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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) mast?
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
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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Friday, 15 April 2011
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Jonathan11:09 AM
Newark
So what's happening with C31? All our other reception from Waltham (29, 33, 42, 45, 49) is fine.
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obsidian_eclipse1:43 PM
There must be something up. Surely we're not all suffering from the same single frequency interference. I already use an attenuator and all other signals are fine, just c31 is a problem, even though it gives 'good' signal strength and 100% quality (on that channel) as well as locks onto it on a scan it reports no programme ID's or transport streams.
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maxcranwell2:00 PM
Lincoln
still nothing for me, agree with obsidian_eclipse why are there so many of us with this problem
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With so many people using the transmitter, it could just be a coincidence. You would expect a few people to have problems.
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Hello. My location is in NG31 and I have line of sight to Waltham (13 miles). I have been having the same problems over the last couple of days with stations on Mux 2. I have two identical wideband antennae in the attic and the signal strength has always been excellent from both.
To regain the Mux 2 stations on the Panasonic TV, I had to delete and then do a full scan. This worked eventually. The second antenna feeds a Vivanco Pro DVB-T USB2 tuner running into a PC. The cable run on this is even shorter than the one to the TV (about 4 metres).
Using the provided software and selecting Waltham for scanning, the missing stations are indicated by name and frequency (490000) but no signal. When I again deleted all stored stations and scanned selecting 'All UK transmitters', the missing channels were restored albeit at a slightly lower signal strength (sorry, I have no dB readout) but still excellent quality. I assume that the Mux 2 channels are now being received on a sidelobe from Sandy Hill.
I am confused, as prior to the recent changes, all stations were received from Waltham on equal signal strengths. It appears that the Mux 2 is on a slightly lower power output (8KW) than some of the others but Muxes B, C, and D produce excellent results from Waltham although stated to be on only 5KW output.
I have never believed in the received view that matters 'technical' are a matter of logic. There must be gremlins in the area. Although I am of course open to persuasion that I am wrong.
Regards
Nigel
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Jonathan2:34 PM
Newark
@Briantist - Other people in our village have the same problem.
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Reference my last. Please ignore the comment about 'sidelobe' as I assume the Sandy Hill transmitter is as near to omnidirectional as makes no difference.
Nigel
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Simon4:12 PM
Nottingham
Like many others, I lost Mux 2 on 13 April in NG8 postcode using Waltham. I have a rooftop aerial which serves a Humax 9300 upstairs and a Humax 9200 downstairs. The Humax 9300 retuned no problem and picked up Ch31. I have tried many times to retune the Humax 9200 downstairs and it is having none of it. I've read through numerous threads and cannot believe that all of these similar issues are coincidental.
Any bright ideas would be gratefully received..?
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Steve4:27 PM
Spalding
Simon, have you tried switching your two boxes round? Would the 9300 still recieve mux2 downstairs, and would the 9200 tune it in upstairs?
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Simon4:39 PM
Nottingham
I recall an advertising slogan "it's good to talk"! It's amazing how such an obvious thing can be missed when you get so embedded and frustrated with it! However, this might just lead me to either having a problem with the reception downstairs or needing to acquire a new PVR?
I'll give it a try later - thanks Steve.
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