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The symbol shows the location of the Chesterfield transmitter which serves 25,000 homes.

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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.

Chesterfield transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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. The rating shown takes in account the output power level and the various Freeview transmission modes and do not indicate an ongoing fault.

MuxEffective power level, aerial positionRatingModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 vertical
Above average64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		400
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
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C26 (514.0MHz) from 230m datum.
PSB2
D3+4
 vertical
Above average64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		400
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),
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C23 (490.0MHz) from 230m datum.
PSB3
BBCB
 vertical
Maximum256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s
DVB-T2 MPEG4		800
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
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C29 (538.0MHz) from 230m datum.
COM4
SDN
 vertical
Above average64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		400
Channel icons
10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 22 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C43 (650.0MHz) from 236m datum.
COM5
ArqA
 vertical
Above average64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		400
Channel icons
 TV News,  TV Stars, 11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, plus 9 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C46 (674.0MHz) from 231m datum.
COM6
ArqB
 vertical
Above average64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2		400
Channel icons
15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 21 others
• as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C40 (626.0MHz) from 231m datum.


Regional news from the Chesterfield transmitter


BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 58km north
to BBC North region - 55 masts.

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

How the transmission frequencies change over time

years1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-18
aerial groupA KA KWKKK
C23ITVITVITVD3+4D3+4D3+4
C26BBC2BBC2BBC2BBCABBCABBCA
C29C4C4C4BBCBBBCBBBCB
600C33BBC1BBC1BBC1
C34+1
C402ArqBArqBArqB
C43ASDNSDNSDN
C46BArqAArqAArqA
700C50C
C52D

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 10th August and 24th August 2011.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

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

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. 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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DavidHufton
Tuesday 30 August 2011 3:25PM 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?
Paul S Chapman
Tuesday 30 August 2011 4:31PM 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?
DavidHufton
Wednesday 31 August 2011 3:19PM 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.
DavidHufton
Wednesday 31 August 2011 3:28PM 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
jb38
Wednesday 31 August 2011 4:56PM
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.
Smed
Thursday 1 September 2011 10:01PM Chesterfield
TRANSMITTER PROBLEM

It appears that the HD MUX (PSB3 on frequency channel 29) is off air.

This happened firstly early this evening - my neighbour somehow got hold of Arqiva who switched Chesterfield to the reserve transmitter at about 20:15, thus restoring service.

At about 21:15, the multiplex went off air again - I have called the BBC who said they have 'reported the problem'.
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 1 September 2011 11:30PM
CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:35 today to 20:30 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 2 September 2011 4:33AM
CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:35 yesterday to 20:30 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 5 September 2011 10:30AM
CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:35 on 01 Sep to 20:30 on 01 Sep [BBC]
Briantist
Wednesday 7 September 2011 3:24PM
Smed: Yes, it was off air for 55 minutes by the looks of things.
Murray Claytoni
Friday 9 September 2011 12:29PM
I thought we would be able to pack up the Freeview HD channels after August 24th.in the CHesterfield area.

However althouth my equipment is all HD ready I do not appear to get any of the HD channels is there a reason for this
Mike Dimmick
Friday 9 September 2011 2:33PM
Murray Claytoni: See What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 10 September 2011 6:34PM
CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:40 today to 16:15 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 10 September 2011 8:39PM
CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:40 today to 16:15 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:18 today to 18:22 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 11 September 2011 4:31AM
CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:40 yesterday to 16:15 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:18 yesterday to 18:22 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 12 September 2011 4:34AM
CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:40 on 10 Sep to 16:15 on 10 Sep HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:18 on 10 Sep to 18:22 on 10 Sep [BBC]
Jordan P
Sunday 2 October 2011 9:15PM
Noticed yesterday all channels on the SDN/S4C Network Multiplex were down or stuttering badly (ITV3, QVC, etc.) including Capital, Heart and Absolute Radio. Fixed tonight, showing up as new channels for me. Anyone else seen these issues?
Dave Lindsay
Friday 7 October 2011 10:10AM
Jordan P: Perhaps the muxes that were breaking up were being picked up from another transmitter, hence why the apparently correct ones are "new".
Jordan P
Sunday 9 October 2011 4:10PM Chesterfield
Dave Lindsay: My ariel is facing almost North, I live behind Newbold Road, do you know what other masts it could be picking up? It seems a retune fixed it though
Transmitter engineering
Monday 10 October 2011 10:57AM
CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Over the next week Chesterfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
David
Monday 14 November 2011 7:42PM Dronfield
Last night (13 Nov 2011) the digital BBC1,2,3&4 channels from the Chesterfield tansmitter disappeared for variable periods of time (>10mins) during the whole evening.
This affected all our TVs. The signal is back tonight and steady so far. Was this a transmitter problem or an atmospheric issue?
Normally we have very stong signals for all channels from our rooftop aerial.
Thanks for your help,
David
KMJ,Derby
Monday 14 November 2011 9:09PM
David: There were reports of loss of signal on Belmont, Sandy Heath and Sheffield in addition to your own experience which would suggest that the inversion effect was to blame. Mark Fletcher in Halifax was able to receive a Dutch TV station on C32 for a short time... see his post on the Freeview on Belmont TV transmitter page.
Keith
Saturday 19 November 2011 11:07PM Sheffield
Going back to David's problems on 13/11/2011, my mother at S8 7fu lost channels 1 to 5 from 7pm until after 9pm. Seemed strange that she should lose these and still get all the extra freeview channels. She had a new rooftop aerial fitted three months ago, pointed to the Chesterfield transmitter, and everything was perfect until this one evening.
Meanwhile, I, at S35 3jh using Emley Moor, lost everything but the BBC channels on the same evening at 8pm onwards for ten minute intervals. At least with analogue the picture got worse but was still watchable.
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 22 November 2011 12:37PM
CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 today to 10:43 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:14 today to 10:44 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 23 November 2011 4:29AM
CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 yesterday to 10:43 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:14 yesterday to 10:44 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 24 November 2011 4:35AM
CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:13 on 22 Nov to 10:43 on 22 Nov HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:14 on 22 Nov to 10:44 on 22 Nov [BBC]
Jon
Thursday 24 November 2011 12:46PM Chesterfield
Whats happened to UHF Channel 26 514 Mhz from the Chesterfield transmitter, low power and very poor quality, Channel 29 538 Mhz is also appears to be on low power though at least the quality is OK. Tuning is always tricky here as Chesterfield, Sheffield and Emley Moor are all more or less aligned.
ele
Thursday 24 November 2011 11:06PM
Hi why can i not get all freeview channels i live off derby road chesterfield i can not get film four itv three dave etc. i have ariel on roofand new tv
Dave Lindsay
Thursday 24 November 2011 11:32PM
ele: What direction is your aerial pointing in? What is your postcode?
ele
Sunday 27 November 2011 9:35PM Chesterfield
my post code is s40 2sl my ariel is pointing the same way as the others around me sorry i not know which way is north south
Dave Lindsay
Sunday 27 November 2011 9:47PM
ele: Looking on Google Streetview, aerials are pointing at Chesterfield transmitter which broadcasts the commercial multiplexes (which includes Film4, ITV3 and Dave).

Chesterfield was previously Group A (low channel numbers only). If you have not had your aerial replaced, you will probably need to do so in order to pick up the commercial multiplexes as they are not in Group A.

For more on aerial groups, see here:

www.ukfree.tv link icon Aerial groups - new feature | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
Keith
Monday 23 January 2012 10:50PM Sheffield
Would be grateful if someone could confirm whether I am on the right track with my thoughts. Trying to sort out my mothers Freeview, she keeps losing ITV1 since I retuned for Ch5 +1hr. She has new rooftop aerial pointed to Chesterfield transmitter.
Am I right in thinking her ITV1 should be on C23 ?
She currently has ITV C24 (very good), and also C44 (very good) on TV Channel 800 and C54 (poor) on TV channel 801.
From researching this site I presume these are actually Sheffield, Emley Moor, and Shatton Edge (?), and I need to manually retune to C23. Or am I way off track.
Dave Lindsay
Monday 23 January 2012 10:59PM
Keith: Looking at the channel allocations for the transmitters in the area, it would probably be easier and safer to manually tune them all, if possible.

Depending on the design of the receiver, if you manually tune to something that is already stored in the memory (i.e. in the 800s), it might do nothing because as far as it's concerned they are already stored.

If you go to the Digital UK tradeview, it gives you all the channel numbers from the stations in the area.

Chesterfield's channels are:

BBC 26
ITV1 23
HD 29
ITV3 43
Pick TV 46
Yesterday 40
Keith
Tuesday 24 January 2012 10:59AM Sheffield
Thanks for your reply Dave. I will give it a go on my next visit.
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 5 April 2012 12:31PM
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]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 6 April 2012 4:30AM
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]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 7 April 2012 4:31AM
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]
Greg
Sunday 29 April 2012 6:45PM 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.
KMJ,Derby
Sunday 29 April 2012 8:03PM
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.
Greg
Sunday 29 April 2012 11:32PM 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.
Greg
Monday 30 April 2012 5:53PM 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
Greg
Tuesday 1 May 2012 7:52PM 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.
Ian
Sunday 12 August 2012 4:54PM 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.
KMJ,Derby
Sunday 12 August 2012 5:22PM
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.
Ian
Monday 13 August 2012 12:38PM 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
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:02PM
CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview - No reported problems -. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:50PM
CHESTERFIELD transmitter - Freeview No problems on any service. [BBC]
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