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The symbol shows the location of the Chesterfield (Derbyshire, England) transmitter which serves 25,000 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Chesterfield (Derbyshire, England) mast?

Chesterfield transmitter - Chesterfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Chesterfield transmitter broadcast?

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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
 V -3dB
C31 (554.0MHz)230mDTG-400W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Yorkshire, 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
 V -3dB
C37 (602.0MHz)230mDTG-400W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C29 (538.0MHz)230mDTG-800W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Yorkshire, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 V -3dB
C43 (650.0MHz)236mDTG-8400W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 V -3dB
C46 (674.0MHz)231mDTG-8400W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 V -3dB
C40 (626.0MHz)231mDTG-8400W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Chesterfield (Derbyshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

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 Chesterfield transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 58km north (353°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.
regional news image
ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 59km north (351°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region

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

1984-971997-981998-20112011-135 Feb 2020
A K TA K TA K TK TK T
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C26BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C29C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C31BBCA
C33BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C37D3+4
C40ArqBArqB
C43SDNSDN
C46ArqAArqA

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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 10 Aug 11 and 24 Aug 11.

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

Analogue 1-4 2kW
BBCB(-4dB) 800W
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4(-7dB) 400W
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-17dB) 40W
Mux A*(-20dB) 20W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Oct 2002Yorkshire Television
Oct 2002-Dec 2014ITV
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Chesterfield 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
Sunday, 9 October 2011
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Jordan P
4:10 PM
Chesterfield

Dave Lindsay: My ariel is facing almost North, I live behind Newbold Road, do you know what other masts it could be picking up? It seems a retune fixed it though

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Monday, 10 October 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

10:57 AM

CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Over the next week Chesterfield main transmitter: no analogue TV, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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10:57 AM

CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Over the next week Chesterfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Monday, 14 November 2011
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David
7:42 PM
Dronfield

Last night (13 Nov 2011) the digital BBC1,2,3&4 channels from the Chesterfield tansmitter disappeared for variable periods of time (>10mins) during the whole evening.
This affected all our TVs. The signal is back tonight and steady so far. Was this a transmitter problem or an atmospheric issue?
Normally we have very stong signals for all channels from our rooftop aerial.
Thanks for your help,
David

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KMJ,Derby
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9:09 PM

David: There were reports of loss of signal on Belmont, Sandy Heath and Sheffield in addition to your own experience which would suggest that the inversion effect was to blame. Mark Fletcher in Halifax was able to receive a Dutch TV station on C32 for a short time... see his post on the Freeview on Belmont TV transmitter page.

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Saturday, 19 November 2011
K
Keith
11:07 PM
Sheffield

Going back to David's problems on 13/11/2011, my mother at S8 7fu lost channels 1 to 5 from 7pm until after 9pm. Seemed strange that she should lose these and still get all the extra freeview channels. She had a new rooftop aerial fitted three months ago, pointed to the Chesterfield transmitter, and everything was perfect until this one evening.
Meanwhile, I, at S35 3jh using Emley Moor, lost everything but the BBC channels on the same evening at 8pm onwards for ten minute intervals. At least with analogue the picture got worse but was still watchable.

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Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

12:37 PM

CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 today to 10:43 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:14 today to 10:44 today [BBC]

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12:37 PM

CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 today to 10:43 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:14 today to 10:44 today [BBC]

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Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:29 AM

CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 yesterday to 10:43 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:14 yesterday to 10:44 yesterday [BBC]

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CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 yesterday to 10:43 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:14 yesterday to 10:44 yesterday [BBC]

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