Freeview Light on the Ambergate (Derbyshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ambergate (Derbyshire, England) transmitter which serves 1,800 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 Ambergate (Derbyshire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Ambergate (Derbyshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Freeview channels does the Ambergate 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C25 (506.0MHz) | 185m | DTG- | 37W |
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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C28 (530.0MHz) | 185m | DTG- | 37W |
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 | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 185m | DTG- | 37W |
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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Ambergate (Derbyshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Ambergate transmitter?

BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 26km east-southeast (117°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.

ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 71km south-southwest (205°)
to ITV Central (East) region - 17 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (West)
How will the Ambergate (Derbyshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Feb 2018- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
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, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 37W |
Local transmitter maps
Ambergate Freeview Waltham TV region BBC East Midlands Central (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Waltham transmitter area
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Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
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AMBERGATE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 18 August 2016
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AMBERGATE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Sunday, 27 November 2016
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AMBERGATE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 5 December 2016
Transmitter engineering
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AMBERGATE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 12 December 2016
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Thursday, 27 February 2020
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Anthony 12:24 PM
Interesting .I'm sure the power has increased from the Ambergate transmitter. My street in Ripley is next to a wood which blocks the signal from Waltham quite a bit. The last time i was looking for Relays Ambergate was only a few watts but it seems to cover the whole of Ripley and surrounding areas now. Only Freeview light though so we're better off with Freesat still.
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Chris.SE11:51 PM
Anthony:
There's no 700MHz Clearance changes listed for the transmitter, or any power changes, still 37W apparently!
It could be that changes elsewhere have resulted in a little less co-channel interference and so slightly better coverage. Whether it remains like that, time will tell.
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Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
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AMBERGATE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Mar 00:06. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 5 March 2020
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AMBERGATE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Mar 00:06 until 4 Mar 05:55. Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Mar 00:06 until 4 Mar 10:07. . [BBC]
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Friday, 31 July 2020
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AMBERGATE transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 31 Jul 08:21 until 31 Jul 08:35. . [BBC]
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