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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter._______
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, 7 April 2011
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obsidian_eclipse6:09 PM
Another pop up today on bbc mux. It says i'll have to retune on 13th due to technical changes. I understand changes to notts transmiter but i'm on waltham (live in derbyshire for one thing). Out of interest what technical changes are taking place?
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Friday, 8 April 2011
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Mike Dimmick9:57 PM
Reading
obsidian_eclipse: Waltham has a couple of pre-switchover retunes so that the high-power signals at The Wrekin don't cause problems.
On the 13th of April, Mux 2 (ITV1/C4) moves from C23 to C31 to avoid high-power D3&4 from The Wrekin.
On the 30th of March, Mux A at Waltham moved from C26 to C29 to avoid the high-power BBC A from The Wrekin. If you hadn't retuned already you might have been prompted.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
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timonthenet8:43 PM
Hi Mike.
As well as tonight's move of Mux 2, my Mother's TV is also indicating a move for the 'red button' BBC Interactive service. Also, EPG for 301(Eng) (ie the red button) ends from the 13th. Just were is this being moved, since it currently resides alongside CBeebies and BBC FOUR on Mux B, nothing to do with Mux 2.
Regards,
Tim.
PS. I guess we will lose all output from Waltham from midnight tomorrow morning 'till approx' 6:00am, as a fortnight ago!
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timonthenet: Yes, 301 has moved from Multiplex B to Multiplex 1. This is unrelated to anything else.
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timonthenet10:13 PM
Thank you Brian.
I watch DVB-T from a Computer, hence need to know the new Mux to feed into DVBViewer software. Much appreciated.
Tim.
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Wednesday, 13 April 2011
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Martyn9:47 AM
Retuned my Humax 3x this morning and cannot get anything on the ITV1 set of channels. Rest seem ok. Transmitter is Waltham - any ideas? Already tried the reset procedure without success.
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Jack11:13 AM
Ashbourne
I have been trying to tune a new Sony digital recorder for the first time, using a connection that has always picked up a strong digital signal but it will recogonize nothing. Analog is fine, the Tv above it is fine, but the recorder picks up no signal. Not a single channel. Can anyone help? I think I'm on Waltham transmitter
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