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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-east-midlands-today.jpg)
BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 28km northwest (306°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-central.jpg)
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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Friday, 12 July 2024
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Tony9:40 AM
Does anyone have the up to date manual tuning channel numbers please. Living where I do I'm finding Belmont conflicts heavily with the Waltham transmitter. Thanks
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StevensOnln110:34 AM
Tony: Waltham uses channels 32/34/35/29/37/31 (plus the local mux on 41 broadcasting directionally towards Nottingham).
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Chris.SE2:28 PM
Tony:
FYI Belmont uses 22/25/28/30/23/26 with a Local mux on 32 That's TV Humber, beamed northwards towards Grimsby, Hull, Beverley etc.
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Monday, 15 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:05 AM
5:05 AM
WALTHAM transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 15 Jul 02:30 until 15 Jul 02:39. . [BBC]
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Monday, 5 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
4:46 PM
4:46 PM
WALTHAM transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 5 Aug 15:55 until 5 Aug 16:06. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:07 PM
8:07 PM
WALTHAM transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 10 Aug 19:14 until 10 Aug 19:22. . [BBC]
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Monday, 12 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:10 AM
11:10 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/08/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 19 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
4:04 PM
4:04 PM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/08/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:06 AM
5:06 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/08/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 2 September 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/09/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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