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The symbol shows the location of the Derby (Derby, England) transmitter which serves 3,300 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 Derby (Derby, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Derby 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
 H max
C48 (690.0MHz)131mDTG-40W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) East Midlands, 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
 H max
C51- (713.8MHz)131mDTG-40W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C52 (722.0MHz)131mDTG-40W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

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The Derby (Derby, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

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 Derby transmitter?

regional news image
BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 26km east-northeast (78°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.
regional news image
ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 55km south-southwest (210°)
to ITV Central (East) region - 17 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (West)

How will the Derby (Derby, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-137 Feb 2018-
K TK TK TB C/D E TB C/D E T
C30ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C48BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCABBCA
C51tv_off-D3+4D3+4
C52tv_offBBCBBBCB

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 17 Aug 11 and 31 Aug 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 200W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 40W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Waltham transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Derby 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.

Comments
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
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aerilman
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4:57 PM

The use of Channel 20,although temporary,'sends alarm bells ringing through my head'.Are you sure all TV's and Digi boxes tune from this frequency?
Is it not possible to use an readily useable clear frequency between channels 21-68?The engineers are having a laugh.I know maybe it's a printing error,lol.

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Briantist
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7:30 PM

aerilman: It's from the Ofcom document, but I'm sure they mean C30, given that it is used for ITV1 on analogue.

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Jordy
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8:18 PM

There is and always has been Channel 20 usage - It was decided moons ago through the aerial groups that 21 would be the base frequency and to allow a gap between the top of band 2 and lower band 4. Of course band 3 was in use for years so a gap was created almost by default. CATV systems still make use of channels below the base frequency.

For example of test frequencies that were used - There may be changes to these taken from Caldbeck field strength tests circa 89...

14 471.25 UHF
15 477.25 16 483.25
17 489.25
18 495.25
19 501.25
20 507.25

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Thursday, 10 February 2011
Briantist
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8:35 AM

Jordy: I note that Digital UK is showing "30" and not "20", for example Postcode Checker - Trade View - I'll give Ofcom a call today.

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Briantist
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1:47 PM

Jordy: Ofcom have confirmed the typo in the published document to me. It *IS* C30.

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aerialman
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3:30 PM

Thank's guys for clearing that up.I notice also there's also other errors in the notes of the published document too.

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Briantist
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6:35 PM

aerialman: Which are...?

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Friday, 11 February 2011
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aerialman
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2:28 PM

ok.Look at note c,page2,Central document Lark Stoke,and Briantist,you still haven't altered Arfon service area,still showing only 4 watts,as opposed to 2kw.
But hey,you have a great site!I'm sure you would agree it is important to have published information,accurate.

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aerialman
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2:30 PM

Should say accurately,lol.

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Briantist
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2:34 PM

aerialman: Lark Stoke - I contacted Ofcom and (c) should read "BBCB", it says this on the Freeview on Lark Stoke TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.

Arfon matches the Ofcom document at 2kW. The maps have not yet been regenerated as that takes several days and the code still needs fixing.

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