Full Freeview on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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 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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Monday, 4 December 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/12/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
WALTHAM transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 1 Dec 16:55 until 1 Dec 17:06. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 2 January 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:21 AM
11:21 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/01/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 8 January 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/01/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 15 January 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/01/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 22 January 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/01/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 29 January 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/01/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Wednesday, 31 January 2024
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Oliver9:50 PM
Transmitter engineering: Hi, when are the problems with Waltham mast going to be sorted? It's been saying black screen/pixelation for a long time which we see continuously. Thanks, Oliver.
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Chris.SE10:45 PM
Oliver:
I'm afraid Arqiva never give details of the work taking place or how long it's going to take especially as a lot of it may be weather dependant. What we do know is that a lot of main transmitters and some of the larger relays have had significant Planned Engineering over the last 12 months or so. We know that extensive work is involved ensuring that the mast structures remain in good condition and safe, such work involves working at height on stay cables and such like, often close to the antenna when there'd be need to operate at reduced power or have brief interruptions. It's worth remembering that it's a good 10 years since DSO when much important similar work would likely have been carried out, although some may also have been done during 880MHz and 700MHz clearance when major antenna work would have been carried out at many transmitters.
In addition to this Planned Engineering you may unfortunately suffer brief interference to some multiplex signals over the next two or three days due to Tropospheric Ducting being present with the current High Pressure weather system. This causes signals to travel a lot further than normal so interfering signals from distant transmitters elsewhere in the UK or Europe disrupt your wanted signals. Do NOT retune, you just have to wait until conditions change, the interference can last seconds, minutes or occasionally sometimes longer. Not all multiplexes are affected at a given instance.
The BBC have currently issued warnings of some possible disrupuption -
High pressure could affect TV & Radio services across parts of the UK - 31 Jan 2024 | Help receiving TV and radio
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Monday, 5 February 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/02/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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