Full Freeview on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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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Wednesday, 19 June 2013
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Steve Hatton8:37 PM
Well something has changed and as such I cant reliably watch or record anything on this mux until this issue is resolved.
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DarrenG: The *ONLY* change, which was on 29/5/13 was the move of PSB2 to C49 to C61.
I use Media Center, and I find the best way to fix these problems is to use the "first time install" for Media Center.
MEDIA CENTER->Tasks->Settings->General->Windows Media Center Setup->Run Setup Again
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DarrenG9:06 PM
Loughborough
Briantist:
DONE IT! ;-0
I reimaged to a PC build with NO MCE SETUP at all (just Win7 + drivers). This is why it is bugging me.
PC not changed + PSB1 moved = PSB2 not working.
I am quite techy, so know PCs and can understand the transmission protocols etc.. Hell, I could even tell you all about MPEG2 and H.264/MPEG4.
Aaaaaahhhhh!
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DarrenG's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Steve Hatton9:07 PM
I've done that and a complete reinstall. No luck
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stef9:21 PM
MCE users join me and see if we can find the fault
transmitter has been upgraded now Black Screens ! - Windows 7: Media Center & OS - Australian Media Center Community
http://www.thegreenbutton…5376 (DE59TN)
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DarrenG9:40 PM
Loughborough
Fingers crossed ;-)
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DarrenG's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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John9:51 PM
Hi All,
We are in the Vale of Belvoir - Waltham is almost line of sight!
I have been having problems with Media Centre and C54 (738.8MHz). Ch4; Ch4+1 and More4 seem to show OK - the rest, ITV; Ch5; ITV2; E4; ITV1+1 are a blank screen.
The matter may be intermittent - it came to a head when I left it to record Miss Marple last Sunday. Out of a 2 hour slot WMC actually recorded about 45 minutes.
Since then I can't catch the blanks on!
All channels on that mux appear to be tuning to 737.833 with 100% quality. The Waltham page says 738.8.
One last point - I updated to the latest WinTV from Hauppauge which shows all muxes OK. I come back to that 'loading data for your location'..
Sorry this is long.. :-)
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John9:55 PM
It chopped the rest of my message!
In WMC, all channels on that mux report 100% quality at 737.833. Waltham page says 738.8MHz. I loaded WinTV from Hauppage that shows all channels perfectly. 'Loading data for your location'?
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Steve Hatton10:02 PM
Nottingham
I cant find my cd for WinTV but was interested to know if this mux stopped working in WinTV also.
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Steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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John10:08 PM
I've just been on to the Waltham page (yet again) and PSB2 (ITV etc) is now shown as 737.8MHz!
I copied the data on 13 June and it was 738.8! Still doesn't sort the problem - perhaps retune Media Centre again :-(
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