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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Wednesday, 13 April 2011
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John5:47 PM
Leicester
Have lost all itv and channel 4 channels today on freeview(postcode LE2 1TP) have tried auto tuning a no. of times with no luck. All other channels seem ok. Any advice appreciated?
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Keith6:22 PM
We have lost ITV,CH4 tonight freeview at 18:10 still off ?.
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KMJ,Derby8:04 PM
Keith:Mux2 at the Waltham transmitter changed frequency to C31 from today, 13th April 2011. It will be necessary to do a factory reset to clear the channel list then rescan for channels to restore ITV1&2, C4, Channel5 etc.
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Keith8:10 PM
Hi KMJ Thank you did a reset so all channels working, but had to go to an old ladies house and reset her TV and settop box All working. would have been nice to know b4 when they are working on the TX. thanks Keith
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Obsidian_eclipse9:26 PM
Yep, ITV and C4 still off here. Did a re tune earlier and all was good on C31 (apart from a low signal strength) but now there is nothing on C31. Will check again tomorrow.
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Ray Medland9:50 PM
Market Harborough
Hi, I'm experiencing a complete loss of signal from Waltham for the majority of itv channels. How long before the engineers sort this problem. No problems with the ariel as it worked fine before today [13th April]
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KMJ,Derby10:31 PM
Ray Medland: Mux2 from the Waltham transmitter changed frequency to C31 early this morning 13th April. You need to do a factory reset to clear the channel list then scan for channels to re-store them in your receiver.If they do not appear, do a manual tune to C31 noting signal strength and quality. Check that you do not have any VCR, Sky box or games console with the RF modulator set around C31.Also check that you are not storing channels for a weak signal from Sandy Heath in the LCN (normal) positions with the Waltham set appearing in the channel list in the 800s.
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Thursday, 14 April 2011
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S Masand9:18 AM
Leicester
Done a freeview reset proceedure as per instructions. BBC1 and 2 OK. ITV and Channels 4and 5 picture breaking up and unwatchable. Good aerial on roof set to Waltham transmitter and no problems before switchover
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John11:24 AM
Hi,
Like a few other posts I have lost the ITV1 group of channels from Waltham. I can see the mast from my home so there should be no problem with signal. All other channels work OK. Has the signal strength been turned down or is there a problem? In August does the signal strength increase on this group?
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G TOON12:45 PM
Grantham
G toon no itv ch4 five itv2 2panosonic tvs tried 2retune atleast 20 times will onlyexcept CH33 onwards nothing onCH31 WHY IS THIS any help WALTHAM
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