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.
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 |
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Monday, 15 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 22 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 29 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:23 AM
10:23 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Thursday, 2 May 2024
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Ryan Morris9:19 AM
Nottingham
Can you tell me when the Waltham transmitter is back online? We currently have not reception at all. I am based at Antenna (ironically) Beck Street, Nottingham, NG1 1EQ.
Cheers,
Ryan Morris
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Chris.SE3:07 PM
Ryan Morris:
As you can see from the post before yours, the transmitter is having Planned Engineering. However, interruptions to transmission are normally brief, sometimes they may operate on reduced power or the reserve antenna (lower down the mast) but you still shouldn't have any problems.
If your signals haven't already returned, did you retune at all when you had no signal? This is never advised when you have no signal or badly pixellated pictures, you cannot tune to signals that aren't there or can't be decoded. The usual result is to clear your correct tuning oreven tune to weak signals from another transmitter which won't be reliable.
If you did retune, try again when signals are normal and check in your TV Tuning section that you are correctly tuned to Waltham's UHF channels as listed right at the very top of this page.
If you are still having problems with pixellation, have you had the Free Filter from Restore TV?
You should have received a postcard from them, to check, put your postcode in at
https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/
You may need to get in touch with them for the Filter as you are surrounded by Mobile phone masts.
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Thursday, 9 May 2024
Transmitter engineering
9:27 PM
9:27 PM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/05/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 13 May 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/05/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 17 May 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
WALTHAM transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 15 May 23:16 until 15 May 23:31. . [BBC]
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Monday, 20 May 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:21 AM
5:21 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 20/05/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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