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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Friday, 13 December 2013
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SeeMoreDigital8:30 PM
Thanks for information Dave.
I guess the BBC's decision to bring forward their new HD launch has caught everyone on the hop!
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Monday, 16 December 2013
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eric1:23 AM
hi all my freeview channels are working except the hd ones. ive done a master reset on my tv and also scanned for sofware updates for the tv. all checks out ok. whenever i go onto a hd channel, i get a little white box that says 'service not running' . im in lincoln lincolnshire and use the belmont mast. any info or help please
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SeeMoreDigital9:13 AM
You're posing in the Waltham transmitter section. Discussions regarding the Belmont transmitter can be found here: Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Cheers
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Thursday, 19 December 2013
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john tebbs8:28 AM
Newark
SeeMoreDigital: I live in a poor reception area for waltham ng228be but want bbc east mids. Before switchover traffic passing the house caused signal break up and pixellatio. After switchover things improved but now the problem hasreturned. Is this due to 4g and lower power. Can anything be done to filter out traffic interference
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john's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb385:59 PM
john tebbs: Reception from Waltham has historically always been iffy in the Newark area and with the signal from same becoming somewhat worse in locations stretching out to the West past Southwell, and with in your particular location a terrain check revealing that the signal from Waltham is obstructed from approximately three miles prior to reaching Edingley meaning that the reception you do have from Waltham is via diffraction (signal bending), this generally resulting in it being liable to suffer from the variables associated with the so called "summer and winter" effect caused by the changes to the reflective surface of the terrain, something I feel very much applies to your situation of residing in a country
location where the reflective effect referred to can be experienced to a greater extent.
I do realise that East Midlands news is more appropriate to your area over that from Belmont albeit that this station is indicated as being superior for reception, however what you have mentioned with regards to the problem experienced with interference from passing traffic makes me curious as to your aerial arrangement, insomuch where is the aerial installed and do you use a booster?
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MikeP
7:46 PM
7:46 PM
To All:
Please note that pixelation can only happen on digital TV signals so can only occur after the switchover from analogue to digital transmission. In most areas that happened between 2008 to 2011, with a few slightly later. So if you have had good reception and display of TV programmes since then but recently been having pixelation then it is not because of any 'switchover' but there can be a host of other reasons for reception difficulties.
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Michael8:02 PM
MikeP: Eh? Are you saying that pixelation couldn't occur before the switchover in each area?
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MikeB8:12 PM
John Tebbs: What type of aerial are you using? If your signal broke up because of passing traffic, that points to using a portable. If that is what your using, in an area iffy for Waltham, then you are going to have problems, no matter what.
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Steve N8:32 PM
Leicester
I've had a log36 about 37km from Waltham - a 47deg bearing from my house to the mast (terrain plot checks out OK)- worked fine until about a week ago when COM4 mux started disappearing with signal strength jumping between nil and 45%. All other muxs are fine - anyone know if SDN are mucking around with Waltham at the moment? (I appreciate the signal strength meter in my humax box isn't accurate)
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Steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb389:24 PM
Steve N: The signal strength / quality indicator on your Humax is one of the few devices around that does give indications more in line to that obtained if using a more professional meter, albeit that the latter's indications are in dBuV rather in percentages.
On the subject of the SDN mux on Ch29, I checked this over a period of 10 minutes or so in the Stamford area around 6.00pm this evening and its indications of both strength and quality were rock steady on a Humax box, and indicating 82% strength / 100% quality, the rather over inflated indications on a Panasonic TV being 100% on both S & Q.
By the way, to my knowledge no engineering work is being carried out anywhere at present.
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