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, 8 September 2011
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Tim Collingwood4:32 PM
Chesterfield
After failing to resolve my reception problems myself, I got a professional in.
Result!
By dropping the Aerial 4 ft lower (yes lower), the signal strength of the BBC channels on Frequency C61 was doubled and the signal quality was radically improved.
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Tim's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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anna7:06 PM
Leicester
no itv from the Waltham transmitter s there something going on that will need a retune or is itv likely to be back up soon?
i dont see any problems on these pages but i may be looking in the wrong place?
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anna's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Dominic Payer7:08 PM
brian austin
Your problem at Redmile may be that you are so close to Waltham that the increased signal strength is too much for your equipment. Channel 61 is the highest power channel from Waltham.
Try fitting an attenuator.
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brian austin8:17 PM
thank you for your responce dominic what size attenuator would i need, if they are in frequency sizes.
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Tim Collingwood: Yes, this is sometimes the case, people have posted that solution before.
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Dominic Payer11:15 PM
brian austin
Attenuators are measured in dB and need to match the frequency range to be reduced in strength.
See e.g. VHF/UHF Variable Attenuator | Screwfix.com and note the fixed reduction options also shown on the page.
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Friday, 9 September 2011
KB Aerials Sheffield
8:12 AM
8:12 AM
I would try a 12 or 18 db attenuator
the variable ones can be a bit tricky as you dont know what reduction your applying - you can guess
But a variable one you can try if it doesnt work alter the screw untill the tv settles down
Im getting break up on mine this morning so thats a project for later ! - I have the bonus of being able to see the signal strength - but I doubt you lot wont want to spend 2 grand on equipment to see it :-)
Promax TV Explorer TV & Satellite Analyser
Thats what I use!
Keith kb aerials sheffield 07946481125
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Wile12:48 PM
Is there a way of knowing in advance if an HD channel will be transmitting in surround sound?
There are a number of reports on the web that ITV don't use it at all and I don't want to fire up my AV kit for no reason.
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Billy1:56 PM
Struggling, Coventry, need channel 57 for sky sports, had trouble years ago, before you say it, no, can not get sutton coldfield, despite it being 16 miles away.
Waltham is about 43 miles away, struggled about say 10 or more years back, using amplifier, bad in those days glitch glitch, catch my drift.
However, if willing as I was for the sports to put up with that and wind affecting and fridge and so on, the signal, think, it was what, 5,000, now it is 25,000 and also 50,000.
My question finally, having filled you in, got the log perodic 22 element with 25dbi gain, though suspect only got gain at say 15 dbi, getting channel 61, mux 1 great up to 90% max in signal quality, sometimes down to 60% and yellow, cause of slight wind.
Now according to the above on this page should be able to get what, channel 54, also at 50,000, nothing, nothing on any other channel.
It does say on channel information, East Midlands, and no other channels on 61, that I'm aware of:
Waltham TV Transmitter
scroll down, bottom, see what I mean.
So how on earth can I get 61 at awesome green om average 70% plus, and none of the others, nothing shows, not 1%, weird, well?
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