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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
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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;
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

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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Friday, 26 August 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:33 AM

CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:31 on 24 Aug to 02:53 on 24 Aug [BBC]

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Monday, 29 August 2011
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DavidHufton
2:44 PM

Further to my posting of 28Aug. I am receiving Chesterfield transmitter at S402JH where DSO is completed, but I am still getting dropout on BBC channels and according to my PVR the signal strength is the same as before DSO. Will the signal strength be increased? This site doesn't report any future intention to do this so we might be left with a permanent problem with BBC reception. I already have a mast head booster on my roof aerial and the O.S. map shows us to be line-of-site to the transmitter. I understand some friends in this area have the same problem. Any further comments please?

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jb38
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9:41 PM

DavidHufton: Are you absolutely positive that your TV / box is picking up BBC from Chesterfield (Mux Ch26) and not Belmont (Mux Ch22) as that is shown on the reception predictor as being very possible at the post code given.

The only reason I mention this is, because its a very common thing to happen when auto-tuning a TV in any area where signals can be received from more that one station, as the receiving device generally locks onto the first Mux channel it finds. (if strong enough!)

Try a signal check to see what Mux channel is shown.

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Paul S Chapman
9:54 PM
Chesterfield

Hi.

Just retuned Humax PVR9200T and picking up no stations at all.

Booster installed and digital aerial and all was fine before. Neighbour also complaining of similar problem.

Postcode is S40 3PQ.

Done the reset, even reset to factory defaults.

Any help appreciated.

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Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Briantist
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7:14 AM

Paul S Chapman: Please remove the booster from your system.

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DavidHufton
3:25 PM
Chesterfield

jb38: I've just been comparing my LG TV MUXes with the Humax PVR and you are right, automatic tuning has given different results on the two receivers. The Humax has selected Ch57 whereas the LG has selected Ch26. I am going to Manually tune the Humax now hoping there are no complications which might have caused the Humax to have rejected maybe too strong a signal.
Thanks for your help. Do you think Ch57 and 60 I am receiving come from the Hasland relay?

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Paul S Chapman
4:31 PM
Chesterfield

Paul S Chapman: Please remove the booster from your system.

Hi have done so, complete reset again and still nothing unfortunately.

Any further ideas?

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Wednesday, 31 August 2011
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DavidHufton
3:19 PM
Chesterfield

Paul S Chapman: Hello Paul, I have the same Humax as you and I suspect your problem is due to Resetting to default which turns its internal power supply for the mast head amp. off. You have to go to the relevant part of the Menu and turn it on again. This is not possible when doing an OTA SW update for the PVR. I found the only way to do that is to use an external PSU which feeds thro the coax to the aerial. If you are already using an external psu disregard all this. I hope this helps.

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DavidHufton
3:28 PM
Chesterfield

jb38: Wrt my previous postings. I did a manual retune as in the user manual which is a little difficult to follow. To my suprise it replaced C57 mux with C26 rather than keeping both muxes. This is what I wanted since it only adds to the confusion to keep the unused mux. Signal Strength is up to 90% and Quality 100.

Regards, DH

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jb38
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4:56 PM

DavidHufton: Re your 3:25pm query yesterday, yes! its almost certain that the two Mux's referred to are from Hasland, although the BBC one you didn't want (Mux Ch57) may well now be found stored somewhere up in the 800 ranges.

Its possible that the Humax did reject Mux Ch26 during auto-tuning "if" its been slightly too powerful, so your action of manually tuning it is the correct procedure, as tuners (some anyway) are more likely to respond better to a fixed command, this also applying in reverse situations where signals might be a bit on the weak side.

This kind of problem is already widespread across many areas, and wont really calm down until the switchover process has finally been completed, unless that is someone is purchasing a new set that doesn't have area selection facilities attached to the tuning menu, as dependant on location, they might also have to carry out manual tuning to obtain the correct Mux channels for their area.

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