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, 22 April 2011
Steve: Sounds like you have too much signal. If you have any boosters or amplifiers, remove them from your system. If you don't, you may have to fit an amplifier.
The TV Licence pays for the BBC services, not for a "digital experience".
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Saturday, 23 April 2011
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Steve4:24 AM
Hi Brianist: I have a mast mounted amp which I can turn down (& which shows a greatly reduced signal when I do) down from 73% to below 20% to 0 if I turn if fully down. I understand what you are saying about the BBC offer services & not an experience. However.... if the 'services' they offer can only be received digitally one might logically expect that someone unwillingly taxed into paying for them should be able to receive them. Something akin to a power company producing electricity, forcing you to pay a bill but not having you connected to the grid (as it were). But I digress. I have a Wideband high gain aerial that was getting a decent signal last month before the 'upgrades' occurred and I would like to be able to use it again. This whole switchover saga seems to be going on forever.
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Steve: Sorry, but no, that's not what the law says. If you have a TV, you have to pay the TV Licence.
I would have a look at Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Steve8:00 PM
Spalding
Been back to my customer today armed with attenuators and amps to see if I can solve the problem. Both products tuned the mux on c31 in manually without any messing about. No idea what has changed, just glad it's up and running. I hope she doesn't lose them again until the next scheduled retune.
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Steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 25 April 2011
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Lesley6:45 PM
Since Waltham changed on 13 April I have been unable to get Create and Craft on Freeview 36 and also we are experiencing problems with BBC1 and BBC2 being unavailable or unwatchable. Several attempts at retuning have not rectified the problems. Can any one help, this is getting really frustrating.
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Monday, 2 May 2011
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Claire1:48 PM
Derby
Is it possible that my WiFi can interfere with the weaker MUX2 signal? Overnight my freeview box does an automatic update search, and when I switch on in the morning, I have lost ITV CH4 CH5 and ITV2 and have extra gibberish channels. When I switch off the WiFi before going to bed, all is OK next morning
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Claire's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
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Tim (not timonthenet)8:56 PM
I thought WiFi broadcasts on 2.4 GHz so this should be well out of your way but what else is operating, perhaps on the same circuit? Do you have wireless extenders or use internet / mains boxes (BT Vision).
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Wednesday, 4 May 2011
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Claire11:23 AM
Derby
I thought so too, Tim, but nevertheless if you don't switch off the WiFi before going to bed, you get the retune mularky in the morning.
It's not connected to anything else, and only became an issue after the April retune at Melton.
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Claire's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Claire: As a general rule, you should keep a source of RF transmission (such as mobile phone or wireless router) as far away from a receiver (such as a Freeview box) as possible. This also includes the cables attached to the devices.
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