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.
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._______
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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Thursday, 17 September 2020
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jj10:33 AM
hello, chris,
thanks, i understand the atmospherics having this effect, but my annoyance is that the bbc, itv channel 4 mux's broadcast at 50kw, are never a problem (so the 50kw power seems to negate the effect of atmospherics?), so my installation is good. recently updated from a 5 element to a 12 element aerial which really improved signal strength.
but occasionally, when there is bad weather / atmospheric events between me and Waltham, the mux's broadcast at 25kw (really pick dave etc.), pixelate and breakup, while the 50kw bbc itv ch4 mux's remain fine.
and then the 10kw mux forces tv, is a problem more frequently.
my questions, being that the power of broadcast seems to be the common denominator. Is why cant the 25kw and 10kw mux's be broadcast at 50kw?, and if this isn't viable on a permanent basis like the bbc and itv mux's are, why cant the power be boosted when atmospheric events occur, to maintain seamless transmission across all programme channels? thanks.
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Chris.SE3:35 PM
jj:
I'm afraid that 50kW doesn't always guarantee good reception even if reasonably close.
Reported elsewhere, on Monday eg. at Ventnor I-O-W, reception of the BBCA mux was wiped out in the evening, and the D3&4 the following morning. There was good reception of some French muxes on other UHF channels.
Transmitters have always had to share frequencies, but they are generally allocated around the country so as not to cause problems in the predicted reception areas under normal conditions, and the same principle goes for coastal areas (eg. S. coast and France, E. coast and Belgium etc.) as well as the use of directional transmission where possible. The higher the power the more likely there'll be unwanted interference.
Because priority is given to ensuring that as much of the country as possible can receive the 3 PSB muxes, that has a limiting effect on available frequencies & powers for the other muxes. There are over 1100 transmitters in the UK, just over 80 are main transmitters, the rest are relays carrying just the 3 PSBs (apart from one welsh one which has SDN as well!). So at the end of the day, it's a bit of a balancing act and unfortunately there will be some locations that lose out on some muxes due to co-channel interference, good directional aerial installations may help in some places but not everywhere.
Turning up the power would just cause additional interference to many, so unfortunately that isn't an option.
You may happen to be in a poor spot for some of those COM muxes anyway.
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John Pykett11:35 PM
anyone else having problems with com7 on this transmitter???
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Friday, 18 September 2020
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Chris.SE10:41 AM
John Pykett:
It might be an idea to read the 3 or 4 posts just before yours.
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Tuesday, 3 November 2020
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Tim7:08 PM
Hello,
20th October ITV HD regions were supposed to have changed, and for those on freeview no retuning was needed, should automatically start getting ITV HD Central (East) instead of West, but doesn't seem to have happened.
Signal is coming from Waltham which I'm guessing is still correct (this page still shows central west but I'm guessing it may not have been updated).
Tried retunes, tried adding one channel at a time (channel 35) incase one is overtaking another on installation but still getting Central West on 103 (note, still getting Central East on 3, which was always the case for SD).
Thanks
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StevensOnln17:21 PM
Tim: ITV HD regions have not changed on Freeview, the changes only took place on satellite and cable. There has been no announcement of any date/timescale for any additional BBC or ITV HD regions to be made available on Freeview. Making these changes on Freeview is much more complex and expensive than satellite or cable and required the BBC and ITV to agree to co-ordinate and split the cost (several million pounds) of the changes required to bring additional HD regions to Freeview.
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Tim7:41 PM
StevensOnln1: Thanks! I must have misheard Freesat with Freeview and got ahead of myself! Plus side is that today I've learnt about transmitters frequencies and channels! Thanks again!
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Tuesday, 13 April 2021
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Michael Rickman6:16 PM
Market Harborough
Hello, As district and ward councillor , I have received several comments that for the past 3 or 4 days the reception seems to be poor as the television picture keeps breaking up (pixilating?). Is there a reason for this and if so will it be fixed? I live in LE16 8DT and have the same problems on all channels on both TV's.
Signal ?Aerial?
My aerial is on the roof.
I would appreciate a reply to my email so that I can forward to my residents.
Thank you in advance for a prompt reply.
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Wednesday, 14 April 2021
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Chris.SE12:01 AM
Michael Rickman:
If you are all receiving the Waltham transmitter, your aerials should be pointing pretty much due North with the rods (or "squashed Xs) horizontal. A roof aerial would certainly be recommended as reception of the commercial multiplexes can be variable across your postcode with higher street numbers being better.
Reception of the PSB multiplexes - BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, and BBCB HD/PSB3 should normally be good across the postcode.
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which programmes are carried on which multiplexes. Reception of COM7 and any Local multiplex is very dependent on location and not everyone will be able to receive them.
According to Freeview, the Waltham transmitter is currently listed for Planned Engineering with the likely effect being "Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels". This is normally caused by reduced power whilst work is being done on the transmitter. Unfortunately, Arqiva, who do the maintenance, do not say how long this sort of work will take, so whether it's completed this week is not currently known.
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Monday, 26 April 2021
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John Pykett5:33 AM
anybody else having problems trying to load up any channel from the channebox iptv portal such as clubland?
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