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 Wincobank Transmitter                               OS Grid Ref SK 388 919
  (& Blackburn Meadows)                                            (OS Grid Ref SK 389 926)
Wincobank television transmitter is a low power repeater (only 1.5W) off Emley Moor.
The site is sandwiched between Barrow Rd and the railway line to Chapletown/Leeds
which was originally built by the Midland Railway in 1894. Rather more recently than that, the M1 opened up to here in 1967, the next section north (from junction 34) had to wait
until the following year.
As expected for a relay it is Vertically polarised and it is a C/D group. If one looks carefully one can see the Log periodic receiving antenna pointing at Emley. Most relays use Logs as reception aerials if they have “line of sight” onto their main transmitter.
Only the basic 4 television channels are transmitted, i.e. no C5 or Digital TV though this
is due to change in September 2011 when the DSO occurs. For this reason we would normally put customers on either Emley or Belmont. Note that when DSO occurs only
three of the six MUXES will be transmitted from Wincobank, though they will be the main three PSBs.
 A bit further south (round on to Roman Ridge) Crosspool becomes a possibility and there are even a few houses on Waltham as the "line of sight" SSE is reasonable.
Consultation of "Transmitter Channel Allocations" reveals that Dronfield and
Oughtibridge share the same transmission frequencies as Wincobank, although
co-channel interference from these would be highly unlikely. Notice how the "channel planners" have avoided using the same transmission pattern as Stocksbridge because
this would also give co-channel from Waltham.  
There is another small (2W) repeater called Blackburn just half a mile north of Wincobank transmitter (off Droppingwell Rd), but it isn`t used by many people at all.
Just like Wincobank, it is a vertically polarised C/D group off Emley with no C5 or Digital. Blackburn`s frequency channels are :
BBC1 = CH57         BBC2 = CH63         ITV = CH60         C4 = CH53
Blackburn will undergo DSO at the same time as Wincobank in September 2011,
and similarly will only transmit the basic three PSB MUXES
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Wincobank transmitter from the South.

 

The train is the 10.08 stopping service from Sheffield to Leeds via Barnsley and Wakefield Westgate.

 

 

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Wincobank transmitter`s Log Periodic array.

 

The bottom (horizontally polarised) one receives the signal from Emley Moor, and the top pair (vertically polarised) retransmit into the valley.

 

Note the broadcast authorities use of

Log Periodics, an aerial we recommend

to use wherever possible.

 

 

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Blackburn (Rotherham) TV transmitter.

The transmitter is located just East of the M1, half a mile North of J34.

 

The top (horizontally polarised) pair of Logs receive the signal from Emley Moor,

and the bottom aerial (vertically polarised) retransmit`s it into the valley.

 

Note the broadcast authorities use of Log Periodics, an aerial we recommend to use wherever possible.