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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Wednesday, 30 March 2011
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walthamboy12:40 AM
Same for me, I did a retune and there are only 6 channels at the minute (all BBC). I guess they will be back on tomorrow and a retune will be needed to get them.
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leicesterlad12:45 AM
Leicester
Looks like they've all gone now! Probably a temporary thing.....Hopefully a temporary thing!
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Cheryl Startin1:33 AM
Leicester
My freeview recorder is telling me I got no channels found and no signal and to check my antenna connection. I am not certain as to where the aeriel is on the roof as it supplies the whole block ov about 30 flats. please help me as I don't need all this stress as am pregnant.
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Claire1:40 AM
No signal at all here in Derby, usually 100%.The site says that interruptions are likely this week,so I wouldn't worry too much, the switch doctors seem to be working on the tx.
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WALTHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:03 today to 04:04 today BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 00:28 today to 04:09 today [BBC] Over the next week Waltham main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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WALTHAM transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:03 today to 04:04 today BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 00:28 today to 04:09 today [BBC] Over the next week Waltham main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Mike Dimmick8:26 AM
Reading
On days when they're moving channels, services are likely to be off-air from midnight to as late as 6am. They've only actually said this for the official DSO days in August, but Waltham has to move out of the way of The Wrekin (switching next week) and can't until the channels are freed at Nottingham (switching this week and in two weeks).
Everyone will need to retune after this morning's changes to get the Multiplex A services (e.g. ITV3). In two weeks, Multiplex 2 (ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4, E4, More4, Channel 5) is moving to a different frequency and you will need to retune again.
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Bob11:56 AM
Hi, after having the "You need to re tune after 30th March" message for the past few weeks on all my TVs & PVRs - this moring tried all tVs & recorders & all channels still there from Waltham without re-tune. Looked on the net for info, but nothing. Can anyone explain please ? ? Thanks (Roof aerial, Sleaford in Lincs)
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ian2:36 PM
Ilkeston
I don't have Mux A at all, yet my box will find the TopUp TV service information, which correct me if i am wrong here.. is carried on the same Mux as it's Anytime channels.. Mux A!
No Quest, ITV3, ESPN, Gold and so on for me again :-(
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timonthenet3:27 PM
Hello again.
Thank you to all those who have posted a response to my original request. The services came back bit by bit in the early hours, just before 6:00am. The channel 26, which was occupied by MuxA, are no longer in their original position, and as others have posted, they now occupy a different frequency (channel 29, 538.0 MHz). There doesn't appear to be any changes within the other Mux's, but a complete re-tune would probably be worth while.
I only wish Waltham could switch now along with Nottingham! Even though I live in Nottm., we point towards Waltham, Nottingham being too difficult to receive. So unlike most of the city, we have got to wait 'till August before HD services appear - Most annoying!!!
Regards,
Tim.
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