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, 10 March 2011
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Tom latham6:38 PM
Leicester
I live In LE86LY area of Leicester but receive midlands news (Birmingham) instead of east midlands news, any ideas on how to sort this out? The ariel is in a good position on the roof and this happens on 2 freeview tv's.
Thanks
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Friday, 11 March 2011
Tom latham: The local TV you get depends on where your aerial points: Find out how to receive Freeview and Freeview HD | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Mike Dimmick3:09 PM
Reading
Tom Latham: your aerial probably points to Sutton Coldfield rather than Waltham. It looks like either will be a good choice for you after switchover. Right now, Sutton Coldfield should provide a slightly more reliable service.
I believe you would get a Birmingham news service on ITV1+1 from Waltham anyway. If you're talking about ITV1+1, check whether ITV1 and BBC One are providing the right service. ITV haven't yet provided a full regional service for ITV1+1, you get the nearest one that they *have* provided.
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Sunday, 13 March 2011
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ian, notts11:49 AM
have itv1 downgraded their regional service to all central anyway? i thought they had amalgamated the news an left the weather as east ,west an south?
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Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Friday, 18 March 2011
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Alan Phillipd4:43 PM
I have just joined BT Vision and have had three boxes as the signal can freeze and re start and pixilate. This was on an ariel over 20 years old. Had a new digital ariel fitted yesterday and it still happens. Is there some discreancy when receiving analogue signals on a digital ariel.
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timonthenet10:23 PM
Hi.
The above switchover details are very confusing. Our TV now gives us a warning that we need to re-tune after 31st March (I guess this is because Nottingham will be switched over after this date). We, however, point at the Waltham transmitter (as Nottngham is too hard to receive in our area) and so I assume our output will not be affected. I have just read though, that two new Mux will appear (I think C29 is one of the channel) at this time. Is this also for Waltham, and in which case, what services will they carry. In fact, looking only at waltham, do we need to do anything before August 17th?
Thank you, Brian.
Regards,
Tim (Nottingham East).
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Saturday, 19 March 2011
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obsidian_eclipse9:24 AM
Our tv is saying the same thing, we're on waltham transmiter in derbyshire. I can only assume its because of new muxes, its a bit of a pain lately as all the channel name changes we've had have meant a retune. Mind you, if its getting better then I dont mind, if its more selling channels, adult channels or 'bingo tv' then its going to be annoying indeed.
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Sunday, 20 March 2011
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KMJ,Derby7:58 PM
timonthenet: There are five occasions when viewers to the Waltham transmitter need to retune during 2011.These are (1)30th March when MuxA changes frequency to C29. (2)13th April when Mux2 changes frequency to C31. (3)17th August when Mux BBCA begins on C61 for switchover step1. (4) 31st August for switchover step2 (5)12th October when MuxA/SDN changes to 8k mode and power is increased to 25kW. A further retune is expected on a date to be announced when C61 is withdrawn for inclusion in the digital dividend and Mux BBCA is given a new frequency allocation.
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timonthenet8:57 PM
Hi KMJ.
Thank you very much KMJ. I really have become very confused over the past few months to work out exactly what is happening and when. This is the first time that I have seen a direct listing of all the crucial changes to effect us - it's a shame that when the letters were posted out to us all, telling us of DSO, that they didn't give us all a timetable then. We must have had 5 or 6 letters asking us if we wanted new aerials etc, but not a word as to when we would need the change.
Very grateful - KMJ.
Regards,
Tim.
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