 degrees (rods vertical) that's 9 degrees W of due S. Also that the down lead is secure and not flapping in the wind.

It's slightly baffling that the quality is showing as 100% as one would expect it to decrease with overload, but nevertheless remove these small boosters to start with and see what happens to the strength and quality figures.
In addition, make sure you don't have any HDMI cables close to any aerial leads and flyleads, especially if the aerial leads and flyleads are not high quality double screened types. HDMI has been known to cause interference which could produce the effects you are seeing.

If the 4 channel splitter/booster also supplies power to the masthead amp, then it'll be almost impossible to take it out of circuit for tests. I don't suppose it has a variable gain control that you can turn down?
If removal of the set back boosters still leaves the signal the same, then it might be worth trying a variable attenuator at the set back so you can reduce the signal.
Something like this eBay item number: 310039226920
Coax TV Aerial Attenuator Adjustable Variable Between 0-20 dB Reduces signal | eBay


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Saturday, 27 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
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4:33 AM

IDLE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Feb 10:05 until 25 Feb 10:27. . [BBC]

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Thursday, 29 July 2021
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Andrew Fox
3:15 PM

Hi
About 3 months ago, a mast was erected on Leeds and Bradford road Idle (outside The George pub) which I presume is a 5G. Lots of others are appearing all over the area as well.
At first, Freeview reception was shady and now it is none existent at certain times of the day.
The degradation of signal is truly remarkable and beggars belief. Even the BBC services are unobtainable at certain times and no ITV/Channel4/Channel 5 at all.
Previously and prior to the 5G install, we could receive usually 136 TV/Radio channels. Now we are lucky to get 50 and sometimes none.
I know it is not an aerial issue as I used to install them. We retune the TVs in the house every day so no 'update' issues either.
A few days ago , we retuned to 136 channels again briefly (it lasted 2 days). I guess it was because the 5G mast was undergoing maintenance.
Please advise

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Friday, 30 July 2021
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Chris.SE
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6:51 AM

Andrew Fox:

Please provide a full postcode and which direction your aerial is pointing so that we can look at the predicted reception in your locale. Are the aerial rods (or squashed Xs) horizontal or vertical? Roughly how old is the aerial and downlead?

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Sunday, 26 September 2021
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Julian Taylor
1:15 PM
Bradford

Problems with receiving tv/radio channels in bd6 3db area

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Chris.SE
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3:10 PM

Julian Taylor:

You are not predicted to receive any signals from the Idle transmitter. See my reply on the Bradford West page.

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Friday, 29 October 2021
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2:46 PM

Idle transmitter - Idle transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 1 November 2021
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5:46 AM

Idle transmitter - Idle transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Friday, 19 November 2021
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12:13 PM

Idle transmitter - Idle transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 22 November 2021
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6:09 AM

Idle transmitter - Idle transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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