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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.

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Thursday, 5 April 2012
Transmitter engineering
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12:31 PM

CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:04 today to 10:41 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:04 today to 10:41 today [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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12:31 PM

CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:04 today to 10:41 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:04 today to 10:41 today [BBC]

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Friday, 6 April 2012
Transmitter engineering
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4:30 AM

CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:04 yesterday to 10:41 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:04 yesterday to 10:41 yesterday [BBC]

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CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:04 yesterday to 10:41 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:04 yesterday to 10:41 yesterday [BBC]

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Saturday, 7 April 2012
Transmitter engineering
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4:31 AM

CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:04 on 05 Apr to 10:41 on 05 Apr HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:04 on 05 Apr to 10:41 on 05 Apr [BBC]

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4:31 AM

CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:04 on 05 Apr to 10:41 on 05 Apr HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:04 on 05 Apr to 10:41 on 05 Apr [BBC]

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Sunday, 29 April 2012
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Greg
6:45 PM
Chesterfield

All the HD Channels have gone off, nothing reported.
I am on the Chesterfield transmitter, was all working OK before I went on holiday.
I have carried out a retune, consequently Channels 50 51 52 53 are now missing.

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KMJ,Derby
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8:03 PM

Greg: There are no problems shown on the BBC status report with regard to any of the transmitters serving your area. Check that your aerial is still mounted correctly (rods vertical) and pointing North, I say this because C29 which carries the HD services from Chesterfield is also used at Waltham for the SDN mux. The Chesterfield signal is normally strong enough to drown out the Waltham signal, but in the event of the aerial being out of alignment the signals could simply cancel each other out. What is the signal strength like on the standard definition muxes? If you have any amplification on the aerial it is possible for too much signal to be the problem, as the HD mux is transmitted at double the power used on the other muxes to give Chesterfield a helping hand when competing with a signal from Waltham. Try a manual tune on C29, selecting DVB-T2 if asked to make a choice.

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Greg
11:32 PM
Chesterfield

Thanks for reply.
Signal strength on other muxes is 92, but C29 shows nothing. Before I went on holiday everything was working OK and the aerial has not moved. The amplifier on my distribution unit is turned to zero. Prior to Digital switchover this was turned to full.
I'll wait a few days, could turn aerial horizontal and change to Emley Moor, but it was working better (before switchover) on the Dronfield (Chesterfield) Transmitter.
Thanks for confirming no fault at transmitter.

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Monday, 30 April 2012
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Greg
5:53 PM
Chesterfield

OK - Today the HD Channels have come back. Signal strength is 91 but the quality is only 40 - 50. This is the problem, when the signal quality drops below about 30, then I lose the signal. What I don't understand is that the HD Channels are broadcast at twice the power of the other muxes. The other muxes are all strength 92 or more and quality 100.
Any ideas?
Thanks

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