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 (305°)
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 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, 28 June 2013
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John9:49 PM
For comparison, in respect of the program on Faberge Eggs shown on BBC1 last night, VLC Codec Info shows 4 streams:
Stream0:
Subtitle; DVB Subtitles (dvbs) English
Stream 1:
Video; MPEG-1/2 Video (mpgv);
720x576; fr 25; Planar 4:2:0 YUV
Stream2:
Audio; MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 (mpga);
English; Stereo; sr 48000; br 256
Stream3:
Audio as stream 2 but mono.
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John9:58 PM
I forgot the important bit..
In VLC Video Tracks show 4 tracks for Britain's Secret Homes (ITV tonight) but only 1 track for Faberge Eggs, BBC1 last evening.
I think that matches your findings (but then I wandered off looking at codecs..:-).
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John Pilkington10:37 PM
Emmerdale again. ITV1, Waltham.
7 streams, 4 are video.
Other muxes show only 1 video stream.
Stream 0. Type Video. Original ID 514.
Codec MPEG-1/2 Video (mpgv)
Resolution 704x576. Frame rate 50.
Decoded format Planar 4:2:0 YUV
Stream 1.Type Audio. Original ID 652
Codec MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 (mpga)
Language English. Channels Stereo.
Sample rate 48000 Hz. Bitrate 192 kb/s
Stream 2. Type Audio. Original ID 662
Codec, Language, as stream 1.
Description: visual impaired commentary
Stream 3. Type Subtitle. Original ID 1027
Codec DVB Subtitles (dvbs)
Language English
Description DVB subtitles
Stream 4. Type Video. Original ID 2051
Codec MPEG-1/2 Video {mpgv)
Stream 5. As stream 4 but ID 2251
Stream 6. As stream 4 but ID 2252
HTH
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John10:54 PM
Similar streams, different numbers. Wouldn't surprise me if MS mix 'em up for the fun of it :-)
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John11:01 PM
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the WMC/Waltham PSB2 problem isn't simpler (or sillier) than the path we're treading.
As I mentioned before, I found if I switched quickly between BBC2 and ITV1 then the latter would often kick in. Initially this was after just a few switches. Latterly I gave up beyond about 20.
Then I found that if I shut down WMC with ITV1 selected and showing a black screen, quite often the channel was available when I started WMC again. (That's how I managed to record 'Britain's Secret Homes' at about 9pm this evening.
It is as if WMC ITV1 needs a kick to get going..
These tricks don't seem to work on Ch5.
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Saturday, 29 June 2013
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John Pilkington12:29 PM
All the info I have posted so far has been taken from files recorded by MythTV. I've just tried the VLC 'Codec info' tool while watching live TV with VLC
Media > Open Capture Device > TV (digital) > DVB-T > Mux freq 737833 > Bandwidth 8 Mhz > Play
and selecting within the mux by
Playback > Programme
The stream analysis looks similar and the EPG info comes up too. You might get more insights from this if the Windows version works in the same way. Good luck!
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John9:39 PM
Hi John,
VLC controls in Windows are very similar, but at the moment I can't make your suggestion work.
I'll try later.. thanks
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Sunday, 30 June 2013
M
Mark7:49 AM
has anyone tried changing their live TV decoder playback in WMC - I have but Im on 64bit so even though it 's supposed to work ,it doesnt seem to
Announcing MCDU The Media Center Decoder Utility (replaces VMCD) | The Digital Lifestyle.comThe Digital Lifestyle.com
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Tuesday, 2 July 2013
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Darren Cotton9:43 AM
Based in Leicester with two media centres both of which have experienced blackouts on ITV1, Ch5, ITV2 Ch4+1 along with a couple of random channels I never watch.
Both PC have different hardware and tuners and nothing has changed on either machine and this all started about a month ago!
So my thoughts are this...Transmitter had some work done its and WMC doesn't support the changes! Microsoft are clearly no longer supporting media centre so unlikely to get a patch off them! So someone at the transmitter ideally reconfigure the sign to cover all tuners out there including WMC or we are all going have to buy set top boxes to watch and record the missing channels!
All this for 4G...
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Thursday, 4 July 2013
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Paul Stableford3:46 PM
Nottingham
Hi, I am hoping somebody can help me, I have a samsung bd-e8900 tuned to Waltham, I cannot receive the HD channels through Auto or manual tuning (ch58), I have hard reset, latest firmware, I did have a technika HD freeview which picked up all 4 HD channels fine with the normal cable, I have tried normal cable and then 3 different signal boosters, all freeview SD channels are fine, pick up 109 inc radio (some of which are dupes), This device has twin HD tuners so I cannot understand why I am having so much difficulty, I don't know the quality but they all look fine with varying signal strengths, any help would be much appreciated!
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