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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?

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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
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

12:05 PM

btb: The NIT for each multiplex is carried on the multiplex. It is the index for the service provided and it is, as I recall, hamming encoded for extra protection.

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btb
12:26 PM

Briantist: Thank you, that clarifies it. Much appreciated.

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Wednesday, 28 March 2012
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timonthenet
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12:43 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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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

3:43 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,Derby
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4:53 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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timonthenet
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

4:56 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 Fletcher
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11:02 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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Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

10:29 AM

WALTHAM transmitter - Over the next week Waltham main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
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10:29 AM

WALTHAM transmitter - Over the next week Waltham main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Sunday, 29 April 2012
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paul
5:16 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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