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 25/09/2023 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
Trevor: Speak to at800 and see if your issues coincide with the introduction of a 4G base station operating in the 800MHz band.
Perhaps your signal strength is excessive, which is what was causing the quality to be below 100%.
Remove any amplifier (booster) that may be in-circuit.
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Michael10:13 PM
Simon: Did you not receive an at800 postcard or filter recently?
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Friday, 13 December 2013
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SeeMoreDigital12:28 PM
Tues 10 Dec 2013 saw the official launch of BBC's new HD channels.
Sadly the above transmitter information suggests that Waltham is only kicking out 1,400 watts for C31 (554.0MHz), which is way too low for us people living in the Nottingham central area to receive a viable signal.
Does anybody know when Waltham's power is going to be increased?
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SeeMoreDigital: Some time next year, no date is given by Digital UK.
This is because it's not on air yet, so is currently radiating at 0W.
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SeeMoreDigital: According to Digital UK Coverage Checker, Waltham's COM7 will be at 8.7kW. The figures quoted on this site appear to be former expected ERPs, and this is the case with most transmitters chosen to carry the new mux. The site owner is waiting for Ofcom to publish the latest figures.
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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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