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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Friday, 23 July 2021
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Michael 6:41 AM
Many thanks Chris that's a good idea at the moment both have perfect freeview HD channels so I'm leaving well alone they are both stunning pictures in dynamic mode in HD
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Monday, 2 August 2021
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Michael 8:22 AM
I have now lost the HD channels in my lounge completely saying no signal strength when I manual tune channel 35 same in bedroom the warden is on holiday a week when she gets back she will phone longhurst to send Ariel man ! The normal freeview channels are fine makes me wonder if the communal Ariel can't cope with the HD signal and I may have to have Ariel in loft I don't mind paying as I like the HD channels I have good eyesight by the way I wonder if it may be Sutton colefield transmitter ?? What channel is that to manual tune for HD channels ? Thankyou for your help
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Chris.SE4:40 PM
Michael :
Waltham isn't supposed to be on Planned Engineering now and nobody seems to be reporting any outages, no fault reports from the BBC.
If you were getting Sutton Coldfield instead of Waltham it would be Central West News rather than East, but you're unlikely to get good reception from Sutton Coldfield in any event, the BBC predict variable reception.
How does the signal strength and quality of the BBCA/PSB1 and D3&4/PSB2 multiplexes UHF C32 & C34 compare when you don't have the HD mux PSB3/BBCB HD which is on C35. Is the signal/quality lower on them than it is when you have the HD channels? This would indicate something not working correctly, not just the HD channels having a problem.
Have you tried to check for a bad/broken connection in the flylead from the set to wall plate even gently wiggle the plug in the wall plate to see if there's a bad connection there. Some times such faults can affect only one multiplex or one multiplex more than others.
How are the signal strength and quality figures on the bedroom TV? - If they are lower than normal whilst HD in the lounge is missing, this could indicate a communal system fault. Are you neighbours having any similar problems with the HD channels?
Sutton Coldfield BBCB HD is on C40, but you are unlikely to get any signal as the aerial is pointing the wrong way and is likely to be not good anyway.
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Michael 5:42 PM
Chris C32 and C34 are both 100% strong signal quality in lounge and bedroom C35 is no signal quality in lounge and bedroom I've checked leads and wall sockets both perfect tight fit bare in mind these sockets have been here 23 years I've been here just over 2 months !
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Chris.SE7:16 PM
Michael :
I'll try and keep an eye on any reports of current issues at Waltham (hopefully any one else reading might post if they spot any info). The BBC in particular are usually very good in reporting any issues that affect any of their multiplexes or channels.
Did you ask if any neighbours had issues? In the absence of any known transmitter issues, it does sound like an issue with the communal system, which may of course only affect your one feed to the lounge for some obscure reason.
If neighbours are having similar issues or nothing else transpires, then it would be best to get the warden to get the aerial chap in to give it all a check out.
Keep us posted.
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Tuesday, 3 August 2021
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Michael 6:22 AM
Chris it was pixelating on normal channels last night I changed channels and back again and this stopped that could you please tell me how a communal Ariel works have I got any cables in my loft or is it cable under the road ? Would the Ariel man put something on the communal Ariel on the wardens house roof or would he go in my bungalow loft ? I cannot have an Ariel outside but I can in the loft would an Ariel in the loft pick up freeview HD channels ? I suppose I'm looking at 150 fitted ? Any advice most welcome thanking you
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Wednesday, 4 August 2021
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Chris.SE5:02 AM
Michael :
Whilst Walthsm is no longer "listed" for Planned Engineering, doesn't mean that there isn't work going on or faults still present. Whilst I can still find no listing of any faults, experience has shown that the lists aren't always accurate. That said, it is rather curious that sometimes you've lost the HD channels on your bedroom TV and not on the lounge, and visa versa. I have difficulty believing this is down to transmitter work, but cannot rule it out.
Secondly, as one would expect, provision of the TV signals are part of your maintenance contract, I would NOT even be contemplating having my own aerial installation, any faults on the system need to be fixed. The fact that you've mentioned that the installation might be around 23 years old does suggest it could well have some faults especially cable and connection faults.
The fact that it was the HD channels that you initially had problems with is of no consequence to a communal system. The signals are RF signals the same as any other multiplex, being HD is irrelevant.
Communal systems will vary dependent on the particular circumstances, location and number of outlets required. "Typically", signals from an aerial (sometimes more than one aerial) may be fed through a pre-amp and then split to a number of filters and amplifiers each of which is tuned to the UHF channel for all the required multiplexes, and the gain of each adjusted so that all are at a similar signal level, they are then combined and fed through a distribution system which will have amplifiers with variable gain to provide the right signal levels at the various outlets. These systems are not especially cheap and are usually used in very large installations. Smaller installations may simply have an aerial and amplified splitters, and depending on the layout there might even be more than one. Routing of cables (maybe through ducts) will depend on how the "complex" was originally designed and built and what other "communication" requirements there are/were for such a complex (eg. alarm/help & telephone systems and so on).
How yours is done, with some buildings/bungalows not directly attached to another, is anyone's guess, and isn't really relevant, it's their responsibility to fix any faults on the system, which I strongly now expect to be the issue. In the instances where you've been losing signal, for example did it rain (maybe heavily) shortly before the signal loss? Water getting into a system, even afterwards when it is "drying out", can have strange effects on signals depending on the part and location of such water ingress. Some of the extreme heat that we've had of late could have affected joints that have been deteriorating.
Leaving all that aside, being in a bungalow means any individual aerial you might have will lower down and this will usually result in a poorer signal, especially if there are any nearby buildings on the line-of-sight between the aerial and the transmitter. In a communal system aerial location should be where there is a reliable and consistent signal.
Forget this idea of having your own aerial, the warden needs to get the "man" in to check out the system and fix any faults. A good professional "aerial man" would probably be CAI registered and would know if there were local transmitter issues (as clearly many other people will be affected) and should know about reception in a given local area. If your neighbours were also being affected, it would at least suggest that it's not your TVs or flyleads etc at fault.
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Michael 5:41 AM
Thankyou for your reply Chris warden is away till next Monday the chap across road is having same problem some days nights fine other times pixelating and yes certainly after a heavy shower I've noticed Thankyou for pointing that out . There are 32 bungalows all linked together the warden has a house with communal Ariel on the roof ..
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Saturday, 28 August 2021
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G Beddows 6:28 PM
When can I expect to receive channel 51 from the Waltham transmitter.
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Chris.SE10:07 PM
G Beddows :
Maybe never! Channel (LCN) 51 is carried on Local multiplexes, see Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview
Waltham does transmit a Local multiplex, one of a small number of main transmitters that does, but generally the signals are beamed towards specific centres of population - see the polar diagram for it towards the top of this page, so it very much depends on your location.
If you live say to the SW of the transmitter and not very close to it, you are unlikely to receive the Local multliplex.
If you live to the NNW or ESE you are quite likely to get it.
If you provide a full postcode we can look at the predicted reception for your locale.
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