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.
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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Saturday, 10 February 2018
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Bren7:17 PM
Well I went back to losing channel again, I had blocking from one I did find I could pick up ITV with
vertical polarity which I though odd however turns out I was picking it up from Nottingham's vertical
transmitter, I manually retuned it.
I am back to the aerial propped up against the water tank pointing up at about 25 to 30 degrees.
That seem the only was I can get some muxes and the best place overall. I have pretty much
everything but com8 is poor but not much on that and I am gonna leave it for a while you will be glad
to know, if I start messing I end up screwing the lot up usually and it is hard to find that "sweet spot".
Why angled up works best I am not sure, I read short aerial are better for lofts? Maybe the angle effectively
shortens the aerial? Maybe the roof acts like a transmitter?
Anyhow I will try and leave fairly well alone for a while, provided I don't get load of problems tomorrow
lol.
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Bren7:31 PM
MikeP I have never tried Sutton transmitter, it is group B apparently so bit of a prob, plus will be tricky
as I am pointing more toward the wall at the end of loft.
One thing I could so is connect two aerial together one pointing at Nottingham and one at Waltham,
I have actually done that before and use the best from both, I may try that again perhaps but it is tricky
connecting them. I would have to take com7 and 8 from Waltham as they are not on Nottingham.
Mind you they are also the hardest ones to pick up from Waltham so if I have got them I almost
certainly have all the rest anyway!
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Bren7:32 PM
I took a photo of my aerial so I know just were it was, maybe I will post a picture!
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MikeP
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
Bren:
You cannot simply join two different aerials together in parallel - that ruins the impedance matching which *must* be maintained at 75 Ohms. An impedance mismatch reduces the available signal very considerably and is to be avoided at all costs. One possibility is to use a diplexer but they are very 'lossy' as they reduce the signal levels for each input or output by 67%! The better alternative is to have each aerial with its own separate feed into the room where you view the TV and fit a coaxial switch so that you can select one of the aerials at a time.
However, the digitaluk trade link below you posts show that reception from the Nottingham transmitter, located near Nuthall, is variable to very poor. It's just too far away from West Bridgford and there are hills in the way. It is also a lower power transmitter and only provides 6 multiplexes, so potentially fewer channels.
If you can arrange that your aerial does not try to look through brickwork you're likely to get better results, tiles and roof cladding absorb less signal than solid bricks. As you appear to be on Radcliffe Road, I'm surprised you have reception problems as you should have a clear view towards the Waltham transmitter, with only the bulk of Trent Bridge Cricket Ground to avoid, but most of Radcliffe Road is well away from that. I also know for certain that reception in Lady Bay is excellent.
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Sunday, 11 February 2018
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John Higham4:31 AM
I receive my freeview signal via a local relay. Quality has always been very patchy especially for those multiplexes that are transmitted at half strength or less. Whenever there is a transmitter/relay fault with a multiplex at the weekend it is rarely fixed before Monday.
Why are some multiplexes half strength or less? Patchy coverage taints the Freeview product, creates bad word-of-mouth and alienates viewers. It also lets down all those businesses who believe their television adverts are reaching more people than they actually are. Wouldn't it make more sense to increase all the multiplexes to full strength, enhancing the Freeview product in terms of quality, word-of-mouth and advertiser confidence?
And easier fault reporting (e.g. by text or facebook) together with rapid transmitter/relay repairs ought to be at the core of the Freeview business instead of being treated as an afterthought, especially at weekends.
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StevensOnln111:12 AM
John Higham: Which relay transmitter are you talking about? There are many relays that use Waltham as their parent transmitter.
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Monday, 12 February 2018
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Steve1:13 PM
Hey, since the move of COM5 we have now lost it in the city centre of Nottingham? We no longer have Sky News. Anyone else seeing this issue???
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MikeB3:11 PM
Steve: I'm on Waltham, and I've still got Sky News.
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Monday, 19 February 2018
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Paul11:42 AM
Hello I'm on the Waltham transmitter. PBS America, freesport and forces TV where ok until the latest retune now there unwatchable ( with broken up resection) Uk Free Tv as then transmitting on 607.0 MHz my TV shows then to be on 754.004 MHz. As then been a channel and power change.
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StevensOnln112:26 PM
Paul: Those channels are all on COM8, which moved to UHF channel 56 (754MHz) at Waltham on 7th February, although I can't see anything to suggest there has been a change in power level. If you provide a full postcode, we'll be able to see your predicted coverage/signal strength and offer further advice.
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