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Google mapBing mapGoogle Earth53.265,-1.654 or 53°15'55"N 1°39'13"WS32 3XN

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Calver Peak (Derbyshire, England) transmitter. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Calver Peak (Derbyshire, England) transmitter which serves 2,500 homes.

Other maps:Emley Moor regionBBC NorthYorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)

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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.


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Calver Peak transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 vertical max
C45 (666.0MHz)322m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		50W
Channel icons
1 BBC One North, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 12 others

PSB2
D3+4
 vertical max
C42 (642.0MHz)322m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		50W
Channel icons
3 ITV (Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)), 4 Channel 4 North ads, 5 Channel 5 The North ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 North ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor),

PSB3
BBCB
 vertical max
C39 (618.0MHz)322m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		50W
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, plus 1 others



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The Calver Peak (Derbyshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5*, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Community Channel, Dave, Dave ja vu, E4+1, Film 4, Food Network, ITV 2 +1, ITV 3, ITV 4, Movie Mix, PICK TV, Quest, Really, RT English , Sky News, The Zone, VIVA, Yesterday.

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.

Regional news from the Calver Peak transmitter


BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 60km north
to BBC North region - 55 masts.

ITV Calandar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 60km north
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.

How the transmission frequencies change over time

years1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-18
aerial groupB EB EB EB E KB E KB E K
C39BBC1BBC1BBC1BBCBBBCBBBCB
C42C4C4C4D3+4D3+4D3+4
C45BBC2BBC2BBC2BBCABBCABBCA
700C49ITVITVITV

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 7th September and 21st September 2011.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-4 250W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 50W

History of Channel 3 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
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Calver Peak 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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