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Halifax transmitting station

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Track off Trooper Lane, Halifax geograph.org.uk 1804111
Track off Trooper Lane, Halifax geograph.org.uk 1804111

The Halifax transmitting station (grid reference SE103242) is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility which serves Halifax in Yorkshire, England, and is located on Southowram bank top overlooking the town from the East. Most of Halifax viewers are able to receive Emley Moor and the relay is only used in the north, east and centre of the town which is blocked by the bank on which the relay resides. Further afield, the Halifax relay also covers Elland, parts of Brighouse and along the Calder Valley as far as Sowerby Bridge. It is a television relay of Emley Moor, has its aerials at a height of 38 metres (125 ft) and is owned and operated by Arqiva, (site reference 10406). The Halifax transmitter is an A group relay with vertical polarisation and has been transmitting digital television signals since September 2011. It also transmits one analogue radio station and is used by the major mobile phone networks for their coverage of Halifax due to its location overlooking the entire town.

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Halifax transmitting station
Higgin Lane, Calderdale Siddal

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N 53.7137 ° E -1.8461 °
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Higgin Lane
HX3 9TZ Calderdale, Siddal
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Track off Trooper Lane, Halifax geograph.org.uk 1804111
Track off Trooper Lane, Halifax geograph.org.uk 1804111
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