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 22/04/2024 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
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Thursday, 1 September 2011
WALTHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:52 yesterday to 05:52 yesterday [BBC]
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Gary11:19 AM
Leicester
Since the Aug switch over I now find that the PVR EPG load up (Humax PVR-9300T) is painfully slow, but the tv program guide loads in an instant. I've tried a full reset, default settings, rescanning etc to no avail. Any ideas why this would be so slow?
I have no problem with reception, have roof mounted high gain aerial (location LE7 7NH). It's never been fast but selecting BBC1 before opening the EPG seemed to help before.
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snapdragon12:58 PM
Derby
Have had roof-mounted wideband aerial pointed to Waltham for past 10 years with only very occasional digital reception problems. I am located at DE23 3BF. Reception deteriorated on 17 Aug with MUX 1 switched over (now BBC A). Experiencing very blocky/ no sound. Was hopeful that problems would be resolved at final DSO, but no joy yesterday and same today. Still very blocky reception, but gob-smacked that MUX A (SDN) seems fine (ie. as before DSO, but still at low power). Other MUXes are reasonable, but not brilliant.
Decided to contact the freephone number for DigitalUK and they told me to complain to my MP (since it was the government who sanctioned DSO in the first place). I was surprised to learn that DigitalUK does not register complaints to the broadcasters.
Any suggestions PLEASE?
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kB Aerials Sheffield
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snapdragon
WOW - complain to your mp - gosh arnt DIGITAL UK helpful!
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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Mike Dimmick2:08 PM
snapdragon: Probably too much signal. If you have a booster or amplifier, remove it or turn it down. If that doesn't help, add an attenuator.
Digital UK reckon that you will still have trouble with the ArqB multiplex, due to the nearby Repton relay using the same channel (C57) from 21 September.
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Mike Dimmick2:10 PM
Gary: Did you do a full reset, not just an automatic scan? On the Humax boxes this is called 'Default Setting' - it resets everything (already-recorded programmes are retained) so you should make a note of any customizations before that.
You're very close to the transmitter, so you could have too much signal - same advice as for snapdragon, except that there's no sign of a channel clash for you.
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I have lost Sky Sports. How can I get it back :-( Being passed from pillar to post.
BT Vision isnist I can get it!!!! They won't listen!
Digital UK insist that BT can send a signal back to the box - BT say they can't.
The HA reckons we are on the best transmitter for our house that they put in but Digital UK insist they have put us on the wrong one.
Sutton Coldfield 48km awa Walthan 42mk away.
Why would you put Sky Sports on a channel with poor reception - what stupid monkeys are running the transmitter? Everything was fine until the Switchover - If it wasn't broke you shouldn't have fixed it.
Sorry seriously cheesed off today! I can't watch any football or sports now. I can't be the only person that this is affecting.
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Annabel Cowley5:07 PM
we're in leicester, used to have it pointing to sutton coldfield as thats where it was when we moved in, but couldn't get digital and analogue was snowy. bought new aeriel, suited to digital and still bad, turned it to waltham and hey presto, we got freeview ... BUT since digital switchover we have blocking, less channels and no bbc red button. plus we can still get analogue when it should be gone. any ideas? we've been told le2 is a bad reception area but see no reason we should have to pay fro subscription tv or get someone out ... it worked fine til mid august.
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Mark Fairman5:57 PM
Matlock
I am located in Matlock Bath and like snapdragon above I have a roof-mounted wideband aerial. This has been pointed at the Waltham transmitter for the past 10 years, and I have suffered no Freeview reception problems in all that time.
In April 17th MUX 2 moved to C31, the same as analogue channel 4 on the nearby Matlock transmitter. There was enough interference from this reflected from the hillside opposite our house to prevent reception of MUX2.
On August 31st that problem was sorted out, but ArqB moved to C57 which is also used by the local Bolehill transmitter for D3+4. There is enough interference reflected from the hillside (from a different direction this time) to prevent reception of ArqB.
What I cannot understand is why local relay transmitters are using some of the same UHF channels as their parent transmitter? I'm sure this wasn't the case with analogue TV, and seems likely to cause problems of the nature I am experiencing.
On the other hand, is there something I am missing, or something I could do to restore normal service?
I would be grateful for any advice.
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Any news as to when channel 61 will move, and to what?
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