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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Waltham transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C32 (562.0MHz)442mDTG-50,000W
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1 BBC One (SD) East Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C34 (578.0MHz)442mDTG-50,000W
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3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C35 (586.0MHz)442mDTG-50,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)442mDTG-825,000W
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20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C37 (602.0MHz)449mDTG-825,000W
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11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C31 (554.0MHz)449mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LNG
 H -10dB
C41 (634.0MHz)442mDTG-125,000W
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from 27th May 2014: 7 Notts TV,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 28km northwest (306°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.
regional news image
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?

BraunstoneTransposer5 km SW Leicester city centre170 homes

How will the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-174 Mar 2020
C/D EEEWW TW TW T
C26LNGLNG
C29SDNSDNSDNSDN
C31com7com7
C32BBCA
C34D3+4
C35C5wavesC5wavesBBCB
C37com8com8
C41_local
C49tv_off BBCABBCA
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offArqAArqAArqACOM8tv_off
C57tv_offArqBArqBArqB
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Waltham transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Waltham was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Friday, 26 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
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10:32 PM

WALTHAM transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:56 today. [BBC]

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Saturday, 27 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
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4:31 AM

WALTHAM transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 23:33 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:56 yesterday to 23:33 yesterday. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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5:09 AM

WALTHAM transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 23:33 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:56 yesterday. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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7:32 AM

WALTHAM transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:56 yesterday to 23:33 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 23:33 yesterday to 05:04 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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10:31 AM

WALTHAM transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 23:33 yesterday to 05:04 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:56 yesterday to 23:33 yesterday. [BBC]

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Sunday, 28 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

WALTHAM transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 23:33 on 26 Dec to 05:04 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:56 on 26 Dec to 23:33 on 26 Dec. [BBC]

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Rog Parsons
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12:56 PM

This coverage map is very miss-leading as it shows areas of Leicestershire and even Warwickshire where the signal is no use at all , Hinckley , Nuneaton and many areas around rely upon Sutton Coldfield . I have phoned both BBC and ITV but they seem confused and the so called 'East Midlands' and West Midlands political sub regions only confuses matters so often Hinckley (in S.Leics) news items are not actually seen in Hinckley because of the damnable situation whereby East Midlands is based not in Birmingham (capital city of the Midlands for at least two centuries, but Nottingham . A Whitehall cock-up we never asked for.
So the situation is Freeview has to be from Sutton' (which we have been served reliably from since the old days of VHF B/W since the 1950's) and Sky boxes are set to Nottingham , Virgin cable comes to Hinckley from Leicester so it is East Midlands which means news of our neighbour over the Watling St (A5) doesn't get shown . Might I again ask for one Midlands and if neaded perhaps a longer regional news to cover ALL our region and please stop publishing a map thats obviously wrong.

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MikeP
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8:43 PM

Rog

Birmingham has been well recognised as the main city (only countries have capital cities) of the WEST midlands for many, many years. Nottingham has been regarded by a great many as the main city for the East Midlands. Almost all who live within the geographical area commonly recognised as East Midlands (mainly Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, parts of Lincolnshire, parts of Northamptonshire and parts of south east Staffordshire) would not consider Birmingham as having any cultural of even ethnic relationship with them. I lived in Nottinghamshire (Vale of Belvoir) for many years and certainly did not want West Midlands nes stories replacing those relating to the East Midlands. Neither did many of my customers in the East Midlands coal fields want anything to do with weat midlands notions.

The problem you are describing has nothing to do with politics, more to the terrain that affects signal reception, and always did in analogue days so it is nothing new at all.

I, for one, would not like to see only a 'Midlands' region at all, we need to keep the separation of services. What would someone in Stamford, Lincolnshire want with 'local news' from Telford? Most do not want that degree of blanket coverage, that's why the providers separated out the East and West services many, many years ago.

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Monday, 29 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

WALTHAM transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 23:33 on 26 Dec to 05:04 on 27 Dec, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:56 on 26 Dec to 23:33 on 26 Dec. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 31 December 2014
Transmitter engineering
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4:31 AM

WALTHAM transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 23:33 on 26 Dec to 05:04 on 27 Dec. [BBC]

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