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.
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 15/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
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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Thursday, 5 December 2013
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Simon7:31 PM
Coventry
Hello,
We are experiencing a near total loss of freeview on our Freeview 47" TV. I found out we are in the Waltham aerial range and that it is undergoing some kind of work? But the details for this aerial state only that the engineering work was on the 3rd Dec.
Would anybody know if the transmitter is still down?
Thanks
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MikeP
8:20 PM
8:20 PM
Simon
According to the reception map alongside your question you are well within the Sutton Coldfield area but way outside the Waltham area. So you may do better to use the West Midlands service instead of the East Midlands ones.
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Simon8:36 PM
Coventry
Simon: MikeP
Thanks, I just assumed we were using the Waltham mast as most stuff I have looked at puts that mast as our local one. I will have to check the direction of our roof aerial to see where we are aimed. I presume we would have to move our aerial if it is pointing at the Waltham mast?
Thanks
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Peter Rostron8:36 PM
Will get BBC 4 HD on the 10th Dec from Waltham
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Peter Rostron: No, BBC Four HD won't be available from Waltham on 10th December because the multiplex which carries it, COM7, will not be on air from Waltham until next year.
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Michael9:01 PM
Simon: What regional news service do you receive? East Midlands is Waltham, West Midlands will be Sutton Coldfield.
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Simon9:02 PM
Coventry
It turns out that its 4G affecting our TV. Just spoke with at800 and they reckon its the phone networks fault. We have an engineer booked for Monday but leaves us with no TV until then apart from net TV I guess.
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Simon9:03 PM
Coventry
Michael, we do get West Midlands. I was wrong on the Waltham mast, we do get broadcast from Sutton Coldfield. Doh!!
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Simon: You may be able to restore service, at least using a temporary measure - my sympathies go to you as three more days to wait, and then there is the potential inconvenience of having to have someone at home, if occupants work.
A set-top aerial might be worth a shot, the objective to reduce the strength of the apparent offending 4G signal. Do you have a signal amplifier (booster) as these can be prone to overloading due to strong signals on nearby frequencies (such as 4G at 800MHz).
Have you received a filter?
Click Reception map at the side of your posting - it gives the known locations of mobile base stations. We have no idea how up-to-date this data is and which station it is that is carrying 4G at 800MHz.
There is a base station outside the Burnt Post, which is probably in the same direction as your aerial is pointing. There are other base stations nearby along Kenpas Highway.
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Trevor9:42 PM
Birmingham
Dave Lindsay: currently experiencing poor reception on hd channels in Birmingham B32 - picture is usually excellent but it's pretty much unwatchable at the moment. System information is telling me signal quality is 0% but strength is 100% - it's usually strength 90% and quality 60%. This is the third time this has happened in a week. Never previously had any problems. What's going on?
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