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
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Wednesday, 4 May 2011
I posted this on the Freeview changed reception and Mike Dimmick gave me some info that hasn't worked. Can anyone help?
Hi i have a brand new (less than 6 weeks old) Samsung tv with built in freeview
We had full channel access til 13th April and now we are missing Multiplexes 2 and A.
We live in Nottingham city centre, in an apartment block. NG1 1AS
I have done a factory reset, aswell as taken out the aerial and rescanned, unplugged and then rescanned once again!
EEK!
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@Briantist - i have checked that but it doesn't really give you any tips to try?
Can you help? Thanks
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Thursday, 5 May 2011
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timonthenet3:31 AM
Hello Andy.
Presumably if you are Nottingham City Centre (such as Victoria Centre Flats) you will be able to get both Nottingham's Transmissions, which are now switched over (and assumed to be high power now?), and Waltham's.
Being East of the City, we point our aerial at Waltham, but even before DSO at Nottingham, it was possible to pick up Nottingham's Signal. I use a PC and a Program called DVBViewer which will discriminate between the two signals.
However, my Mother's TV upstairs, also using my aerial, has no problems. I have a Wide-Band, multi-element, high gain aerial, horizontally polerized, and directed only at Waltham (highly directional).
Do you know what direction your aerial lies in, and where your main signal was being received from prior to 13th April (ie before Nottingham DSO'ed)?
Even if it is a new TV, are you sure it is able to cope with 8k mode transmissions (if aimed at Nottingham)?
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Mike Dimmick4:20 PM
Andy Moss: You didn't previously mention it was an apartment block. It may be that the communal aerial system is a 'channelized' system, in which case it probably needs retuning.
Channelized systems filter and amplify each frequency separately. If a transmission changes channels, the filter needs to be adjusted to the new frequency.
The landlord or building manager needs to ensure that the system is retuned and the levels set correctly at each switchover step. See http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/transmitternetwork/tools__and__resources/almanac/installer_newsletters_transmitter_groups2009_pdfs/Special_edition-installers_Waltham_retuneFINAL_Aug11.pdf for the remaining steps.
It might be necessary for the system to be adjusted again when the SDN multiplex reaches its final power level on 12 October. You will need to retune on this day because SDN also changes mode.
Waltham is also currently allocated a frequency for the BBC A multiplex, C61, that is going to be released for 800MHz mobile phone services.
Generally allocations of C61 move to C49, which Waltham already uses for low-power Mux 1, but it may not be able to go high-power on that frequency immediately because The Wrekin is still using it for SDN. The final allocation for that service at The Wrekin is being used by Sutton Coldfield until 21 September. If they're sensible, they'll move Waltham BBC A on the 12th of October as well.
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Sunday, 8 May 2011
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Brian11:11 AM
Sleaford
Hi is any one having problems with receiving ITV in the Sleaford south rauceby area we were receiving it fine until about 2 weeks ago and now it is not there we only get the BBC channels, on the bt vision box the signal strength varies every time I check but it is usually 100% for the BBC and between 35 to 0% for ITV the aerial is pointing towards Belmont, please Help
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Monday, 9 May 2011
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Mike Dimmick1:23 PM
Brian: Did you retune on the 13th of April? On that date, the Multiplex 2 transmissions from Waltham moved from C23 to C31 because of a clash with The Wrekin when it started high-power transmissions a week later.
You would need to do a first-time installation (also called a Default Setting, a Factory Reset, or Full Retune) to ensure that the box forgets the previous location of the channels. Some will not store channels that they think they already know about.
There's a chance that your box would store channels from Waltham even though the aerial points at Belmont, if the fringe reception is strong enough. Some just store the first version that they find. Check whether there's another copy of ITV1 stored somewhere else, for example at around 800 (this is a common location, but not the only one).
Check what UHF channel the box says it has stored. From Belmont, ITV1 and the other Multiplex 2 channels are on UHF C48. If it is storing Waltham multiplexes, you may need to manually tune in, probably after deleting the incorrectly-stored channels or resetting the box. See Digital Region Overlap for more suggestions.
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Mike Dimmick
As Brian lived the other side of the South Downs, I doubt that he did a
retune for the from Waltham transmitter. :o)
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Mike Dimmick1:40 PM
Mark A: There is more than one Brian on this website. I was responding to Brian who posted on the 8th of May from Sleaford, Lincolnshire, not Briantist.
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billy1:50 PM
i live in uppingham rutland & depending on where you live in the town dictates wether you can recieve freeview or not i can only get half the channels my father gets even tho he only lives 500 yards away got a freeview engineer out new ariel & £180 lighter he said the signal was the weakest hes seen on the 13th of april we had to retune & the signal has been drastically worse since its not just me the whole towns affected my great aunt is concerned living at the bottom of a hill she can barely receive anolouge or digital despite upgrading we dont know what to do round here
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