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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52.801,-0.801 or 52°48'4"N 0°48'5"W

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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Waltham transmitter broadcast?

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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.

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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MikeB

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1:56 PM

Paul: Are you tuned to the correct ? I'm on , and they seem fine. And no, there has been no change in .

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Rod Smith
8:40 PM
Nottingham

Have lost BBC 4 HD since the retune in NG7 6HX, on both my Sony TV and Humax FVP4000T. I realise it's changed its Com, but won't come back on 106. ()
I've done an add retune and full retune on both.
Will I have to do a manual add, if so what are the settings (channel, etc)

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StevensOnln1

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11:25 PM

Rod Smith: BBC Four HD is now on COM8, which can be found on UHF channel 56 from .

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Brian G
3:46 PM

Puzzle

I use a Humax HDR-2000T STB set for and I found that Sky News and a few other had dissapeared and just showed a message that was available. When I checked the tuning I found that Waltham ch 56 had changed from SD to HD. I did a complete manual retune and found that ch 37 had also changed - from HD to SD.

What has happened?

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Ian Allcock
5:26 PM
Matlock

Isn't "PickTV" now on 37 rather than 56 ? Does the information need updating or have I missed something ?

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Paul
11:51 AM
Swadlincote

Thanks for the comments everyone Re: the retune on Feb 7th.
Both my tv and HDR show that there are tuned to 754MHz when I select that don't work.
(so that's COM8, on UHF channel 56 (754MHz) on Waltham).
So My TV indicates a strength changing between 7 and 30 % with a signal between 62 to 78 %.
and the is ether bloke or blanc or ok foe say 4 seconds Just not watchable.
I have an active Arial splitter which I have swopped for an other with no change to the picture problem.
All other channels are ok with a singe strength around 98% and quality 100%.
(except the multiplex charring nots TV that has signal strength around 60% and quality 0% that blank all the time). So could it be that my equipment is attenuating 754MHz.
I'm at DE11 7QU. Mu brother is in Tucbrey thither away from the transmitter with no problems.

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Andy
5:03 PM

Hi
Do you know if COM8 from is now only temporarily on 56. Or maybe I mean "is the that carries BBC Four HD going to stay outside the A group ?".
A friend in a fringe area is about to have an installed for Waltham, I had advised that group A would be preferred going forward as I had believed that Waltham DTT transmissions were all "shrinking" back into group A with the clearance changes. Have I told them wrong ?

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StevensOnln1

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7:39 PM

Andy: COM8 will remain on UHF 56 until it closes (some time between mid 2020 and 2022). A type aerial such as a log periodic would be recommended for most viewers (unless they are in a poor area).

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Al
11:49 PM

Noticed we have lost a few . Most noticeable are the loss of BBC 1 HD and BBC 2 HD. The numbers 101, 102 etc were still in the but we have "".
I have retuned and turned off and now it doesn't find 101, 102 etc any more when retuning.

Searching the site I concluded we are on the .
, , , & are being received.
But , , have no signals.

Also the channels we pickup on c37 are completely different to the ones listed on the site?
The site states:
55 5STAR+1, 86 More4 1, 95 Freesports, 96 Forces TV, 106 BBC Four HD, 115 BT Showcase HD (not free), 205 CBeebies HD, plus 5 others
But our c37 picks up:
29 E4+1, 723 TalkSport, 12 Dave, 233 Skynews etc.

Has something happened? Why were we fine one day and channels have gone the next?

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StevensOnln1

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11:11 AM

Al: Retuning was a bad idea as you've now deleted some of your which were already correctly tuned. The COM5 and COM8 multiplexes swapped a few weeks ago at so COM5 is now on UHF channel 37 and COM8 is on 56 (this website doesn't seem to have been updated with any of the recent frequency changes yet) however there has been no change to PSB3 on UHF channel 58 or COM6 on 57 (there are further frequency changes due in early 2020). As there are no faults showing, start by checking for any loose or damaged or connections behind your TV and then follow along the cable as far back as you can safely access towards the .

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