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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Friday, 28 January 2011
h jones: That does rather suggest your aerial is broken, but also see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Friday, 4 February 2011
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Peter Bradshaw7:22 AM
Since around 1am this morning I have lost all television signals to my digi box, I live at Castle Donington and receive my signal from Waltham could you confirm if there is a problem with the transmitter....
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Peter Bradshaw: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Saturday, 5 February 2011
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Phil10:01 PM
Can I ask a long dumb question please. I live in a bit of a reception shadow and analogue has never been brilliant on channel 4 or 5. Digital signal was useless until last autumn when the signal level was increased, after which some mux's were fine (beeb channels and itv) whilst others regularly lost either quality or strength - mostly strength. The worst mux is mainly that sharing with Channel 4. I've had a couple of quotes and have been told that I need a 15 ft tall mast, mast head amp and all the trimmings - cost over £400. I'm not inclined to do it as we intend moving within 2 years and am happy to put up with it. So the question is: Despite it being rubbish for the past couple of weeks, but normally mostly ok - when the signal is increased from Waltham (4 fold?)come switchover, will reception likely to be ok? You will have gathered I'm happy with ok, I'm not looking for perfection. Other info - I'm in LE3 3xx so sit right on the border of waltham and S. Coldfield. When I did a re-tune the other day on 2 Tv's and 1 DVR I got 45, 55 and 80 tv channels - which has prompted me to finally post after following the site for some time. I've also looked at a dish but we have many tall trees very close to the house which would be inpenetrable for astra. Thanks for your patience. Phil
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Sunday, 6 February 2011
phil: Right, thanks.
First, I have no idea why you say "until last autumn when the signal level was increased" because this simply has not happened. There will be no changes to the signal until Wednesday 17th August 2011.
You are predicted to get really good reception from Waltham on all multiplexes already, and the terrain map shows there are no hills between you and the transmitter.
Quite why anyone should say you need a "15 ft tall mast, mast head amp and all the trimmings" is beyond me. You should get a perfect signal with a bog-standard unamplified aerial.
I would suggest you find someone who will give you a quote to provide a standard aerial at a reasonable price.
Or, go for Freesat.
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phil11:58 AM
Many thanks. We are in a small confined valley that is not obvious from os maps and everyone else who have changed have had tall masts installed. Cynic that I am, my suspician is that the first one was persuaded and this fact is used by installers as precedent to inflate the costs. I'm not sure if this vally is why the braunstone t analogue relay exists as this web site is the only reference to it I can find. As for the signal increase I don't know. I had tried to get a digital signal previously but with no success then late in 2009 (sorry - I put 2010 earlier) I tried another retune and it all burst into life. Ce'st la vie. Anyway, thanks for your time. I'll get a simple wide band and see what happens. Best regards.
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phil: I've run up Google Earth and can see the valley now, and it probably explains some of the aerials pointing towards the analogue BRAUNSTONE transposer relay.
Please let me know how you get on.
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ian9:42 PM
Ilkeston
for the last 3 days now, i have zero signal on ESPN/Quest and the other channels on the multiplex, the signal quality is 2% and never better than that, everything else is fine, all other channels work ok, and no break up at all, and i am pulling my hair our here, because most of what i want to watch, is on the very multiplex that i have zero signal on!
the ariel is fine and working as it should be, if not, i would have no signal at all!
please help!
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ian's: mapI's Freeview map terrainI's terrain plot wavesI's frequency data I's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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