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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) mast?
Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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 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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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
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Mike Dimmick5:05 PM
Jonamat: Bren's 'answer' is no answer.
Waltham's transmissions moved because if they *hadn't* moved, many viewers' reception would have been damaged severely by the high-power PSB transmissions from The Wrekin, Bromsgrove and Lark Stoke.
C31 was believed to be a relatively clear frequency because up until last week, Sandy Heath had used it for high-power analogue transmissions, and the low-power digital transmissions were fitted around that. Bromsgrove used it for BBC One analogue on vertical polarization until early this morning. The Wrekin uses it for one low-power multiplex, but from the aerials that point west into Wales, not to the east. Lark Stoke uses it for one low-power multiplex but it's only 50W (this is up from 25W before switchover, but that's not a significant difference).
It sounds like you have a box that automatically retunes itself. Look in the manual for a way to turn this off - it's clearly storing the lowest frequency that it can decode rather than the best version. C24 is indeed D3&4 at Sandy Heath, and Sandy Heath is beyond Waltham in the direction your aerial's pointing.
Once you've turned automatic retunes off, delete all the Mux 2 channels, then manually tune C31.
You might want to replace the box because it will do this again after switchover - many multiplexes will be on lower channels both at Sandy Heath and at Belmont. Also see Digital Region Overlap.
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Mike Dimmick5:15 PM
Should have added that the Crystal Palace early HD multiplex is also on C31, which is in the general direction of your aerial, but the weather conditions would have to be particularly specific for this to cause a problem. It requires an inversion in the upper atmosphere for the signal to bounce off of. Digital UK were giving this as a potential cause of problems, but I don't know whether they had a forecast or whether it's just part of their script.
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Jonathan8:23 PM
@ Jonamat: "so I will give up and watch what I can on analogue until August and hope that channel 54 will be OK then."
Yes. We can get ITV1, Ch4 & Ch5 on analogue; ITV2 at +1 on C29, E4 at +1 on C45. The only channel actually missing is More 4.
The most annoying aspect is that we can't record the analogue channels anymore.
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Thursday, 21 April 2011
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Ben Johnson11:40 AM
Update: Aerial Guy No 1 did not show up! Grrr. Aerial Guy No 2 could only send surveyor who has just been. He has tested signal and thinks that I either have faulty dipole or a C/D Group Aerial. All signals strong except Ch29 and Ch31.
Sending Installer on Tuesday to go on the roof. No fix no fee...lets wait and see.
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Andrew Clinton1:09 PM
Lost ITV1 and other channels from Waltham Transmitter!
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Mike Dimmick2:03 PM
Leicester
Nick Miles: There isn't much on C29 in the vicinity. The Ridge Hill (West) service started up yesterday morning, but this is at low power until after Waltham switchover and is much lower on the mast anyway. It's reserved for high-power digital transmissions from Waltham after switchover, so there are no switched transmitters nearby to clash with on this frequency. I'm really mystified as to why you would be having problems.
My best guess is that the removal of interference and move to higher channels has resulted in too much signal. Higher channels propogate less well, but most aerials have more gain the higher up the band you go, particularly Group C/D aerials which aren't intended to work down at the low channels. If you have an amplifier or booster, remove it, and if that doesn't help, try adding an attenuator.
My calculations are based on the postcode LE3 5GG, which is 70 Woodgate, Leicester.
You have to pay your TV licence if the TV is capable of receiving the signals. The broadcasters take care of broadcasting, you're in charge of reception.
The TV licence funds the BBC, and from what you say, you're getting their channels. ITV, C4 and C5 don't get a single penny from it, their business is selling viewers' eyeballs to advertisers, so you'd think they'd be interested in not selling yours.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Andrew Clinton: As above really, do My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice and see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Steve11:12 PM
Ever since the update the signal here has gone through the floor. Digital on Channel 49 is still watchable but 29 & 31 when scanning show signal going from 73% to 0% and then back to 73%. Can't watch any of the channels found though :( Perhaps in Aug it will work? Or in 2012? Or when hell freezes over? It is 'disappointing' to pay the TV licence for a Digital experience that 'might' arrive this year knowing that Oxford has had digital since, what, 1998?
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Jonamat11:29 PM
Newark
Mike Dimmick, Thanks for your comments. I have nearly new DTV's and have tried , as advised, clearing C31 manually and retuning. This has consistently failed, however took the step of returning the sets to factory condition and auto retuning. This has resulted in receiving the 4 good MUX transmissions from Waltham and Mux 2 on C24.
As you confirm I believe this to be Sandy Heath. All signals are strong and good quality. Maybe this might easily change for the worse if atmospheric conditions change, particularly with rain, but it is wait and see. For the time being all is up and running. What does a " Parking channel " mean ? Thanks J.
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Friday, 22 April 2011
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Mike Dimmick2:13 AM
Jonamat: 'Parking channel' seems to simply mean any change that happens before the official DSO. It's 'parked' out of the way of an impending collision with some other transmission. Their predictions showed that the high-power signals at The Wrekin would seriously affect reception in some parts of Waltham's coverage area.
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