Full Freeview on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter which serves 770,000 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 Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Waltham 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Waltham transmitter?
BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 28km northwest (306°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.
ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 83km west-southwest (244°)
to ITV Central (East) region - 17 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (West)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Braunstone | Transposer | 5 km SW Leicester city centre | 170 homes |
How will the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 4 Mar 2020 | |||
| C/D E | E | E | W | W T | W T | W T | |||
| C26 | LNG | LNG | |||||||
| C29 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | BBCB | ||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C41 | _local | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | COM8tv_off | |||||
| C57tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 17 Aug 11 and 31 Aug 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 250kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 25kW | |
| com8 | (-12.7dB) 13.4kW | |
| com7 | (-13.9dB) 10.2kW | |
| Mux 1* | (-14dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-14.9dB) 8kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D*, LNG | (-17dB) 5kW |
Local transmitter maps
Waltham Freeview Waltham DAB Waltham AM/FM Waltham TV region BBC East Midlands Central (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Waltham transmitter area
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Monday, 19 July 2021
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Chris.SE3:00 AM
Michael:
As you can see from posts preceding yours, and the one after, the transmitter is undergoing Planned Engineering, so this is the most likely explanation as your normal predicted reception at your locale is excellent.
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Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Michael 7:21 AM
Chris how long are the Waltham engineering works going to last is their an end date ? My freeview HD channels are perfect now on my 10 year old Samsung in the lounge but I've lost the freeview HD channels on my smaller Samsung tv in the bedroom !
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StevensOnln19:36 AM
Michael : End dates for engineering work are never normally published as they can be impacted by factors such as weather conditions (e.g. rain, high winds, or high temperatures) which are beyond anyone's control.
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Michael 1:13 PM
Ok Steve well I won't call the Ariel man out as I'm sure the bedroom tv HD channels will come back like they did in the lounge
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Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Chris.SE3:26 AM
Michael :
If per chance you retuned your bedroom TV when the HD multiplex was on low power or off-air, this will most likely have cleared the correct tuning. Check in the TV's tuning section for the signal strengths for each UHF multiplex on your main TV, if these are all high and similar, then do the same for the bedroom TV. If UHF channel 35 is missing on the bedroom TV and the strength on all the others is high, then try a manual retune for UHF C35 on the bedroom TV and see if this restores the channels.
If however the signals on your main TV are all high, but all the bedroom ones are low, then you should check your coax plugs and connections to the bedroom.
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Michael 6:09 AM
Chris I have C35 in lounge but do not have C35 in the bedroom I have manual tuned all the other channels in the bedroom my HD channels are still fine in lounge my channels list in lounge lists all the HD channels in the bedroom the channel list doesn't have any HD channels
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Michael 6:50 AM
Chris I have just found C35 in bedroom it has not signal strength when I manual tuned it said no channels memorised
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Michael 6:57 AM
I'm in a retirement bungalow with a communal Ariel on the wardens house at entrance about 150 feet away the warden would get an Ariel man out as covered in my maintenance but don't want to look silly if it's Waltham engineering works ! Could it be a cable loose in loft to receive the signal ? The bungalows are 23 years old so could it be the main Ariel ? Freeview is fine think I'm only one who has freeview HD televisions
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Michael 12:57 PM
Chris you won't believe this I've just tried tv in bedroom and can get all the freeview HD channels says 100 % single strength ! It must be the Waltham engineering works ?
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Friday, 23 July 2021
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Chris.SE5:03 AM
Michael :
The only way you can get a better idea of what is going on is by comparison of the C35 signal strength for the PSB3/BBCB HD mux with the other PSB muxes, namely PSB1/BBCA on C32 and PSB2/D3&4 on C34 using your lounge TV (since it always had a signal the set could decode).
If the lounge TV showed the signal being low and then increasing after which you can then get it on the bedroom TV, yes you could reasonably conclude that it is transmitter engineering.
Because both sets are Samsung, there's the possible suspicion that the signal feed to the bedroom is not as good as that to the lounge. One way of checking would have been to take the bedroom TV to the lounge and try it there whilst you had no C35 in the bedroom. If you then got it in the lounge that would suggest the bedroom feed could maybe do with some attention - check all your coax plugs and such first.
If you couldn't get it on the bedroom TV in the lounge then the bedroom TV would seem to have a less sensitive tuner for whatever reason.
Try that method of checking if you have any further issues and do post back if you have queries or need further help.
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