Full Freeview on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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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Wednesday, 17 August 2011
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Mrs Mary Thomson6:12 PM
To: Mike Dimmick
Thank you for the information - that explains it. Thank goodness I found this web site and thank you once again. Roll on the 31st August and then maybe all will be satisfactory!
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Mr Singh6:21 PM
Hi
I'm from Derby and still have analogue BBC and channels 4 an 5 but no freeview BBC.
I have tried multiple retunes without any luck.
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phillip wigley6:21 PM
Southwell
Thanks Briantist, I thought That might be It. Do you happen to know how big the attenuator needs to be? I hav'nt got any at the moment and Maplins is the only place still open if they have any, and they are 10 miles away.Can I put a resister in the signal wire only. If so what value do you surgest 1k, 10k,or is it experimaent time? I was An Arial rigger 20 years ago so I do Have some experience, and in electronics, but as you know things move on. kind regards Phill
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Mr Singh6:27 PM
Just checked again and analogue ITV is now on what was BBC2!
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phillip wigley6:35 PM
Southwell
Hi Mr. Singh, yes that happened to me too I just swopped them back using the tv swop channel facility. apparently they have used the itv frequency and so put it on the bbc2 channel why? I'm as puzzeled about it as you.read some of the other feadback for better answers. regards Phill wigley
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phillip wigley6:46 PM
Southwell
Hi Briantist and all, I have attenuated my incomming signal and rescanned and I get less channels not more. So I think I either have to have the aerial swung or get a amp. But I thought this switchover was surposed to increase transmitter power not decrease it, but that appears to be whats happened in my case. I had all the bbc's on my freeview box yesterday but not today. I still DO have terestial bbc1 for now but not bbc2.regard to all Phill
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Mr Singh6:53 PM
Thanks for your reply Philip.
I'm experiencing exactly the same scenario as you, no digital BBC, but still have analogue BBC1 but no BBC2.
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phillip wigley: The BBC A multiplex is broadcasting at 50W, the old mutliplex 1 was broadcasting yesterday at 10kW - this is five times (or 7dB) increase in power. BBC TWO no longer broadcasts on analogue.
You certainly do not need an amplifier, you are in a prime reception area.
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phillip wigley: The BBCA multiplex is now broadcasting on the old ITV1 analogue frequency, to allow ITV1 to continue on analogue for two more weeks, it has swapped to the old BBC TWO analogue frequency.
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