Full Freeview on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter
 | Google Streetview |  | Google map |  | Bing map |  | Google Earth |  | 52.801,-0.801 or 52°48'4"N 0°48'5"W |  | LE14 4AJ |
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 
_______
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
|
|
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
M
Mike Dimmick10:20 AM
johnny: Switchover is in two stages. This first stage only puts the standard-definition BBC channels in their final configuration. All the other changes happen in two weeks - including the addition of the HD channels.
| link to this comment |
M
Mike Dimmick10:21 AM
Judith: See Digital Region Overlap for ideas on this.
If you have a booster, try removing it.
| link to this comment |
M
Mike Dimmick10:32 AM
phillip wigley: Check that your box is not on the lists of equipment known to have problems at switchover - http://www.digitaluk.co.u…ment and http://www.digitaluk.co.u…tnit . If it's of 2002/3/4 vintage or older, check the manual to ensure that it supports 8K mode as well as 2K. Some older equipment struggles with a mix of 8K and 2K modes as you now have at Waltham - this will remain a problem until the mode change in October.
Another possibility is that the box is detecting enough signal from Belmont to store the channels, but not enough to actually work reliably. See Digital Region Overlap for thoughts on this.
Finally, you may now have too much signal. This causes the signals to be distorted by any amplification, including the automatic gain control built into the TV or box. If you have an amplifier or booster, disconnect it or turn it down. If you don't, or if that doesn't help, you may need to add an attenuator. Both of these will help reduce the level from Belmont as well, making it less likely to be picked up.
The signal level shown on the box's strength meter may still be well under 100% and yet still have too much signal. This can happen for two reasons: either it is just poorly calibrated (many are) or it doesn't properly report the level if it can't decode the signal.
| link to this comment |
J
Judith10:40 AM
Melton Mowbray
Thank you Mike. I think I will have to live with the problem. At the age of 71 all this is far too complicated for me. It's just that I like my local news to be local!
| link to this comment |
Judith's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
P
phillip wigley10:51 AM
Southwell
I Still Dont get bbc 1 bbc 2 or bbc news channel. I have done a ful reset back to factory settings and rescan and I still don't have these channels.I DO have most of the other channels prooving my box is o.k. Can you confirm for sure that these digital aerial channels are being transmitted from the Waltham midlands transmitter or have I got to just wait a bit longer for bbc. respectfully yours Phill Wigley
| link to this comment |
phillip's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
P
phillip wigley11:02 AM
Southwell
Yes Hi Mike Thanks For You Comment. It Could Be That My Box, A Bush on digital Back Box Is On That List. Would this Cause BBC Channel 1 ,2 and 80 news to fail and others like sky news itv midlands channnel 4,5 pick etc.to be o.k regards Phill
| link to this comment |
phillip's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
P
phillip wigley11:30 AM
Southwell
Hi All, Can Anyone Confirm To me that the waltham transmitter is radiating bbc1 bbc2 the bbc news channel on channel 80 aerial digital signal? And is it 8k or 2k my box works on all the other channels and after rescan I,ve just lost these.regards Phill
| link to this comment |
phillip's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
P
phillip wigley11:33 AM
Southwell
phillip wigley: sorry Ive got the other channel after rescan just no 1 2 80 news
regards Phill
| link to this comment |
phillip's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
P
phillip wigley11:43 AM
Southwell
Hi All, Has Anyone Else Lost BBC 1 BBC 2 and BBC news Channel from their freeview box from waltham transmitter using digital aerial (not satalite)after retune? Alternatavly can you confirm that you do have these channels working as of now? 11.45 am 17 august 2011. reagrds Phill
| link to this comment |
phillip's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
M
MC Brown12:03 PM
Phillip:
I have the same problem. I had all the BBC channels before the switchover last night, now they have all disappeared, or are unwatchable when they have been picked up.
Everything was working fine yesterday...
| link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please