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.
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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 (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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Saturday, 26 July 2014
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SeeMoreDigital2:27 PM
Hi Mike,
I can't say I'm overly impressed with Notts TV. Or any of the other local TV services I've seen so far...
If there was a red button service that provided information about what was going on within each local authority borough, that would be a useful step forward!
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Sunday, 27 July 2014
J
Jonathan3:24 PM
still no joy on MUX29
dunno what the problem is
yesterday it was fine (10/10 on quality/reception)
today it's not there at all
:/
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SeeMoreDigital4:10 PM
I'm currently getting 95% 'Signal Strength' and 100% 'Signal Quality' in Nottingham...
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MikeB7:48 PM
SeeMoreDigital: The London service seems to want to show even less local content, so perhaps its not just Notts TV - and I'm not impressed with Notts programming either.
And I'm fine for the Waltham transmitter as well, so perhaps Jonathan should try check his system, might just be a dodgy connection hitting that mux.
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Wednesday, 27 August 2014
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Gordon Insley3:13 AM
My email has changed. How do I change my registered email on this site so I still get updates for Waltham and Sutton Coldfield.
From: Gordon Insley, Duffield, Derbys.
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Monday, 1 September 2014
G
George1:41 PM
Nottingham
NG12 5HP - Waltham transmitter - Freeview 8 is listed in the freeview guide but No Signal reported when selected. All other channels incl HD appear OK - any comments?
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SeeMoreDigital2:25 PM
Have you tried re-scanning C26 (514.0MHz)?
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Dave Lindsay
4:26 PM
4:26 PM
George: I think you're a little too far anti-clockwise to be able to get the local channel.
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MikeP
9:24 PM
9:24 PM
George
I assume the Keyworth location shown on the maps is correct? You are a little south west of the target area, the main signal being aimed into Nottingham and West Bridgeford. I know they are not that far from you but the transmitting aerials are quite good at targetting limited areas.
I suspect that in your location the signal strength will to rather too weak to get the service.
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Saturday, 6 September 2014
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Dave Hunter1:16 PM
Since Wednesday I have had BBC channels lock, reduce sound, increase sound, programm display fails to work, cant change channels etc. All other channels work perfectly. I have same problem on 3 different boxes and 2 different TVs. I have retuned till I'm blue in the face.
I'm on Waltham trans and live in Castle Donington
using Bush and Goodman boxes.
Why do they keep trying to fix what aint broke?
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