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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Tuesday, 6 September 2011
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Raymond Bell2:59 PM
Nottingham
I am slowly but surely getting my digital setup as required with the considerable help of this site. My latest problem is with the tv in my kitchen which is connected to a Goodmans digibox. The box will not pick up SKY news (UHF 56) I have tried moving the box upstairs and scanning and it picks up the channels ok (albeit the signal is only 16% strong) When i move the box back downstairs the channel is still there but no picture and signal strenth 0%) Is it because of the length of the aerial cable (prob 8 to 10m further than upstairs but fed from the same aeriel)
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Raymond's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Raymond Bell4:03 PM
Nottingham
Raymond Bell: Sorted it !!! and very simple. I suspected I may not have wired the aerial cable correctly so watched a demo on Youtube and noticed that the guy stripped back a lot more cable (ie revealed far more copper shield) than i did. I therefore refitted both ends and cannot believe the differnce it has made to the signal strength. Fantastic. I know have my favorite news channel on in the part of the house i spend most of the time ...... The Kitchen !!!
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Raymond's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Well Done Raymond!
Gold star heading your way !
Keith
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Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Tim Collingwood: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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MB4:03 PM
Briantist:
Finally cracked my problem with red button, so thought i would post in case it helps anybody else. I followed the instructions in the link but still no joy with red button on the waltham, but could get it on channels from the other transmitter. I postulated that the maybe the TV could only handle so many interactive stations and because the tv was tuning waltham 2nd (because of lower channel number), it ran out of 'slots' before waltham tuned in. Solution which worked, start tuning with aerial cable not connected, and after 10% search put aerial back in. Ok now i have only Waltham channels and red button works.
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josh rowan5:03 PM
Many thanks for your help --got my tv working again!
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Darren SR: Again, the best place to start looking is on the Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Thursday, 8 September 2011
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brian austin12:17 PM
Hi my post code is ng130gg. aerial on roof.after retune i know recieve yorkshire, bbc signal is very poor.i have tried to manually retune to waltham using group channels 61,54,29,56,57,my television will retune them all except 61,which is the bbc group.why?
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Justin1:38 PM
When will Waltham be broadcasting BBC 1HD 24/7 as this morning I couldn't get breakfast TV, I had to watch the normal BBC1 channel.
thanks
Justin
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Justin: Waltham broadcasts Freeview HD 24 hours a day already.
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