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, 27 January 2022
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Chris.SE11:33 PM
Dave D:
As StevensOnln1 has suggested, you may find other COM6 channels in the 800s, that seems to be what happened on my set too.
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Saturday, 12 February 2022
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ron langdon3:58 PM
we use waltham transmitter.having auto re-tuned after recent channel changes,we find that BBC and Itv chang from E Mids to Lincolnshire and E yorks.Retuning seems to fix problem but after a few days it reverts.Have just done a manual retune using frequencies as per Waltham list.Would not recognise uhf 26,though the other 6 uhf chans tuned Ok.However have found channels 50-55 are missing though on auto tuning it picks them up Ok.therre may be other channels missing that I aam not aware of.My postcode is ng121as and have a roof aerial
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Chris.SE5:27 PM
ron langdon:
Unfortunately the lists at the top of the page haven't been fully updated. There are over 1100 transmitters in the UK and the site owner has not had time to update everything correctly since the 700MHz Clearance. The Local mux is on C41 not C26, COM7 is on C55 and COM8 closed in June 2020.
Check that your aerial is still pointing correctly - compass bearing 136 degrees - virtually SE, (rods horizontal). Although you are considerable closer to Waltham (23km), it looks as though you are picking up signals from Belmont (72km, compass bearing 52 degrees, that's fractionally S of NE). Whilst it could be within the beamwidth of your aerial, and as you are predicted to get quite good signals for the PSB multiplexes from Belmont, any recent automatic retune may have picked them up as their UHF channels are lower than Waltham and will be seen first.
Additionally this won't have been helped by some of the weather conditions a short while ago AND Waltham has been listed for Planned Engineering (this last week & again next week) with "Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels" which can mean reduced power (and so a weaker signal).
You mention "Retuning seems to fix problem but after a few days it reverts" is this because you are repeating an automatic retune, or you set is doing one automatically because it saw no signal at some point - if the latter, turn such a function OFF if possible, it's far more trouble that it's worth.
Your best bet (on the rare occasion a retune is needed) is to do a manual tune.
From one of my previous posts here -
In the order PSBs1/BBCA, PSB2/D3&4, PSB3/BBCB HD, COM4/SDN, COM5/ArqA, COM6/ArqB, COM7, Local -
the UHF channels for Waltham are C32, C34, C35, C29, C37, C31, C55, C41.
You may/may not get reliable reception of the Local multiplex as that is lower power and beamed towards the main urban areas of Nottingham and Peterborough/Spalding. You are predicted to get poor reception of the Local mux but that can vary depending on where you are within your postcode and your aerial installation.
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview
for which LCNs (channels in your EPG) are carried on which multiplex.
(3 channels in the range 50-55 are NI region only).
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Monday, 12 September 2022
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John Thompson12:19 PM
Nottingham
Why is channel 56 5Select not available in Stapleford (NG9 7GF)?
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln11:39 PM
John Thompson: 5Select is carried on the PSB3 multiplex alongside BBC One HD, which is available from every transmitter, although it is only available on TVs with a DVB-T2 tuner which is required to receive HD channels (many have either the Freeview HD or Freeview Play logo).
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Chris.SE2:38 PM
John Thompson:
It is available anywhere that you can receive Freeview as it's carried on the BBCB HD/PSB3 multiplex.
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplex.
Does your TV have a T2/HD Tuner and you get HD channels in the LCN range 101-106? If not the you aren't receiving/able to receive the HD multiplex.
As you've posted on the Waltham page, I assume your aerial is pointed at compass bearing 112 degrees with it's rods (or squashed Xs) horizontal and you get Central East Local news. Although you are closer to Waltham than Sutton Coldfield (Central West) you are predicted to get strong signals from there, so it would be wise to ensure you are correctly tuned to Waltham - see the post before yours except ignore COM7 (C55) as this temporary HD multiplex has now closed.
(Addendum, I see StevensOnln1 has posted whilst I was preparing this post with interruptions).
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Thursday, 17 November 2022
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Mike Turner5:30 PM
Problem 1: Sony Bravia unable to tune Waltham, get Belmont. Manual tune unsuccessful.
Problem 2: Humax tunes correctly to Waltham but now experiencing no reception on channels 236 & 237 due to weak signal.
Post code: NG123EA.
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Chris.SE10:05 PM
Mike Turner:
See my post to ron langdon further up the page Waltham (Leicestershire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | free and easy but note the temporary multiplex COM7 on C55 has now closed.
In your case, your aerial should be pointing at compass bearing 120 degrees (30 degrees S of due E) with rods horizontal. Do check it looks intact, is still pointing correctly and the downlead isn't flapping in the wind.
There are no reported faults at Waltham that I can find, and it's not listed for Planned Engineering.
You are predicted to have excellent reception of all 6 main multiplexes and the Local multiplex as you and you are only 15km from Waltham. You are also predicted to get good reception from Belmont even though it's 75 km away, but it is at compass bearing 45 degrees (NE) way off beam from where your aerial should be pointing.
How old is the aerial installation?
Have you changed anything in your installation?
Do you have an amp/splitter, if so does it have variable gain? If so try turning it down, you may have too much signal! You need 100% Quality (or minimum Bit Errors/BER) but you don't need 100% signal.
EPG channels 236 & 237 are on different multiplexes - ArqB/COM6 and SDN/COM4
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplex.
Make sure that you don't have any HDMI leads close to your aerial or flyleads. HDMI Has been know to cause interference, and check all your connections behind your TV.
Try another retune by first unplugging the aerial and doing a full automatic retune which will hopefully clear the existing tuning as no channels should be found. Plug the aerial back in and do a manual tune for each of Waltham's UHF channels.
Post back with more information if you are still having problems.
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Monday, 21 November 2022
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Alan5:50 PM
Hi,
Could somebody please confirm if PSB2 (578Mhz) on the Waltham transmitter has switched from broadcasting in the DVB-T signal type to DVB-T2 in the last few weeks?
It's the only thing that explains the symptoms I'm currently experiencing with receiving freeview reception on a PC containing a pair of older DVB-T format PCI-E cards, versus another PC containing a DVB-T2 format card that can pick up the channels in the group (ITVs, Channel 4 etc). This card can receive that channel group, but running scans against that frequency using the older cards returns no channels.
Thanks, Alan
Loughborough, LE11
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StevensOnln17:11 PM
Alan: PSB2 has definitely NOT been switched to DVB-T2 on any transmitter. That would be a major change which would make numerous commercial channels unavailable on a few million older TVs. Are all the cards being connected to the same aerial? What signal strength and quality readings do you get for PSB2 on each card? Do the DVB-T cards have any issues receiving PSB1 or COM4/5/6?
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