Full Freeview on the Chesterfield (Derbyshire, England) transmitter
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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 04/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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.
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 Freeview channels does the Chesterfield 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.
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?
BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 58km north (353°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.
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?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Feb 2020 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | K T | |||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C31 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C37 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C40 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C43 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C46 | ArqA | ArqA |
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 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
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Sunday, 29 April 2012
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Greg11:32 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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Greg5:53 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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Tuesday, 1 May 2012
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Greg7:52 PM
Chesterfield
I think it's sorted!
When I have heavy rain (as recently) I lose the HD Channels C29. So tonight I turned back on my amplifier about 25%. This has apparently not affected the other Muxes, but has incresed signal quality on the HD mux C29 and stable between 50 - 60. So tonight I have all channels working fine. Only an hour ago I had no HD C29 and Quality 0-46 Max.
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Sunday, 12 August 2012
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Ian4:54 PM
Chesterfield
Hello, I am having problems with reception in the S45 9PG area of Clay Cross. Its not a good reception area. I put a new aerial in the loft, largest in screwfix. New cable, amplifier and distribution kit. The system works reasonably well, signal strength and quality is towards the top of the meter. The issue is losing channels. Occasionally bbc1 m/plex whilst all others come in strong and occasionally itv1 m/plex plays up again whilst others remain. Internet says transmitter has no reported problems but have my doubts. Neighbours all watch on dishes so unable to check if they have the same problems. Is it likely the m/plexs are losing power without being acknowledged as a fault ? Any advice please.
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KMJ,Derby5:22 PM
Ian: If you are using the Chesterfield transmitter (aerial set for vertical polarisation, pointing North to Unstone) there is the posibility of interference on every mux, due to frequency clashes. The COM muxes share frequencies with the PSBs from Sutton Coldfield, the HD mux shares with SDN from Waltham and PSB1&2 from Chesterfield use frequencies which are also allocated to Bilsdale, resulting in possible interference when conditions are such that the Bilsdale signals are present at a higher than normal level. Your best prediction for reception of all six muxes from a single site is Emley Moor, aerial pointing NNW and set for horizontal polarisation. The prediction is of course subject to there being no local obstructions (trees or tall buildings) obstructing the signal path.
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Monday, 13 August 2012
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Ian12:38 PM
Chesterfield
Big thanks to KJM Derby, I'm new to the area and your reply has helped me understand whats going on. All the aerials in the area are horizontal and pointing in the direction you describe (emsley moor) as is mine. Presumably the signal is being affected by all the transmissions in the area and being so close to the Dales District. Perhaps the only solution will be a dish. Thanks once more for taking the time to put me on the right track
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Thursday, 12 December 2013
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Mr Philip Marples3:10 PM
Chesterfield
Hi
Could you please advise, regarding the EPG (Electronic Programing Guide) on a TV. My mother who live's in Hasland Chesterfield S41 0AH pick's up her TV reception from the Chesterfield Transmitter. She has a SONY 40inch LCD TV and ever since she has had it, I have too RETUNE it just about every other day !!! we have had TV aerial men to check the aerial and they say all is OK nothing wrong, the trouble is after tuning the tv it does NOT hold the channels that has been tuned in !! the tuning has been done Manual and not Auto. So my question to you is : (1) Does the TV have a fault or (2) Is it the reception !! now too through a spanner in the works what I have done is to tune a LCD tv from Tesco in to the very same aerial and this does NOT show any problems what so ever with the EPG, it holds all channels and has never has lost any in the last 14 days !! howerver the 40inch SONY tv that is her main tv has had to be retuned at least 6 or 7 times in the last 14 days !! Could you PLEASE advise as to this unwanted problem that has been on going now for years !!!
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jb387:42 PM
Mr Philip Marples: Try going into the TV's set up menu system and under "technical set up" you might see "Auto service update" or similar being mentioned, switch it off.
Should you experience any problems in finding this choice as not all menu systems are the same, this aspect can be checked out for you by supplying the model number of the device in question.
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Monday, 27 October 2014
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Geoff Hall7:53 AM
Got "No Signal" on all channels Saturday and Sunday evenings 25th & 26th October.
Having difficulty retuning TV sets.
Help, please.
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Dave Lindsay
1:21 PM
1:21 PM
Geoff Hall: The transmitter has been off air.
Why why why are you retuning?? All you will do is cause more problems because your TV won't be tuned so you won't know when the transmitter is back.
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