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 29/04/2024 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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Tuesday, 23 August 2011
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Michael H.D.9:27 PM
Hi, We live in Leicester and we have been waiting patiently for Freeview HD to work in our area. Thanks for all the advice you have written on this website and in particular this page.
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011
My freeview has stopped picking up 4music, viva, film4, itv4 & couple of others all of a sudden. I've tried the retuning process but it isn't making any difference. What's happening?
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Mike Dimmick11:20 AM
Tania: Can you provide a full postcode, please?
Assuming that you are using Waltham, multiplex D uses the same channel as the new high-power SDN multiplex at Sheffield, and D3&4 at Brockwell, which is a relay of Chesterfield. These transmitters switched over last night. This could mean more interference on this channel, which could push reception over the cliff.
You might actually be using Sheffield or Chesterfield, in which case see those transmitter pages for help.
Waltham completes switchover next Wednesday, which - if you are receiving from there - should correct the issue.
Do check whether the channels are somewhere else in the programme guide, say around 800 or so, because there are lots of overlaps between transmitters in this region. Your box might have stored weaker signals from another transmitter at the advertised channel numbers. If so, see Digital Region Overlap for suggestions.
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obsidian eclipse7:10 PM
Nick,the mux containing cbbc and parliament will become the new hd mux so they have moved the channels over to the other bbc mux. In the time being the channels are on both so the repeated channels end up in the 800's. On the 31st there will obviously be no repeats uppon retuning.
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Thursday, 25 August 2011
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mr b smith9:18 AM
Wigston
The aerial is on the roof.Confirm pc LE184XG. Thankyou
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mr's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb3812:14 PM
mr b smith: If you are referring to a Panasonic analogue device then BBC2 ceased transmission on the 17th, as indeed will the remainder of the analogue channels on the 31st Aug.
If you still wish to use your VCR after then then it will have to be purely via its scart connection into a Freeview box.
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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's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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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