Full Freeview on the Chesterfield (Derbyshire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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53.283,-1.429 or 53°16'60"N 1°25'43"W

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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Chesterfield (Derbyshire, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V -3dB	C31 (554.0MHz)	230m	DTG-	400W
	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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others
PSB2 D3+4	V -3dB	C37 (602.0MHz)	230m	DTG-	400W
	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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor),
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C29 (538.0MHz)	230m	DTG-	800W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	V -3dB	C43 (650.0MHz)	236m	DTG-8	400W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! movies action, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 15 others
COM5 ArqA	V -3dB	C46 (674.0MHz)	231m	DTG-8	400W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	V -3dB	C40 (626.0MHz)	231m	DTG-8	400W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others

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

Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?

The Chesterfield (Derbyshire, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .

If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4
C26	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA
C29	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB	BBCB
C31					BBCA
C33	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
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

Local transmitter maps

Chesterfield Freeview Chesterfield DAB Emley Moor TV region BBC Yorkshire Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)

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

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Oct 2002	Yorkshire Television
Oct 2002-Dec 2014	ITV

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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4:33 AM

transmitter - : Off the air due to essential from 5 Aug 09:54 until 5 Aug 10:56. . [BBC]

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4:33 AM

transmitter - : Off the air due to essential from 5 Aug 09:54 until 5 Aug 10:56. . FM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 28 Sep 12:45 until 28 Sep 12:51. . [BBC]

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7:54 AM

transmitter - : Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]

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1:39 PM

transmitter - : Off the air due to a fault from 4 Mar 09:24 until 4 Mar 10:02. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Mar 09:24 until 4 Mar 10:02. Reduced due to a fault from 2 Mar 15:47 until 2 Mar 18:22. . [BBC]

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12:41 PM

transmitter - : Off the air due to a fault from 5 Mar 10:37 until 5 Mar 10:49. Off the air due to a fault from 4 Mar 09:24 until 4 Mar 10:02. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Mar 09:24 until 4 Mar 10:02. Reduced due to a fault from 2 Mar 15:47 unt [BBC]

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7:35 PM

transmitter - : Off the air due to a fault from 5 Mar 10:37 until 5 Mar 10:49. Off the air due to a fault from 4 Mar 09:24 until 4 Mar 10:02. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Mar 09:24 until 4 Mar 10:02. . [BBC]

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10:51 AM

transmitter - : Off the air due to a fault from 5 Mar 10:37 until 5 Mar 10:49. . [BBC]

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David
5:49 PM

I don't seem to be able to get Sony Movie Classic or any other Sony Movie on from the transmitter. Is this a known problem?

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5:57 PM

David: Sony , Sony Movies Classic and Sony Movies +1 are carried on the , which is only broadcast in areas where there is a local TV on Freeview channel 7 or 8. As there is no local TV station for , the local mux is not broadcast from this transmitter and therefore those are not available.

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5:22 PM

transmitter - Chesterfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV week commencing 13/09/2021 Screen may go black on all or certain [DUK]

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