Transmitter of Emley Moor

The transmitting Emley Moor is a transmitting radio frequency located in the sector of heather of Emley Moor, close to the village of Emley, not far from Huddersfield in the Yorkshire of the West in England. The mast of transmission of the station of transmission is the autoportée Structure highest of British Isles with a height of 330,4 Mr.

Characteristics

The transmitter of Emley Moor is 330,4 m high. Its top is located at 594 m above the Sea level and its foundations are deep of 6,1 Mr. He acts of the higher 11^e autoportée Structure of Europe (the 12^e after the construction envisaged of the Tour of Federation of Moscow in 2007, high the 432 m). In spite of its size, it is not a question of the highest structure of British Isles, the transmitting Belmont (385 m) and the transmitting Skelton (365 m) being raised, but these are masts of which stability is obtained using cables.

The top of the part of the made tower of Béton is located at 275 m and one reaches it by a seven minutes way out of elevator. The antenna located above measurement 56 Mr. the unit, included/understood the foundations, weighs 11.200 T.

The transmitter is the property of NTL and diffuses four radio stations and eleven television channels on a zone of approximately 10.000 km ². It is about the principal station for 51 relays and repeaters in the surrounding Yorkshire and counties.

History

The current structure is the third to occupy the site of Emley Moor. A first tower of 135 m was set up in 1956 to diffuse ITV in the area of Yorkshire. It was replaced by a 385 height m stayed mast (similar to that of the Belmont) in 1964.

March 19th, 1969, the structure crumbled, because of strong winds and of the weight of the ice which had been formed in top of the mast. After a series of temporary masts, the construction of the current tower began in 1969 and the first transmissions were effectée on January 21st, 1971.

The British government classified the tower as being “of a historical and architectural interest significant” in 2002.

Diffused chains

Radio
analogical (FM VHF):

105,1 MHz - Galaxy
106,2 MHz - Real

Radio
numerical (DAB):

Block 11D: 222,064 MHz - DIGITAL One
Block 12B: 225,648 MHz - BBC

Analogical television:

UHF 37 (599,25 MHz) - Five
UHF 41 (631,25 MHz) - Chanel 4
UHF 44 (655,25 MHz) - BBC One
UHF 47 (679,25 MHz) - ITV1
UHF 51 (711,25 MHz) - BBC Two

Digital television:

UHF 40 (626 MHz) - Multiplexings 2 DIGITAL 3&4
UHF 43 (650 MHz) - Multiplexing has SDN
UHF 46 (674 MHz) - Multiplexing B BBC
UHF 49 (698 MHz) - Multiplexing D National Grid Wireless
UHF 50 (706 MHz) - Multiplexing C National Grid Wireless
UHF 52 (722 MHz) - Multiplexing 1 BBC

See too

List of masts
List of turns
Telecommunications in the United Kingdom

External bonds

transmitting Tower of Emley Moor current (structurae.de)
First transmitting tower of Emley Moor (structurae.de)
Mast stayed of Emley Moor (structurae.de)
Diagrams of the tower (skyscraperpage.com)
'' The fall and small channel off Emley Moor ''

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