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.

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

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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?

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John Rice
12:05 PM

We have suddenly lost Film4 (on Channel 15). We are not using a box but a modern in the which has been perfectly OK ever since installation. What is particularly puzzling is that the bars on the initial screen indicate reasonable strength and good . But the only message is "This service is not running". Other seem satisfactory. What should we do? Our post code is LE24FF.

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Dave Lindsay

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12:22 PM

John Rice: If it's a issue then you will also have lost BBC One HD, BBC Two HD, ITV HD, Channel 4 HD and CBBC HD/BBC Three HD as they are all carried on the same .

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12:24 PM

John Rice: Sorry, scrap that, I was thinking of Film4+1. Film4 is carried on PSB2 (D3&4) along with ITV, etc.

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M.J.Newham
11:37 PM

During the day and up to 10.00pm at night I have perfect with channel between 70% and 80%.
After this time the reception slowly deteriorates until the are un-watchable. Nothing has changed with my hardware or so why the deterioration?. I will add that Notts tv is always very good reception even though the other channels are chronically bad. I live in , and have manually tuned my set top box ( humax ). My aerial has a feeding 3 tv points of which one is used. I have an amplifier on this point without which the reception is worse.

regards

M.J.Newham

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David Petersen
2:21 PM
Newark

Hi, I have lost my HD from the PSB3 BBC B HD mux, these are Ch 45, 101-105, 123, 602 & 603. I did a retune with no to purge the TV, then retuned with the aerial connected. I retuned last evening, and then again around 12:00am today. The channels disappeared last evening, with a message appearing on screen. Is there a fault on the Waltham Mux? if so it is not showing up on the Internet reports. Many thanks.
Postcode NG23 5EG, Antennae in , direct line of sight to Waltham

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jb38

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6:12 PM

David Petersen: 's PSB3 Mux is being received OK down here in the area. If you are still unable to receive it? carry out a "manual" tune on .

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John Atherton
8:07 AM

I live in the DE1 area. Since Last night I have been having terrible ! Sky News reception is terrible and even BBC1 has some trouble, but BBC1 HD is fine. My tv is self-tune. Some are ok, but 'live news' channels seem to be having trouble with reception. I have tried re-setting aeriel connex to community aeriel. Any advice? Thank you

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MikeP

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9:53 AM
Trowbridge

John Atherton:
First thing to do is check with your immediate neighbours who are also usoing the same communal system to see if they are also having the same kind of problems, but make sure they are not using or .
Further advice depends on your .

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John Atherton
7:35 PM

Thanks Paul, the pictures on all were ok today!

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H E Smith
2:45 PM
Ashbourne

DE6 4NN, Kirk .

Can you tell me please what the problem has been with the programmes from recently ?
For some time signals have been significantly weak, but over the past weekend BBC 1&2 have, for
long periods been unwatchable. During these spells programmes from ITV etc, via Waltham have
appeared as normal.

My , feeder & TV check out as OK

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H's: H's Freeview map H's terrain plot H's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage

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