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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Wednesday, 8 February 2012
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btb12:26 PM
Briantist: Thank you, that clarifies it. Much appreciated.
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Wednesday, 28 March 2012
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timonthenet12:43 PM
Hi.
Has anyone had difficulty receiving Mux SDN recently, with all the good weater. I have had virtually zero signal for early morning reception, for what is usually an acceptable signal strength/quality?
I note no engineering work has been reported, so I assume it isn't just down to that.
Regards,
Tim.
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jb383:43 PM
timonthenet: Well I don't know what the signal from Waltham is like in the Nottingham area where I assume that you are located, but someone else asked roughly the same question as yourself yesterday, me having reported that all was perfectly normal when checked from the outskirts of Peterborough, except that is for the PSB muxes being fractionally down to that of their normal levels received.
On the basis of your request I carried out another check about an hour ago in the Peterborough area and another on return to Stamford a few minutes ago, finding the signal levels at both locations to be virtually the same as yesterday with SDN (Ch29) being received at a slightly higher level than the PSB muxes, so signals being received to the South East of the station do not really indicate anything amiss.
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KMJ,Derby4:53 PM
timonthenet: It could be the analogue ITV1 signal from Bilsdale getting a helping hand from the weather conditions.
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Friday, 30 March 2012
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timonthenet4:56 PM
KMJ.
I didn't realise there was any analogue left in the area. Yes, thatcould be it.
jb38.
Thank you for your help - the signal levels after about 9:00 am over the weekend, returned to normal, it was purely the early hours that seemed to be effected. At the moment, there arn't any problems in getting a good picture with PC TV Cards, but scanning has proved difficult, since poor quality has limited the info. tables to PMT only - the remainder resolvable.
I am totally at a loss with the changes, just what sgnals need boosting still, and which could do with attenuation. What I thought was a working system, has now proved to have flaws in it - I had hoped after switch over, weather variability would no longer apply due to the increased strength. How wrong I appear to have been!
Regards both,
Tim (Nottingham - Waltham Transmitter).
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Mark Fletcher11:02 PM
Halifax
KMJ,Derby.Wednesday 28 March 2012,4.53pm.
Your text relating to the ITV1 Tyne-Tees analogue signal on frequency 29,and Waltham's digitally switched SDN mux also on frequency 29 interacting does hold some truth.A few hours earlier on my other TV which i still have Bilsdale snowy analogue channels 1-5 stored,i did notice the Tyne-Tees ITV1 picture did have fuzzy diagonal lines running across possibly due to what i mentioned above.Interestingly comes DSO2 on Wednesday 26 September 2012 Bilsdale's D3+4 multiplex will also be broadcasting on frequency 29 albeit on 100kw so possible future interaction with Waltham's 25kw SDN mux on frequency 29 is a small possibly but hopefully once analogue disappears from UK TV screens altogether 4 weeks after DSO2 from Bilsdale any potential interaction may possibly vanish completely after that.Just out of interest there is a likelyhood that the 100kw BBCA,BBCB (HD) and D3+4 multiplexes from Bilsdale could be picked up in my location as such HX2 9JY,the 50kw SDN,ArqA and ArqB multiplexes from Bilsdale on the other hand possibly,yes or no.
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 29 April 2012
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paul5:16 PM
Having problems with humax hdr on bbc channels only. keep getting "service unavailable try again later" flashing up on screen every few minutes. Have retuned but is still occuring. Using freeview thro tv is fine.
Waltham transmitter Resident in Derby
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Thursday, 3 May 2012
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CLIVE JOHNSON7:03 PM
FOR THE LAST TWO OR THREE DAYS WE HAVE HAD VERY BAD RECEPTION OF ALL bbc CHANNELS FROM WALTHAM ON FREEVIEW. NORMALLY IT IS VERY GOOD. THE BBC SAYS EVERYTHING IS FINE.
WE ARE IN LEICESTER.
INDEPENEDENT CHANNELS ARE PERFECT.
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Peter8:12 PM
Worthing
Have Aeriel on roof and until changeover had good reception.Have 2 TVs using same input but with a booster box. One TV has FREEview box.
Have retuned as directed. Have ensured that have latest software downloaded on TV.
Retuned since then on a number of occasions. Sometimes they show Channel 10 (ITV3) but when trying to view it says no signal or displays blue screen.Pick TV (Channel 11)has disappeared for ever. There may be others missing but not ones we ever use.
Any ideas.
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Peter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Peter: If you are using Rowridge, then switch your aerial from horizontal to vertical. The Commercial channels are lower power horizontally.
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