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 15/04/2024 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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Sunday, 5 August 2018
MikeP
3:22 PM
3:22 PM
Simon Rudbach:
From your description it appears you have a fault in your aerial system. The Waltham transmitter has been working normally and no other viewers have reported any problems like yours.
So check all the connections between the TVs and the aerial, remembering to check that any powered device such as a splitter is working correctly (showing a power light does not mean it is working properly!).
Please provide a full post code so that we contributors can check what the expected reception conditions are like at your location.
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Monday, 6 August 2018
I think I have mentioned this before... I am frequently losing access to some Freeview channels. I am linked through a communal aerial. My postcode is DE1 3HJ These channels are +1 hour later channels or sometimes PBS... It is just hot weather; doesn't seem to be any atmospheric conditions. Could it be due to building (high rise) around Derby? Thank you, John
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Tuesday, 7 August 2018
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MikeB4:58 PM
John Atherton: Since your slightly closer to Waltham than I am, and my signal is fine, I would follow Mikes advice above - check connections, etc. but since your on a communial aerial, ask around - if other people are having the same problem as you, then its the aerial system, and someone will have to get a professional out to look at it.
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MikeB5:05 PM
Simon Rudbach: Start with the common factor - where the aerial feeds meet. Is there a fault? Since its happening on both, that would seem likely. You can check signal stregnth, but it sounds like both are pretty low. If you can get to the aerial, or booster, etc - have a look at it and check its power supply, connections, etc. If the mast is on the roof, you might have to call out a professional.
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Friday, 10 August 2018
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David Young10:08 AM
Market Harborough
Is there a problem with the Waltham Transmitter? All channels are pixelating . I live in Caldecott LE16 8RN
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MikeP
10:19 AM
10:19 AM
David Young:
There is no known problem at the Waltham transmitter and no one else has reported any similar problems.
Please check all the aerial cables and especially the connections. Remove any plugs from the sockets and then refit them. Corrosion/oxidation is a common cause of problems such as you report.
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Sunday, 14 October 2018
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Colin Sharp1:10 PM
I have an aerial receiving from Waltham transmitter, connecting to Panasonic PVR which loops through to a Samsung TV. No problems have been experienced with HD programs and Drama channel (20) until very recently.
Having had problems with lost channels, blocking, all aerial leads and socket connections have been checked and replaced, if thought suspect.
Drama channel is consistently fine being viewed when Samsung TV selected directly. However, when wanting to record and viewing on Panasonic PVR via HDMI connection to the TV, on channel 20, 'no signal' is reported or blocking occurs. Auto, followed by Manual tuning does not improve the situation. Surely this indicates the aerial reception is perfectly fine and transmission changes are having an effect on some Freeview tuners and not others. I am not alone in this area in suddenly experiencing loss of some channels recently.
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Picture Perfect TV10:31 PM
Colin Sharp:
If the signal from the Panasonic loop-thro to the TV works OK then the Panasonic PVR might need a retune.
Try retuning the Panasonic PVR?
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Monday, 15 October 2018
MikeP
10:40 AM
10:40 AM
Colin Sharp:
It is likely that the source is the HDMI lead, others have experienced such problems until the move that lead away from the signal cables.
You do NOT need to do a retune of either equipments as all that will do is potentially lose you some channels that are already correctly tuned. Retuning never cures channel loss or interference unless it is shown to be tuned to the wrong transmitter.
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MikeB11:09 PM
Colin Sharp: Mike P has a good suggestion about checking the transmitter. Essentially, you have two devices, with seperate (and possibly differently sensitive) tuners, which share the same aerial feed.
So check they are both tuned to the same transmitter, and what their signal strength is on Drama, etc. I know that Drama works fine on Waltham, because thats what I use.
NO Signal can mean too high a signal as well as too low, so you need to check which one it most likely is. Samsungs have senstive tuners, but Panasonics tend to be slightly more sensitive than even those, and a PVR oddly often seems to have a slightly stronger gain than a TV, so it could be that everything together is just pushing the tuner over the edge, hence the breakup on the PVR, whilest not the TV.
While you could have a problem with HDMI's (it happens), its easy to check, simply by swapping it out. But HDMI's dont say 'no signal' if they are a bit iffy usually - more likely breaking up or just video but no sound, or sparkles, etc. It sounds like the PVR has the problem in some form, and what you are seeing is essentially the problem manifesting itself when you are effectively using the PVR as a settop box receiver.
Start with the transmitter and the signal strength. If your not sure about looping through, you can split the signal at the wall (using a decent splitter) and running two cables off it, like a Y. I used to do that because my PVR didnt always like the looping through.
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