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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Friday, 2 September 2011
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jb388:37 PM
kB Aerials Sheffield: Nor was my comment intended to take away from your own Keith, as I dont reply using the actual box provided but on another screen, then just paste whats typed back into the box, sometimes not noticing that it has been updated.
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K Reeves10:34 PM
Before switchover i was on the Waltham transmitter.Now when i retune i keep getting South Yorks.The picture jumps and loud clicks are heard, How can i make sure the tv retunes to the Waltham Transmitter.This has been going on for days My post code is DE217PH.Aerial is on the roof.
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kb Aerials Sheffield
11:27 PM
11:27 PM
K reeves
If you can - manually retune your equipment entering the frequency numbers for each multiplex
Sorry off top of my head not sure what they are but someone will jump in with those
Sounds like your receiver is picking either Chesterfield or Sheffield transmitter up!
Keith kb aerials 07946481125
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Saturday, 3 September 2011
The difference in power between the Analogue and Digital signals is interesting - I am on the outskirts of Stoke-on-Trent, and this is the only transmitter most of the people in my village can see.
I have always had to use a TV amplifier (rated at 18dB gain) to get any signal !
Since the retune on 31st August, my one TV downstairs now sometimes stutters, but the one upstairs (connected to the 18dB gain) is useless - picture freezes / stutters / breaks up on every single channel (yet before the switch over and retune, I could at least watch the channels on PSB1 MUX.
Any suggestions?
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kb Aerials Sheffield
12:11 PM
12:11 PM
RIch
im going to paste in a reply that has been posted quite a few times to similar questions
read through it bearing in mind its an answer to someone else's question but the info u need is in there
have you read my post about too much signal ?
copy and paste it for you
Sounds like you may have now got to much signal hitting your equipment
Have you got an amplifier connected on the system - possibly you don't need it now - but before you go ripping it out is it a set back one or one that distributes to several sets
If its a set back one (do not remove a box that states POWER SUPPLY that may (or may not) sit behind your tv as you will lose everything) then try bypassing it and connecting the aerial direct to your tv
if its an amplifier in the loft or outdoors then thats going to be tougher to do
if you cant get to your amp try using whats called an ATTENUATOR these reduce the signal strength - ideally placing one before your amplifier is the best route but if you cant then plug it direct into the back of the tv theyre about £6 from maplin electronics - try a 12db attenuator - possibly an 18db? (buy both ask if you can return the unused one)
If you have no amplifier - still try the attenuator as the signal has increased phenomenally place the attenuator on the first piece of equipment it connects too ie if you have a pvr the aerial usually goes in there and is looped round to your tv
Keith KB Aerials
Sheffield 07946481125
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kb Aerials Sheffield
12:17 PM
12:17 PM
Rich
an amplifier of 18db is HUGE for a domestic situation but ive used loads through the years sometimes going up higher maybe 24db of amplification
it was always in a desperate attempt to get something to work and generally they were coupled up on huge 20' (yes as tall as a streetlamp) masts bolted to the side of houses as the signal was near impossible to get
im now finding that stood on the ground at these locations I can receive a useable signal with a little dinky aerial
So now -- we don't need 20' masts and we certainly don't need 18db amplifiers in the majority of situations (im not ruling out every location)
so hope the last post of mine throws light on your problems
-Keith
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Rich1:15 PM
Keith,
Many thanks for the emails - I do have an adjustable gain on this amplifier, but if I turn it back even a small amount - ITV3 freezes on the downstairs TV so I turned it up very slightly until ITV3 was usable again - no noticeable difference on the upstairs TV.
It does seem odd that the situation is worse now that the analogue signal has been switched off (I was hoping it would improve).
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Ivan Dilks3:01 PM
JB 38 and KB aerials Keith, Humax HDR-FOX T2 purchased and fitted, now have 4 HD channels and an extra recorder. I have to keep the Pioneer connected via the other HDMI socket, (many recordings of Night Garden)parents and grand parents with youngsters will know what I mean. Many thanks for your help.
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Ray Humphrey4:04 PM
Please may I ask what is the situation with Mux A on Waltham which is on very low power and transmits ITV3, QVC etc. It mentions C (306 MHz). Does this realate to a channel number? Will it improve in power? We live in a fringe area but can get most of the other Muxes except this one. Thanks.
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jb384:28 PM
Ivan Dilks: A wise choice! as I have three Humax devices myself, one Freesat HDR and two older Freeview 9200's, all having proved totally reliable since purchase.
The other thing about Humax Freeview devices being, that due to the sensitivity of their tuners and generally good circuitry, any signals received in a category of less than perfect will not result in glitch levels anywhere near as bad as if the same signal was being received by some of the other devices around, albeit some of these devices (Vestel chassis based) being much more user friendly in operation.
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