Freeview on the Waltham transmitter

You may not be able to receive all the Freeview channels

Some channels on the Waltham transmitter have lower transmission power so you may receive only some of them.

Your cables, connectors and aerial may need upgrading to get all the Freeview channels.

If you are missing your electronic programme guide (EPG), your channel line-up is wrong or incomplete, you have no subtitles or the 'press red' services do not work, please try this reset procedure first.

Mux is an abbreviation of multiplex. The Effective power level takes into account the transmission mode - and does not indicate a fault condition.

Mux	Effective power level	Rating	Mode	Watts
1		Maximum	16QAM-2k 18Mb/s MPEG2	10,000
	1 BBC One (East Midlands), 2 BBC Two (England), 7 BBC Three, 70 CBBC Channel, 80 BBC News, 105 BBC Red Button, on C49 (698.0MHz)
2		Low	64QAM-2k 24Mb/s MPEG2	8,000
	3 ITV1 (Central East), 4 Channel 4, 5 FIVE, 6 ITV2, 13 Channel 4+1, 14 More4, 28 E4, 33 ITV2+1, 100 Teletext, 102 Rabbit, 106 Direct Gov, 107 Gay Rabbit, 728 Heart, on C23 (490.0MHz)
A		Low	64QAM-2k 24Mb/s MPEG2	8,000
	10 ITV3, 16 QVC, 20 Virgin 1, 23 Bid TV, 30 FIVER, 31 FIVE USA, 38 Quest, 39 SuperCasino, 72 CITV, 84 CNN International, 88 Teachers' TV, 101 Teletext Holidays, 103 Teletext Casino, 104 1-2-1 Dating, 109 MOBILIZER, 307 TOPUP Stream 1, 308 TOPUP Stream 2, 309 TOPUP Stream 3, 712 Smash Hits! Radio, on C26 (514.0MHz)
B		Above average	16QAM-2k 18Mb/s MPEG2	8,000
	0 Community, 0 BBCi 302, 9 BBC Four, 71 CBeebies, 81 BBC Parliament, 105 BBC Interactive text, 301 BBCi 301, 303 BBC Sport Interactive, 700 BBC Radio 1, 701 1Xtra BBC, 702 BBC Radio 2, 703 BBC Radio 3, 704 BBC Radio 4, 705 BBC Radio 5 Live, 706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, 707 BBC Radio 6 Music, 708 BBC Radio 7, 709 BBC Asian Network, 710 BBC World Service, on C33 (570.0MHz)
C		Below average	16QAM-2k 18Mb/s MPEG2	5,000
	0 Sky Sports News, 11 Sky3, 19 Dave, 25 Dave ja vu, 29 E4+1, 37 price-drop tv, 41 Ideal Extra, 44 Sky 3+1, 82 Sky News, 108 Sky Text, 723 talkSPORT, 725 Premier Christian Radio, 727 Absolute Radio, on C45 (666.0MHz)
D		Below average	16QAM-2k 18Mb/s MPEG2	5,000
	12 Yesterday, 15 Film4, 18 4Music, 21 VIVA, 22 Ideal World, 24 ITV4, 43 Gems TV, 45 Lottery Xtra, 85 Russia Today, 89 Al Jazeera English, 711 The Hits radio, 713 Kiss radio, 714 Heat Radio, 715 Magic radio, 716 Q radio, 718 Smooth radio, 722 Kerrang! radio, 36 Create and Craft, on C42 (642.0MHz)

To receive Freeview from the Waltham transmitter you will require an aerial of group W (or wideband) positioned horizontally. This transmitter is 411 metres above sea-level, and transmits at 4,500 watts.

Full list of Freeview transmitters.

Self-help relays

Self-help relays are transmitters that are not owned by the broadcasting and transmission companies, but by the local users. An active deflector (AD) re-transmits the analogue broadcasts on the same frequencies as the original broadcasts, while a transposer (T) transmits the received broadcasts on different frequencies.

Relay name	Type	Location	Notes
BRAUNSTONE	T	5 km SW Leicester city centre	170 homes

Transmission frequencies

Before Sunday 15th November 1998

C35*	C54	C58	C61	C64
FIVE	C4	BBC One	ITV1	BBC TWO

Sunday 15th November 1998 to Wednesday 30th March 2011

C23*	C26*	C33*	C35*	C42*	C45*	C49	C54	C58	C61	C64
Mux 2	Mux A	Mux B	FIVE	Mux D	Mux C	Mux 1	C4	BBC One	ITV1	BBC TWO

After Wednesday 13th April 2011

C29*	C54	C55	C56	C57	C58	C59	C61
Mux SDN	Mux D3+4	Mux NEW7	Mux ArqA	Mux ArqB	Mux BBCB	Mux NEW8	Mux BBCA

Colour bands denote aerial groups: Red:A Yellow:B Green:C/D Brown:E Grey:K Black:Wideband

Notes

'Out of group' frequencies are marked with a star. Analogue power output 250,000 Watts, post switchover average digital multiplex output will be 28,125 Watts.

To receive signals from this transmitter, the aerial must be mounted for horizontal polarization - the elements going from left to right.

Before switchover, the public service broadcasting multiplexes were 1, 2 and B; afterwards they were first PSB1, 2 and 3 but now called BBCA, D3+4 and BBCB. The commercial multiplexes A, C and D had initial post-switchover names COM4, 5 and 6; now they are SDN, ArqA and ArqB. At switchover BBCA, ArqA and ArqB will switch from 16QAM to 64QAM mode transmission, so five multiplexes will transmit in the 64QAM (2/3) 8k mode. BBCB is used for Freeview HD (DVB-T2, 256QAM), and has a pre-switchover service on selected main transmitters.

Before digital group C/D will not receive "five". (Aerial group appears to be: E W). Upgrade to Wideband aerial requried to watch all Freeview channels during dual running of analogue and digital television. After switchover, you will have needed to upgrade to a Wideband aerial to receive some or all digital television services.

Comparison of analogue and digital signal levels

Analogue 1-5
	250kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB
	50kW (-7dB)
SDN, ARQA, ARQB
	25kW (-10dB)
Mux1*
	10kW (-14dB)
Mux2*, MuxA*, MuxB*
	8kW (-14.9dB)
MuxC*, MuxD*
	5kW (-17dB)
*-pre digital switchover (DSO). Decibel values compare to strongest signal value.

itv1 - Waltham transmitter area*

Date	Incumbent ITV company
17th Feb 1956 to July 1968	Associated TeleVision (weekdays only)
18th Feb 1956 to July 1968	Associated British Corporation (weekends)
July 1968 to 31st Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
1st Jan 1982 to date	Central Independent Television
1st Feb 1983 to 31st Dec 1992	TV-am (breakfast)
1st Jan 1993 to date	GMTV (breakfast)
Note	For digital switchover this region is now known as Central East.

* The Waltham transmitter was not an original ITV VHF 405-line transmitter: the historical information shown above includes the details of the company reponsible for the Waltham transmitter when it began transmission.

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