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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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) mast?

Waltham transmitter - Waltham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C32 (562.0MHz)442mDTG-50,000W
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1 BBC One (SD) East Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C34 (578.0MHz)442mDTG-50,000W
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3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C35 (586.0MHz)442mDTG-50,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)442mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C37 (602.0MHz)449mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C31 (554.0MHz)449mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LNG
 H -10dB
C41 (634.0MHz)442mDTG-125,000W
Channel icons
from 27th May 2014: 7 Notts TV,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 28km northwest (306°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.
regional news image
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?

BraunstoneTransposer5 km SW Leicester city centre170 homes

How will the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-174 Mar 2020
C/D EEEWW TW TW T
C26LNGLNG
C29SDNSDNSDNSDN
C31com7com7
C32BBCA
C34D3+4
C35C5wavesC5wavesBBCB
C37com8com8
C41_local
C49tv_off BBCABBCA
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offArqAArqAArqACOM8tv_off
C57tv_offArqBArqBArqB
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Waltham transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Waltham was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
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Ben
8:50 PM

I live just south of Newark in a two story apartment building. About a year ago everyone here went through heaven and high water while an enormous amount of professional people working for the same Company upgraded the whole estate to get ready for the 'switchover'. So far so good, but for the past few weeks I've noticed one or two freezes here and there, but not many...

However, now that I've sat through the whole Prosecution evidence at the Michael Jackson trial on Sky News, the channel looks to be basically unobtainable for the remaining Defence evidence to come...

..the sound has been in advance of the vision by almost two seconds on three days out of five and today it has been locking up solid. I have tv in two separate rooms and also on two computers. Sky News is the same on all of them.

I've done a fair few re-scans but, boy, am I cheesed off, or what.. Any ideas?

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Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:58 AM

WALTHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:15 on 24 Oct to 11:59 on 24 Oct HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:15 on 24 Oct to 11:59 on 24 Oct [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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4:58 AM

WALTHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:15 on 24 Oct to 11:59 on 24 Oct HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:15 on 24 Oct to 11:59 on 24 Oct [BBC]

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Briantist
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8:04 AM

Alec Bell: Please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice but also note the "BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality" messages above.

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Briantist
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8:06 AM

Ben: You have not provided a postcode so it is hard to say. For general advice I would have a look at Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Thursday, 27 October 2011
B
Ben
3:34 PM
Newark

Thanks for the reply Briantist - postcode is NG24 4PR

I had a look at the link you posted and nothing jumps out at me as needing my immediate attention - I think I just about had all of that covered so I'm still in a bit of a bind.

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jb38
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9:42 PM

Ben: Having a considerable knowledge the Newark area I can say that the signal from Waltham is generally very good, and especially to the South of the town which is the direction the signal comes from, and in your own case not far off from being due South. Have you carried out a signal test to make sure that it is actually Waltham you are receiving from? and not Sutton Coldfield or Belmont?

You should carry out a signal check whilst on Sky news making a note on the Mux channel that's shown along with the signal strength details etc, if the signal is from Waltham Mux Ch56 will be seen, whereas if from Sutton Coldfield its Mux Ch45 / and finally if Belmont its Mux Ch53.

If you do find an error, then manually tuning in the Mux channels required is the only way to get over the problem, something quite a number of people in the Newark areas find that they have to do.

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Monday, 31 October 2011
B
Bob
7:01 PM
Derby

hi, i live in littleover, derby. postcode DE23.. was just wondering when am i meant to be receiving freeview HD.. my aerial is chimney mounted.. i believe i receive all normal freeview channels except HD on my sony bravia.... my aerial is pointed to the nottingham transmitter.. any help or information would be greatly received..
thank you in advance.

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Tuesday, 1 November 2011
B
Bob
5:24 PM

Bob:
hi,
thanks for replying Briantist,
yes its a Sony - KDL-32EX301..
hope that helps

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