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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Monday, 2 November 2015
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MikeB8:21 PM
Macclesfield
H E Smith: There are no reported problems with Waltham. Having said that, I've suddenly got 'no signal' (or a highly fluctuating rubbish signal) on POP, so it might the transmitter. On the other hand, ITV HD seems fine, so it could just be my HD box is more sensitive than the TV, so its flipping out when the TV isn't.
Check your signal levels on BBC1 - too high or too low? Both cause problems. And check the other muxes - if there is a problem, it might be that the others are just above the threshold, but BBC1 has dipped below it.
And the old trick of swapping out the existing aerial lead might cure it - they get damaged, and certain muxes dont get picked up. Its a cheap and easy check, if nothing else.
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jb389:24 PM
MikeB: The present difficulties related to atmospheric conditions is causing all sorts of odd reception problems, as when I returned home this evening reception of PSB3 transmissions from both Waltham and Belmont was a no go, as although the strength of the signals from both were still around normal at 80% , the quality was zero, the situation remaining the same when tested a few minutes ago.
The strange thing being that Walthams COM7 HD (C31) was perfectly OK.
By the way, I use a pair of Logs for reception, one feeding each of the two TV's
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MikeB9:34 PM
Macclesfield
jb38: Thats the strange thing - apart from that one (POP TV) mux, all the others are fine - in fact I'm reading pretty high (higher than normal)signal strength on one or two. I notice that we've seen lots of people complaining about total loss of signal tuned into Sandy Heath, but mostly in the Anglia area. Waltham /Belmont has been hit a bit, but not nearly as much. Perhaps Talcneston will be next?
The difficulty of course with diagnosing such a problem is that there are so many variables, but hopefully everything will be back to normal soon.
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Tuesday, 3 November 2015
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CLIVE JOHNSON6:47 PM
Leicester
I, too have had problems with Waltham, BBC 1, after a long period when everything was fine. Sunday I had a come-and-go signal and Monday morning, 2nd. November, it was intermittent, with most of the time "no signal" shown. Could this be due to the fog?
Today, Tuesday, everything seems to be back to normal.
Leicester LE5 5NU
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Wednesday, 4 November 2015
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MikeP12:46 PM
Trowbridge
Clive:
Very unlikely to be due to the fog itself, but rather the probability of a temperature inversion due to the current weather patterns being experienced mainly in the southern parts of the UK. Because such payyerns are variable it is likely to give rise to the reception variations you report. Do NOT try retunin g when this is occuring.
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Thursday, 5 November 2015
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CLIVE JOHNSON12:12 PM
Thanks, Mike. I've had no further problems to date.
Clive
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Friday, 11 December 2015
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Ian from Pinxton5:32 PM
Lots of problems in areas of Swanwick, near Alfreton, Derbyshire. Is it atmospherics? As no problems on Transmitter and to many calls from a condensed area?
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Ian from Pinxton: Looking at Request Rejected it is doubtful if the problems are caused by the atmosphere. What do you mean by "Lots of problems" specifically?
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Monday, 14 December 2015
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Ian from Pinxton11:12 AM
Briantist
at least 15 phone call enquries as residents in the area getting loss of signal or pixalation, all in the same area, all starting around the same time around 2 weeks ago
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Wednesday, 13 January 2016
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paul9:42 AM
I cannot get teletext on my freeview tv. I have tried bbc1 and the other bbc channels
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