

Emley Moor television transmitter, all 1084ft of it...... Picture Justin Smith (ATV)
The structure may look solid * but according to someone who works there it sways in the wind and this can sometimes induce sea sickness to those working in the microwave link room when gales are about !
* The foundations consist of a solid concrete annulus of 8.2m width and 6.1m depth with a thickness of 4.3m. That`s a lot of concrete.......
Emley Moor TV transmitter as you`ve never seen it before....... Picture Justin Smith (ATV)
The ring marks in the concrete will be noted, this is where the shuttering was used to build the structure. Because the tower is tapered the shuttering`s diameter had to be reduced each time a new (higher) section was added. (Picture added 30 Mar 06)
Note that Emley Moor is not a “mast” because it`s a self supporting structure, it`s actually
a “tower”. Masts are cable stayed, like Winter Hill for example.
Top of Emley Moor transmitter showing the microwave link room, also note the spiral structure at the top to deflect wind upwards. The link room is at 262m and one (of the two) lifts goes straight to this level. Despite this it still takes seven (seven ! ) minutes to do so. The other lift provides engineers access to all the different levels, but you could always
use the ladder(s), with a total of 865 rungs......
Emley Moor by night.
Note the red glow, of the top navigation light, on the cloud just above the transmitter.
(Picture Justin Smith, dedicated to my wife who was getting impatient as I farted about with exposure settings etc.....)


Emley Moor transmitter from Shelley station on the Kirklees Light Railway.
The latter is a 15” gauge line built on the trackbed of the ex branch line to Clayton
West which was originally built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in 1879 but
closed in 1983. The KLR was opened in stages from 1991 to 1996 and the loco shown
is Hawk which is an 0-
Emley Moor`s channels in relation to the UHF TV band and the gain curves of the aerials



Luckily the channel planners were able to fit all the Digital / Freeview MUXES
(transmitted at 10kW) within the B group along with the analogue stations, so an aerial change may not be necessary. Furthermore those in poor reception areas, who may require an upgrade, can take advantage of the superior performance of an B group aerial
over a wideband. In fact there is an argument that there is no such thing as a “High Gain” wideband aerial for the B group frequencies and they shouldn`t be fitted on B group transmitters. If the site is in a poor spot a B group aerial should be used. On the other
hand if the signal is strong (or medium) then by definition it doesn`t need a “high gain” antenna anyway ! Under these circumstances a Log Periodic should be fitted instead.

We recommend the DM log for strong signal areas, the Log 40 for medium signal areas,
the Yagi18B for poor signal areas and the XB16B for those with the most marginal signals. The dimensions and test performance of the antennas can be found on the relevant tables. The prices of the aerials are on the Sales page.
For Emley`s frequencies see its Channel Allocations for both before and after the
DSO. These also include the same data for Bilsdale, Belmont, Waltham, Sutton Coldfield,
Chesterfield, Sheffield, Idle, Keighley and Beecroft Hill. This information can be
useful for diagnosing co-
Ofcom report Emley`s output as being essentially omnidirectional.
DSO is due to occur in September 2011, and unsurprisingly it has been confirmed that Emley will remain a B group at DSO.
Those living in the North Notts area should take particular note of the fact that most of Sutton Coldfields channels are on the same frequencies as Emley Moor !
The best approach is to use a B group “high gain aerial” (with as narrow a beam width as possible) e.g. our Yagi18B or XB16B. If necessary try to mount the aerial so as to shield
it from the unwanted transmitter, e.g. down the side of your house. Emley is NNW and
Sutton Coldfield is SSW. Note that for this problem use of an amplifier will make no difference at all and would probably make things worse, in fact an attenuator (ideally a variable one) would be of more use.