Full Freeview on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - 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.

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C32 (562.0MHz)	442m	DTG-	50,000W
	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)	442m	DTG-	50,000W
	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), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C35 (586.0MHz)	442m	DTG-	50,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C29 (538.0MHz)	442m	DTG-8	25,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C37 (602.0MHz)	449m	DTG-8	25,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C31 (554.0MHz)	449m	DTG-8	25,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others
LNG	H -10dB	C41 (634.0MHz)	442m	DTG-12	5,000W
	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?

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		C5_waves	C5_waves				BBCB
C37						com8	com8
C41							_local
C49_{tv_off}					BBCA	BBCA
C54_{tv_off}	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
C55_{tv_off}							com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}				ArqA	ArqA	ArqA	COM8_{tv_off}
C57_{tv_off}				ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
C58_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
C61	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCA
C64	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves

_{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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004	Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Briantist

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6:33 AM

Alan Phillipd: There is no such thing as a " ." I would see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Chris
9:45 AM

I live in Fleckney LE8. on 3,4,5. Have installed £270 worth of new ariel, TWO independant fitters say we are right on the edge and the signal on those channels is weak. I'm no expert but what about some increased signal on those channels?

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Mike Dimmick

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7:01 PM
Reading

Chris: 2 will move to a new on the 13th of April, which may improve matters. It will increase in , and move to another frequency, on 31 August.

aerials tend to have poor performance at the lowest frequencies - Mux 2 is at lower power than Mux 1 (most BBC ), requires more than it to work properly, and is at a much lower frequency. However, lower frequency signals travel better.

The dates cannot be put forward any more. Every depends on the ones before it switching over. The retunes on 30 March and 13 April are to allow to use those frequencies, and they are taking channels that the transmitter currently uses (and will stop using on those dates).

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paul
9:18 PM

hi im from so im using the ive installed a vision 48 digital on a 10 ft ch 23 is 50s ch26 is 50s ch33 is 50s ch42 is 48db ch45 is 46 db ch 49 is 50s so ive put a 0-10 4 way wolsey m/h amp on this turned up to 10db which is giving me 60s but channel 42 and 45 is around 48db still. its the same at all points, 12 meter runs to a pub sn is 29 29 28 27 26 28 im recieving breakup at night around 6ish on onwards on viva music channel off and on used was rg6 tv is a lg muxs on say 70% but the breakup 1 42 is 50% so put a 6db setback on there put all power up abit so channel 42 is now 70% others 90% but still recieving breakup now should i put a bigger amp maby 15db on to put the signal up but this will put the other on overload so can i ask if theres any one who know the solution to my problem to stop breakup thanks paul.

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obsidian_eclipse
10:54 PM

Paul, anywhere about 45db should be fine for tv . It might be worth checking what the signal is coming in at, if its above 80db then it could be interfering with the digital signals - so even though the strength is fine the of the signal maybe very poor.

I use a signal but have it set just above minimum. It only gives a slight improvement in signal strength but anything more wipes it out. I also use attenuating splitters to distribute the which helps filter some of the 'noise' generated by nearby traffic, microwaves or even light switches.

The 6pm+ time is quite well known for signal breakup, usually caused by the ''. In short the atmosphere behaves like a mirror causing from distant/neighboring transmitters, it should improve when all the analogue stations shut down and frequencies rejigged. For now we just have to live with it.

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timonthenet

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12:31 AM

Hi.

All but BBC ONE, TWO etc, gone from . There was due to be a retune for today, is this part of the retune? If not, when do we have to retune? I note that there are 'engeneering works' causing possible disruption to the from Waltham this week anyway.

Can anyone verify that it's not just me thats lost all signal!

Regards,

Tim.

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walthamboy
12:40 AM

Same for me, I did a retune and there are only 6 at the minute (all BBC). I guess they will be back on tomorrow and a retune will be needed to get them.

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leicesterlad
12:45 AM
Leicester

Looks like they've all gone now! Probably a temporary thing.....Hopefully a temporary thing!

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Cheryl Startin
1:33 AM
Leicester

My recorder is telling me I got no found and and to check my connection. I am not certain as to where the aeriel is on the as it supplies the whole block ov about 30 flats. please me as I don't need all this stress as am pregnant.

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Claire
1:40 AM

at all here in , usually 100%.The site says that interruptions are likely this week,so I wouldn't worry too much, the switch doctors seem to be working on the tx.

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