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.
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 22/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
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, 19 January 2012
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KMJ,Derby10:35 PM
Chris Roads: The engineering work advertised for the Waltham transmitter is only supposed to affect the SDN and HD muxes. As you say you are receiving ITV3 (carried on SDN) with good reception I wonder whether or not your receiver is tuned to the correct frequencies for Waltham on the other muxes. The Waltham signal on C29 for SDN is the first transmission of that mux found when scanning for channels so it would duly be stored as required. However the other muxes are found at the end of the scan, with options from Nottingham/Kimberley, Sutton Coldfield, Belmont and possibly Emley Moor available at your location. When BBC1 is selected check the frequency/UHF channel that is being received. If it is Waltham it should show C61, if it shows C27 it has stored the signal from Kimberley instead of Waltham. The other options for BBC1 would also show a different local news region- Belmont (C22) or Sutton Coldfield (C43). If this is found to be the case manual tuning of the Waltham frequencies is recommended after first clearing the channel list by doing a factory reset or delete all channels.
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Thursday, 2 February 2012
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Mrs W Lovell4:33 PM
Grantham
To jb38 - You may recall replying to my query on 14 Jan. re bad recordings on my Linsar digital recorder, by saying that it was the Vestal brand chassis that is the cause of the problem. Can you recommend any brand names that do NOT use this Vestal chassis, as the Belmont signal does not seem to work either, so I have decided to replace my recorder!!! Your comments would be greatly appreciated.
Wendy
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Mrs's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 3 February 2012
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jb388:11 AM
Mrs W Lovell: Yes I do, as being located at only about 20 odd miles away (in Stamford area) I also use Waltham / Belmont as well as Sandy for Anglia news.
However as far as an alternative PVR is concerned although you will obviously see quite a few brands being advertised such as Bush and likes (modern Vestels) being perfectly OK by the fact of them being up to date software wise etc, but being an engineering person I personally favour Humax devices, as although every PVR can suffer problems now and again Humax is just that little better plus its a brand with a really good back up facilities, basically because by it being an enthusiasts brand there are web sites dedicated to it, or even phone contact Humax themselves.
I would therefore suggest that you have a look at standard models such the 9150T which is a twin tuner model with the same size of hard drive as your present PVR, or alternatively a more upmarket (and likewise higher priced) twin tuner HD capable model called a 9300T, this being available with a range of hard drives, the usual being 500Gb.
You local store(s) will probably have the 9150T in stock but its very unlikely they would the 9300T, although websites such as Amazon offer a better range of choices or even from Humax Directs own website, John Lewis another source with the addition of a two years guarantee, albeit under EU law everything electronic is although in most cases with a fight, as stores try to insist its 1 year.
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jb389:28 AM
Mrs W Lovell: Also meant to add, that although Humax devices are technically superior to most other brands, and in particular their tuners, they're not near so user friendly as Vestel chassis based PVR's as far as their remote control operation is concerned, somewhat clumsy!
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Tuesday, 7 February 2012
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btb10:35 AM
Loughborough
Which frequency is the NIT transmitted on at Waltham?
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btb's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
btb: The NIT is part of the service carried on all multiplexes.
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Wednesday, 8 February 2012
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Arthur Richards7:47 AM
Where can I see a list of Freeview channel codes (ie, BBC1 = 61
This will enable me to make sure that I am picking up the best signal for the NG10 area
Thanks.
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Mike Dimmick8:09 AM
Arthur Richards: The services are no longer in a one-to-one relationship with UHF channels. With digital, a single UHF channel can carry many services - at present, between 7 and 11 digital TV services per UHF channel. The combination of channels is called a multiplex.
You can find a list of the UHF channels used for each multiplex, and the services carried within it, at the top of the page. BBC One is carried in the BBC A multiplex on C61.
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Arthur Richards: In addition, the values are shown at the top of the page with the bright green highlight, with a capital C in front.
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btb12:04 PM
Briantist: OK thank you, the reason I was asking is because some tuner cards can get all the tuning information from the NIT, so initially its only necessary to scan one frequency (containing the NIT), then the NIT will pass on the other frequencies that are used by that transmitter and need to be scanned.
In other countries its common for the NIT to be on one frequency only. Are you saying in the UK the NIT is on all frequencies?
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