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 04/11/2024 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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Saturday, 28 March 2015
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jb389:52 PM
Joe: Engineering work has been taking place at the Waltham transmitter all of this past week, therefore your BBC B problem is most likely to have been as a result of this action. However, have you tried a manual scan this evening?, as a signal check carried out on Mux58 (I also use Waltham) indicates as normal.
I will say though, that Belmont is indicated as providing a somewhat superior signal in the Rainsworth area compared to that from Waltham, meaning that any slight reduction in TX power at the Waltham transmitter will have a more significant effect on reception.
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Tuesday, 12 May 2015
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jb387:40 PM
Re : Waltham. - Purely for information purposes.
Although COM8 / C37 has been running on test for the last three weeks or so albeit with a dead carrier, as from today (12th May) it is now broadcasting QVC+1 HD on EPG111, and with QVC Beauty HD on EPG112.
Needless to say, viewers receiving Freeview from the Waltham transmitter will have to carry out a retune on their TV or box in order to update the programme guide, further retunes being necessary as programmes are added.
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Sunday, 14 June 2015
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Chris Norton5:01 PM
Nottingham
I am having problems retuning my Sony Freeview hard disc recorder to receive from the Waltham transmitter.
BBC1 and ITV ( in the 1 and 3 chanel positions) are being received from Yorks & Lincs, not E Midlands as previously. BBC 1 E. Midlands is in the 904 position, if I select this the programme comes up but then the screen goes black after about 15 seconds. I have tried moving BBC 1 EM from position 904 to position 1, but still the programme only shows for the 15 or so seconds.
I have tried a number of things before retuning eg. Freeview reset procedure; bypassing the amplifer in the loft and disconnecting the aerial to the upstairs TV.
The two TV sets themselves are OK (but then I have not needed to re-tune them. The recorder was OK before I re-tuned it. You probably ask why I re-tuned it. Some newer chanels (eg 65 TBN UK) were suffering a lot of break up and I thought re-tuning might help.
Would welcome any help/suggestions/advice you can give.
Regards,
Chris Norton NG15 9DP
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Dave Lindsay
5:13 PM
5:13 PM
Chris Norton: If BBC One and ITV on logical channels 1 and 3 respectively are being received from Belmont (E Yorks & Lincs) then the other PSB1 (BBC Two, BBC Three etc) and PSB2 (ITV+1, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc) services may well be as well.
If your amplifier has a variable control on it, try turning it down in order that the Belmont signals be reduced such that the PVR doesn't go with them. This could, however, cause the lower powered Notts TV multiplex to be lost because it isn't as strong.
Or use manual tuning for all Waltham channels.
Or run the automatic tuning through with the aerial out up to UHF channel 40 or 50%. This will miss out PSB1, PSB2, PSB3 and COM4 from Belmont. It will, however, miss out COM4 and L-NOT (Notts TV) from Waltham -- a manual scan of UHF channels 29 and 26 should add them.
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MikeB8:12 PM
Chris Norton: You havn't said what model of Sony you have, but if its like the HX895 that I've got (and I seem to remember that Dave Lindsay has a similar model), then I can understand your problem.
These machines have excellent tuners - indeed perhaps too good. My machine could/can get a signal not only from Waltham, but Talcneston, Sandy Heath and Belmont. In fact the Talcneston signal would confuse it, being just strong enough to make it want to record a BBC1 programme from that transmitter, not Waltham, but not enough to actually record. I had to put a 12db attenuator on it to kill the signal strength, which was 93%. David had a similar problem.
Looking at your position, your 15km closer to Waltham than I am, with clear line of sight - you dont really need an amp. You said that the Sony had broken up a bit on some channels, hence the retuning. I suspect that you had the same problem that I did - a very high signal strength, which led to breakups (the Sony is robust at levels that a Panasonic would scream at).
Retuning to catch Waltham rather than Belmont is tricky (my Goodmans box is awful for this), because Belmont starts on channel 22, whereas Waltham is 49. The Sony is normally fine for this, but in your case its locked on, hence your problem.
David's solutions should work - manually tune, or pull out the aerial until part way through the scan (which is what I do with the Goodmans box). However, check your signal strength. If Belmont is being pulled in strong enough to be the 'main' transmitter', your going to need to kill that signal much more. Its odd that Waltham isn't just coming up, even on the 800's.
if David's solutions dont work, try a cheap attenuator or two, and get the signal strength down to around the 70-75% mark - at that level, Belmont should come up in the 800's.
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Wednesday, 17 June 2015
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Chris Norton3:18 PM
Dave Lindsay: Many thanks for your comments and advice. Unfortunately my recorder (RDR-HXD860) does not have manual tuning facility, only auto. Normally when I have had this problem when retuning eg several times during period of digital switch over, I simply move chanels to the required positions. I live in a fringe area and there are several large trees in line of sight of my aerial which does'nt help. In fact some of my neighbours direct their aerials to Belmont because of this.
PSB2 chanels have tuned in OK, eg.ITV Central has tuned in at Freeview 956 and so I can move this to Freeview 3. Problem seems to only be with BB1 E. Midlands which has tuned in at Freeview 904 but only plays for about 20 seconds before screen goes blank. The other PSB1 chanels have tuned in OK in the 900's and play OK so can be moved. Why only BBC1 is a problem seems odd.
Anyway I will try some of your suggestions and see if problem resolves. If not it is not end of the world, and I thank you again for your suggestions.
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Chris Norton3:22 PM
MikeB: Many thanks for your comments and advice additional to David lindsay.Please see my reply to him. Thanks again
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Dave Lindsay
6:18 PM
6:18 PM
Chris Norton: I know someone who has this model and have seen it tuned to Belmont rather than Emley Moor, as it should have been, but only noticed this because the local news was Belmont's -- the design is so poor as not to give the tuned UHF channel number or frequency on the signal strength screen.
Run the automatic tuning through with the aerial out up to 50% (or say up to C40). This will pick up all but COM4 (ITV3 etc) and L-NOT (Notts TV). Then, assuming that you can scan for new services (without wiping what's stored), perform this with the aerial plugged in.
The hope is that the logical channels of PSB1 and PSB2 will already be occupied that it will put Waltham's in the 800/900s.
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jb388:45 PM
Chris Norton: Although the user manual for your HDX860 does indeed indicate that the only tuning method offered on this model is auto-tune, purely from the curiosity point of view, after you have selected "DTV settings" and pressed "ENTER" three choices come up, one of being auto-tune, pressing this bringing up another choice of "do you want to start auto tuning "Yes" or "No", what happens if you press "NO"?
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Monday, 22 June 2015
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Chris Norton9:25 PM
jb38: That was an interesting suggestion. However it really does mean 'NO'.
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