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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Saturday, 12 November 2011
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Jim6:27 PM
Belper
Ok,now i'm confused,just retuned the tv and that is also picking up BBC East and West. The East is on channel 48 which is Derby relay, i am only getting 17 on signal strength with bit error fluctuating betwen 9 and 14 so maybe it's the weather because it never used to pick it up, oh well, put the champagne back.
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Jim's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Jim: Have you installed another aerial for Waltham?
Sutton Coldfield doesn't transmit East Midlands variants, so they (the ones you picked up) must be coming from Waltham or one of its relays. Therefore, if you managed to get East Midlands using your aerial that points at SC, you were getting it from somewhere else.
The box you say asked you which region you wanted. Find out what UHF channels it has picked for East Midlands. Then you will be able to work out what transmitter it has picked up (irrespective of whether the aerial points at it).
Does the cheapo box work from the same aerial as the main TV?
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 14 November 2011
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Alvaro12:32 PM
Derby
Hi, we've just moved in the property and we don't have any digital tv signal at all (freeview). we've tried everything, (the tv that we have worked fine in our previous address) even by a new freeview box. the aerial is in the roof in the same orientation the the others and our neighbors have tv. what can we do?
thanks in advance
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Alvaro: Try carrying out this procedure:
My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
Can you try manually tuning (to Waltham)? (DN31NJ)
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KMJ,Derby2:16 PM
Alvaro: In addition to Dave Lindsay's advice, if you still do not find any signal when scanning, check that the aerial cable is continuous from the aerial with no splitters or amplifiers installed that should be powered via a power supply which was taken away by the previous resident,also there are no breaks in continuity in other rooms where other equipment such as a VCR used to be connected.
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Monday, 21 November 2011
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btb778:00 AM
Is Waltham now radiating at the max power level on all MUXs or will it be increased once the DSO has completed nationwide? We get 100% signal level and quality on all but HD channels with an indoor loft aerial, HD is at 77% and wondering whether to put outdoor aerial up or wait for a power increase. Rothley Leics.
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btb77: Unless you're needing to split the signal (and therefore need it to be stronger from your aerial to do so), then so long as you have 100% quality it is OK. No improvement can be made unless the current setup causes break-up at certain times.
This is different from analogue where stronger signals generally meant an improved picture.
If it's mounted in the loft, then moving it might bring up the HD mux strength. But then you might introduce problems with others.
According to documents from Ofcom and Digital UK (links below):
http://stakeholders.ofcom….pdf
http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf
http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf
The PSB muxes (which includes the HD one) is at 50kW whereas the COMs are 25kW.
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Thursday, 1 December 2011
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Mark Fletcher 3:33 PM
Halifax
btb77.Rothley,Leicestershire.Waltham is now broacasting at its final power levels,50kw for the PSB mux's BBCA,D3+4 & BBCB (HD),and 25kw for the COM mux's SDN,ArqA & ArqB.From what i am made aware there are no further power increases at Waltham mast !
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Friday, 2 December 2011
What's going on with Watham tonight? Everything on channel 56 has no sound!
Same on every box/TV
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Robert10:31 PM
Spalding
Have brought a Booster and Fly Lead to try and resolve low volume or none issue - still did not fix it ? Please can you help by telling me what has gone wrong?
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