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;
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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, 23 September 2021
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Chris.SE10:06 PM
Michael :
So glad it's been sorted out at last for all of you.
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Friday, 24 September 2021
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Michael 5:24 AM
With the exception of OLEd could I improve the picture quality still with a brand new tv ? Have they improved after 10 years ?
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Chris.SE12:02 PM
Michael :
Yes, sets in general have improved. However, how could an individual range of sets or makes of sets perform will vary. You are best going to a retailer that has sets operating on display and making a judgement based on what you see (and don't take too much flannel and BS from a salesman who may have his commission in mind!).
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Tuesday, 28 September 2021
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bob8:28 PM
Getting "Off Air" messages on E4, Film4, More4 and E4+1 all on MUX PSB2/D3+4 from Waltham. Film4+1 and More4+1 (COM5/COM7) working.
What's going on?
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Chris.SE10:03 PM
bob:
There was a fire at the Red Bee Media Playout Centre on Saturday evening. This has caused major disruption to a number of TV services. See Incident at playout centre knocks out TV services - Clean Feed and subsequent updates at PresWatch Archives - Clean Feed
I've been seeing some reports that some transmitters are still missing some services, Waltham being one of them.
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Friday, 1 October 2021
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Michael 10:19 AM
My local Richer sounds in Leicester has a Sony 43 inch tv at 377 with a 6 year warranty has great reviews online but in store would they show me the picture on normal tv programmes and not 4K movies etc
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StevensOnln11:46 PM
Michael : Why not call the store and ask what they can demo for you? There are phone numbers listed for individual stores on their website Richer Sounds Store Locations
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Sunday, 10 October 2021
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Michael 2:58 PM
Well I've saw my nephews new 50 inch Samsung tv today I can honestly say it is no better picture than mine he had sky hd I have freeview hd
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Sunday, 17 October 2021
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David Rowlandson2:16 PM
Why has Christmas films on channel 51, not shown on the Waltham transmitter area for the last two xmasses which includes this year..
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StevensOnln14:50 PM
David Rowlandson: Great Christmas Movies channels is carried on the local TV multiplex, which is broadcast from Waltham, however the signal is directional and is only aimed towards Nottingham, so you may not be able to receive it in other areas.
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