The Tapton Hill transmitting station (), more generally known as the Sheffield (Crosspool) transmitting station, is a

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and

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facility which serves

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and is located on a hill in the suburb of

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to the west of the city. It transmits digital television (with vertical polarisation), analogue radio (FM) and DAB digital radio. It was a relay of

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for analogue television until the signals were turned off permanently following the

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in August 2011. The site is owned by

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and its aerials are at a height of above mean sea level. It also feeds the Chesterfield Transmitter with its digital television signal by means of an underground fibre optic cable. The transmitter was originally an A group for television broadcasts, but to accommodate analogue Channel 5, as well as digital television, it became a wideband until its switchover in 2011. At that point, technically, it became a K group although wideband aerials would still work. The 3 main PSB MUXES are all receivable on an A group aerial
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. Sheffield transmitter's 700MHz clearance is due in Feb 2020 when none of the main 6 MUXEs are due to change frequency, though MUXES 7 and 8 are due to be switched off.

Transmitted services

Analogue radio (FM VHF)

Digital radio (DAB)

Digital television

*Aerial group: A/K *Polarisation: vertical

Before switchover

† On UHF 39 until 17 March 2010.

Analogue television

Analogue television broadcasts permanently ended from Tapton Hill on 24 August 2011.

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transmissions previously ceased on 10 August. *Aerial group: A/W *Polarisation: vertical

References

External links

Info and pictures of Sheffield transmitter including historical power/frequency changes and present co-receivable transmittersThe Transmission Gallery: Tapton Hill Transmitter photographs and information
{{Television transmitters in the UK Buildings and structures in Sheffield Mass media in Yorkshire Transmitter sites in England Yorkshire Television