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.
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, 14 July 2014
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Jonathan7:49 PM
We've lost MUX29; it's been intermittent over the past couple of weeks and now it seems to have disappeared altogether. Any advice?
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Tuesday, 15 July 2014
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MikeB7:58 PM
Jonathan: Com 4 is working fine for me, so perhaps check your system for a loose connection, dodgy cable, etc - might be one reason its vanished.
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Friday, 25 July 2014
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John Pilkington12:05 PM
Ihave posted twice here about the inability of my Panasonic TV, series E5, to tune the new NottsTV qpsk mux, despite various cycles of rescanning. I haven't seen any other reports of this, but I asked about it in John Lewis yesterday. In the discussion I mentioned that I had disabled the 'New channels found' notification, which had been popping up implausibly often. They suggested that it might be worth re-enabling it. I did, and after another rescan I can now tune NottsTV(8), POP(75) and Chart Show TV(67). Other changes might have been made here too, but at least the TV can now decode the signals.
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MikeB2:37 PM
John Pilkington: Good that it got sorted, and something I'll remember when I'm working tomorrow.
Although the auroupdate feature can be annoying, its very good at finding new channels without any need for retuning - which is why it should just be left to its own devices.
Of course now that you've got Notts TV, what do you think?
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Saturday, 26 July 2014
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SeeMoreDigital2:27 PM
Hi Mike,
I can't say I'm overly impressed with Notts TV. Or any of the other local TV services I've seen so far...
If there was a red button service that provided information about what was going on within each local authority borough, that would be a useful step forward!
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Sunday, 27 July 2014
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Jonathan3:24 PM
still no joy on MUX29
dunno what the problem is
yesterday it was fine (10/10 on quality/reception)
today it's not there at all
:/
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SeeMoreDigital4:10 PM
I'm currently getting 95% 'Signal Strength' and 100% 'Signal Quality' in Nottingham...
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MikeB7:48 PM
SeeMoreDigital: The London service seems to want to show even less local content, so perhaps its not just Notts TV - and I'm not impressed with Notts programming either.
And I'm fine for the Waltham transmitter as well, so perhaps Jonathan should try check his system, might just be a dodgy connection hitting that mux.
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Wednesday, 27 August 2014
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Gordon Insley3:13 AM
My email has changed. How do I change my registered email on this site so I still get updates for Waltham and Sutton Coldfield.
From: Gordon Insley, Duffield, Derbys.
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Monday, 1 September 2014
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George1:41 PM
Nottingham
NG12 5HP - Waltham transmitter - Freeview 8 is listed in the freeview guide but No Signal reported when selected. All other channels incl HD appear OK - any comments?
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