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, 8 June 2012
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bernard9:58 AM
waltham itv3 signal. using aerial c/d on roof
often bad signal quality but good strength via a roof mounted amplifier.
all others good quality at all times itv3 only good in good weather.
any option than to spend on a w aerial just for one channel-why stick it on 538 way out of band
comments please
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Mike Dimmick11:51 AM
bernard: a group C/D aerial will not provide useful gain down on C29. You really do need to replace it with a wideband, I'm afraid.
The Midlands is very crowded with signals and it just wasn't possible to fit everything into Group C/D, particularly with half that group, C63-C68, being released (C61 and C62 are also to be released, BBC A will move to C49 some time next year, expected to be October).
Anyone who had Freeview before switchover needed a wideband already. You would have had best results on Channel 5 analogue by changing to a Group E or wideband. That was probably taken into account, along with the expected population coverage, when deciding which transmitters had to have services outside the old analogue group.
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jb389:36 PM
bernard: And it would have been of considerable assistance in assessing the level of signal that you are liable to be receiving if you had indicated your location, pref post code or one from nearby, e.g: a shop etc, because although as was mentioned by Mike Dimmick your aerial will be lacking efficiency on Ch29 this will not be quite so important unless you are located at a considerable distance from the transmitter as well as residing in a known problem area.
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Saturday, 9 June 2012
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Mark Fletcher1:43 AM
Halifax
Bernard.Then again come 2020 there is the possibility that Waltham could by that time end up as a group K transmitter if the proposal to clear the 700MHZ band were implemented as such.This if given the go ahead will mean the commercial multiplexes on Waltham will all be relocated within the group A aerial band,while the public service broadcast multiplexes will all be relocated within the group B band.The 2020 scenario here for Waltham is transparent but opaque currently for neighbouring Belmont transmitter pages and looking at the potential 2020 scenario for Waltham above,SDN would relocate from frequency 29 to fr 22,ArqA moving from frequency 56 to fr 25,ArqB reallocated from frequency 57 to fr 28.The result will lead to SDN on frequency 22,ArqA on frequency 25 and ArqB on frequency 28 on Waltham's projected 2020 scenario all clashing with Belmont's BBCA on frequency 22,D3+4 on frequency 25 and BBCB (HD) on frequency 28,the single frequency interference issue could possibly occur as the 2020 scenario for Belmont is still unclear at present (only up to 2015 ? currently on the Belmont page).
As for the options you stated about your current group C/D aerial (green tipped),you can consider diplexing a group K aerial (grey tipped) and retain your current group C/D antenna using a frequency/channel 38 diplexer,the group K semi-wideband aerial optimised for ther lower/middle frequencies is the new future proof wideband aerial should the 700MHZ bands be cleared by 2020,not forgetting the 800MHZ bands will all be cleared of TV broadcasting in 2013.
The BBCA multiplex will move from frequency 61 to fr 49 in 2013,and come 2020 if the 700MHZ band clearance does take effect the public service broadcast multiplexes on Waltham,BBCA relocates again from frequency 49 (presently 61) to fr 45,D3+4 moves from frequency 54 to fr 42,BBCB (HD) reallocated from frequency 58 to fr 39.
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KMJ,Derby9:20 AM
Mark Fletcher: The plan for Belmont is quite interesting if the suggestion to use C22/25/28 for the COM muxes at most transmitters (including Belmont) is adopted. The suggestion is that Belmont would transmit Yorkshire TV SFN with Bilsdale to the North and Anglia TV/BBCEast SFN with Sandy Heath to the South. Presumably the existing BBC region from Belmont would become defunct as it would need to become Humberside and N.Yorks.on the Bilsdale frequency. This plan could actually give Belmont viewers a better service, especially in East Anglia. As you say Waltham (and Tacolneston) would become Group K, Belmont and Sandy Heath would revert to group A. Viewers living anywhere near a 4G transmitter, as a first line of defence to reject interference, would then be best advised to ditch their wideband aerials and fit one for the correct group for their transmitter.
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Monday, 11 June 2012
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bernard powell11:12 AM
i had a previous answer to this one saying change to a w aerial for waltham but the following has happened
the original problem was itv3 bad reception using a c/d aerial via an amplifier and set top box
i have found that moving the coax lead out and relying on the hdmi cable has brought the signal via the box up to full quality.I am beginning to think the short piece of coax from the box to the tv is faulty although reinserting same has meant i can use the tv direct on an hd channel. 30miles from waltham.
i think the signals ok its the wiring that is suspect.
regards
bernard powell
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benard powell: It could be that the signal in the HDMI cable is interfering with that in the aerial lead. The lower ITV3 signal may therefore be more susceptible.
Try removing the HDMI cable completely.
Perhaps keep the two apart and/or use more heavily screened aerial lead.
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Friday, 15 June 2012
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Mark Fletcher7:57 PM
Barnsley
KMJ,Derby.Sorry for not replying soon enough to your response in my earlier text,but your reply is very interesting.
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Saturday, 23 June 2012
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Dave9:48 PM
Melton Mowbray
Anyone unable to series record ITV on weekends? When i press the record button on ITV shows at weekends it just records, no option to series record. Help.
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Friday, 29 June 2012
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Steve Walls11:00 AM
After a storm yesterday (29 June) I now have no signal on all of my tv on dvb? I can't see any lightening strike damage. I have tried to re tune still no signal any ideas
Regards
Steve Walls.
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