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, 29 June 2012
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jb388:11 PM
Steve Walls: On the assumption that you are using a rooftop mounted aerial then during thundery weather high levels of static can develop in the aerial system which can on occasions damage a tuners input circuitry, although its much more common for this type of thing to happen in an aerial amplifier attached to the supporting pole, especially if they are of the older type mounted in red or black plastic casings.
Other than any of the two mentioned applying then the coax could be fractured where it enters the aerials connection cover box, especially if its been blowing about in the wind by it not having been clipped properly to the mounting pole.
You haven't given your location, but if its Waltham which you have posted under try connecting a piece of wire into the aerial socket of whatever is being used and carry a signal check on Ch61, this done by going into the "manual tuning" menu and entering Ch61 observing if anything shows on the signal bar as soon as the number is entered. (no need to actually scan for this test)
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Saturday, 7 July 2012
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Roger9:45 PM
What has happened to the green shading on the maps that indicates signal strength?
I am sure I have seen it on your site previously & it has proved very useful. You could click on a transmitter on the map & it would show the predicted coverage.
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Tuesday, 10 July 2012
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Sue8:42 PM
Over the past few weeks I have periodically had a problem with the picture breaking up and/or freezing on the BBC programmes. It can be very bad for a few hours and then suddenly okay. It happens on both televisions and whether I am viewing through the set top boxes or directly through the antenna. At the moment it is very bad and I am unable to watch any of the BBC channels. I have a booster in the attic which I have checked to make sure everything is plugged in okay. Could it be the weather or do you think I need to get an aerial company in to check everything? Many thanks for any help.
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Mark Fletcher9:51 PM
Halifax
Sue,Leicester.One possibility is to look up inversion effect as a probable cause.
The other could be the signal booster you stated in the attic which could be swamping your signals hence the difficulties you specified as such.Try bypassing yer signal booster and see whether this alleviates the problems you're currently encountering,if this does then too much signal was the cause.Or try a set-top aerial (if ya have one),a piece of wire or a wee screwdriver into the aerial sockets and test the signal whether the pixellations,breaking up into No Signal mode,etc,is suddenly cured.If so again too much signal was the cause.
Finally one other possibility here check yer aerial especially for water/rust marks in the aerial plug,plus the aerial sockets and its cabling too as BBCA from Waltham is on frequency 61 (at present) and being the highest frequency used for this transmitter could be more prone to decreasing signal quality and strength due to erroding aerial equipment.If this the cause then you will need to replace at least the aerial co-ax cable and co-ax plug,and possibly the aerial itself if it is old.
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Friday, 13 July 2012
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Sue10:47 PM
Thanks for replying Mark. I tried bypassing the booster but it still didn't work and the problem was just getting worse. Luckily I found the invoice from when I had the new aerial and cabling installed in the two bedrooms three years ago and it said it had a 7 year warranty, which I hadn't realised, so I rang the company. They came out the next morning and checked the booster, including swapping it, and the settings on the TV in case the signal booster on there was causing a problem, but everything seemed okay so they changed the aerial. Touch wood, everything now seems to be okay, so one faulty aerial replaced and it didn't cost me anything. The company is very good and I would recommend them to anyone in the Leicester area.
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Mark Fletcher11:09 PM
Halifax
Sue,Leicester.No problem whatsoever.I'm glad to have been of assistance to you.Happy Viewing !
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Thursday, 26 July 2012
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Helen7:25 PM
Leicester
Hi
Postcode LE2 9JQ
Have a specific problem with only one out of two Freeview TVs and "holding on" to the BBC East Midlands I can manually tune in to ch61 and find 21 stations including BBC East Midlands. As soon as I trurn the TV onto standby or off, the signal is lost and nothing appears for BBC at all.
If I reset TV and start afresh then I get Sutton transmissions and BBC Midland (Birmingham)
Had new ariel and thicker co-ax cable for affected TV a couple of years ago, no problems till January and now very variable.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Helen: Run the automatic tuning scan and unplug the aerial when it gets to 30% and then plug it in again when it gets to 53%.
This will avoid scanning of Sutton Coldfield's channels/frequencies.
The problem you are experiencing is usually caused by the memory being full. Because it has stored Sutton Coldfield's channels, it would appear that there isn't enough room for all of Waltham's. BBC on C61 is obviously the last to be scanned, so that probably explains why it is it which gets "forgotten".
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Dominic Payer8:27 PM
Helen: Check for, and apply if available, firmware updates for your TV on its manufacturer's UK site.
Also check whether it is possible to increase the internal memory, in case the problem is lack of space as Dave Lindsey suggests.
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Helen: I am suggesting that because it stored Sutton Coldfield's channels that the memory is full. Thus, if you prevent it from storing them, then this should alleviate the problem.
Presumably it stores the channels in the order it finds them, i.e. low frequency to high frequency (as that is how the scan works). BBC on C61 is the highest one.
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