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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Thursday, 25 August 2011
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Gregory Rose8:47 PM
Nottingham
I am not receiving freeview HD channels as yet at NG2 7UL. We are on Waltham not the Nottimgham relay transmitter. Online data suggests these were planned to start 17th August. Do I have a problam or an I just needing to wait for swithcover to be complete next week? Thanks.
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Gregory Rose: Yes, wait for switchover to be complete next week.
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Friday, 26 August 2011
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John5:56 PM
Derby
Hi Briantist.
Do you have any info on the order in which the remaining analogue channels will be switched off from the Waltham transmitter next week? I wish to record the event for each channel in turn using the DVD recorder. I did this when BBC analogue went off on the 17th.
Location: DE22 4ER, Derby. Bog standard aerial on roof. V/Good freeview reception esp. since DSO stage 1.
BTW Excellent site.
Regards
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Saturday, 27 August 2011
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john12:53 PM
having constant problems on BBC 2 DTV reception. I can reload each time needed - almost every time I want to receive it, why?
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Mike Dimmick4:39 PM
John (Derby): I don't think any specific order has been followed before. If any care is being taken, it will be at programme junctions, although at previous switchovers it appears that the BBC cares, for BBC One, but ITV and C4 don't. You'll probably see BBC One switch off at 00:35 after Weatherview, swiftly followed by the others, though they could stick it out to 1am. C5 goes to 'Super Casino' at 00:50.
Channel 5 analogue doesn't actually *need* to go off, with C35 being released for now, so they could pull the plug on that at any time.
The SDN multiplex probably won't go off at all, staying on the same transmitting aerial as before. All other services are likely to be interrupted.
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Mike Dimmick4:48 PM
john: If you're having to rescan every time you want to watch a channel, the first thing to do is make sure the box has a 'clean' copy. Make sure you do a first-time installation/full retune/full reset/default setting (different manufacturers call it different things) rather than just 'Add Channels' or 'Automatic Scan'.
If that doesn't correct the problem, check that your box or TV isn't on the list of equipment known to have problems with a large Network Information Table - http://www.digitaluk.co.u…tnit .
Some boxes have this problem if they can't handle a mixture of 2K mode (used before DSO) and 8K mode (used after DSO). From next week's second stage, four of five SD multiplexes will use 8K mode, although SDN will stay in 2K mode until 12 October. (The HD multiplex uses a different mode altogether, but non-HD boxes won't even recognize that it carries digital TV signals.)
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Monday, 29 August 2011
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Dee Murphy1:02 PM
Leicester
When will I get a decent signal strength? Up to switchover it was fine but now it's gone to pot. I live in the East Midlands so I get East Mids BBC; do I get a choice of transmitter? How do I know which transmitter to use? Do I have to get a man in to fiddle with the aerial and why should I have to pay for it?
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B.Taylor3:28 PM
Ilkeston
Dee Murphy: Hi i live in Ilkeston and have the same problem, wait until the switchover has finished then retune.
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011
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