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52.801,-0.801 or 52°48'4"N 0°48'5"W

LE14 4AJ

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) mast?

WALTHAM transmitter - Over the next week Waltham main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally.

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The symbol shows the location of the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter which serves 770,000 homes.

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Central (East micro region)

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

What do the colours on the map mean?

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.

List by multiplex|List by channel number|List by channel name|See terrain plot

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.

Mux	Aerial position	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	horizontal max	C49 (698.0MHz)	442m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	50,000W
	1 BBC One East Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 BBC Red Button 1, plus 12 others
PSB2 D3+4	horizontal max	C54- (737.8MHz)	442m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	50,000W
	3 ITV (Central (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 Midlands ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Central west),
PSB3 BBCB	horizontal max	C58 (770.0MHz)	442m	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	50,000W
	101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 303 BBC Red Button HD, plus 1 others 232 The Space,
COM4 SDN	horizontal -3dB	C29 (538.0MHz)	442m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	25,000W
	10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free*), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 21 others
COM5 ArqA	horizontal -3dB	C56 (754.0MHz)	449m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	25,000W
	11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, 302 BBC Red Button 2, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	horizontal -3dB	C57 (762.0MHz)	449m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	25,000W
	15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 22 others

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
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.

ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 83km west-southwest
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?

	years	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2011	2011-13	29/5/13-	2013-18	2019-
	aerial group	C/D E	E	W	W	W	W	K
	C22							SDN
	C25							ArqA
	C26						local
	C28							ArqB
	C29			A	SDN	SDN	SDN
600	C31			2			com7
	C33			B
	C35		C5	C5
	C37						com8
	C39							BBCB
	C42			D				D3+4
	C45			C				BBCA
700	C49			1		BBCA	BBCA
	C54	C4	C4	C4	-D3+4	-D3+4	-D3+4
	C56				ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
	C57				ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
	C58	BBC1	BBC1	BBC1	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
800	C61	ITV	ITV	ITV	BBCA
	C64	BBC2	BBC2	BBC2

orange background for multiplexes names more

green background for transmission frequencies

lilac background for power levels in watts

800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013

700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more

600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more

Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 17th August and 31st August 2011.

Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Nottingham could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Waltham transmitter using C26
COM7, COM8 projected for 2013-16. COM7 and COM8 to operate as Nottingham, Waltham SFN. COM9 UK-wide SFN

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-5	250kW
com7, com8, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 50kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB	(-10dB) 25kW
Mux 1*	(-14dB) 10kW
Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B*	(-14.9dB) 8kW
Mux C, Mux D	(-17dB) 5kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Waltham transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004	Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Waltham was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

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Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 10 May 2011 9:39AM

WALTHAM transmitter - tham Transmitter works 11 May 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01 to 06:00 on 11 May 2011. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Five will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00 Digital services - MuxA will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00 [DUK] Over the next week Waltham main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 10 May 2011 9:39AM

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Mark A.
Tuesday 10 May 2011 12:04PM Haywards Heath

Mike Dimmick

As Brian lived the other side of the South Downs, I doubt that he did a
retune for the from Waltham transmitter. :o)

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Mike Dimmick
Tuesday 10 May 2011 1:40PM

Mark A: There is more than one Brian on this website. I was responding to Brian who posted on the 8th of May from Sleaford, Lincolnshire, not Briantist.

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billy
Tuesday 10 May 2011 1:50PM

i live in uppingham rutland & depending on where you live in the town dictates wether you can recieve freeview or not i can only get half the channels my father gets even tho he only lives 500 yards away got a freeview engineer out new ariel & �180 lighter he said the signal was the weakest hes seen on the 13th of april we had to retune & the signal has been drastically worse since its not just me the whole towns affected my great aunt is concerned living at the bottom of a hill she can barely receive anolouge or digital despite upgrading we dont know what to do round here

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Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 11 May 2011 4:29AM

WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:59 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:22 today [BBC] tham Transmitter works 11 May 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01 to 06:00 on 11 May 2011. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Five will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00 Digital services - MuxA will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00 [DUK] Over the next week Waltham main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 11 May 2011 4:29AM

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Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 11 May 2011 7:40AM

WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 05:40 today to 05:47 today BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:59 yesterday to 05:39 today BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 05:39 today to 05:46 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:22 today to 05:39 today [BBC] tham Transmitter works 11 May 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01 to 06:00 on 11 May 2011. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Five will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00 Digital services - MuxA will be subject to periods of shutdown between 00:01 and 06:00 [DUK] Over the next week Waltham main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 11 May 2011 7:40AM

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Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 11 May 2011 9:26AM

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Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 11 May 2011 9:26AM

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sheilan
Wednesday 11 May 2011 11:13AM Mansfield

We still can not get half of the channels we used to receive from the Waltham transmitter, including ITV programmes, channel-4 and channel-5.

We contacted the local TV ariel company again and was told that it is a widespread problem here in north nottinghamshire and that it will probably be November before we can get these channels again as the signal is not of sufficient strength as yet to reach the area.
Is this true, and if so why is it happening?

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billy
Wednesday 11 May 2011 11:28AM Oakham

im an oap in uppingham rutland we get our signal from waltham buts its very weak barely a signal got a freeview engineer out to sort it out he struggled to find a signal even after fitting a new outdoor ariel he said the problems widespread in my town i just want to watch tv & the amount i have spent getting ready for freeview now comes to �300 for new tv & �180 for ariel engineer �480 in total the end result is ive got 14 tv & radio channels 3 shopping channels 1 gay dating site 3 adult channels cbbc cbeebies more 4 thats about it im going to refuse to pay my license if i cant receive any channels whats the point

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billy
Wednesday 11 May 2011 11:29AM Oakham

billy
Wednesday 11 May 2011 11:28AM
0 minutes ago Oakham
im an oap in uppingham rutland we get our signal from waltham buts its very weak barely a signal got a freeview engineer out to sort it out he struggled to find a signal even after fitting a new outdoor ariel he said the problems widespread in my town i just want to watch tv & the amount i have spent getting ready for freeview now comes to �300 for new tv & �180 for ariel engineer �480 in total the end result is ive got 14 tv & radio channels 3 shopping channels 1 gay dating site 3 adult channels cbbc cbeebies more 4 thats about it im going to refuse to pay my license if i cant receive any channels whats the point

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karen
Wednesday 11 May 2011 3:56PM Grantham

i had all the channels than i bought a new tv with freeview built in and now i cant get mux 1 and a. i have tried the self help and a booster not sure if i pick the waltham transmitter or belmont and the aerial is on the roof please help

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Briantist
Wednesday 11 May 2011 5:18PM

sheilan: Yes, you will have to wait until 31 Aug 11 when the multiplex moves to C54- at switchover.

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Briantist
Wednesday 11 May 2011 5:21PM

billy: You will have to wait for the full power Freeview signals at switchover, as you are not in a full-service area until then.

You must pay your TV Licence if you have a TV set, that is the law.

You could move your aerial to point at the Belmont transmitter, you will receive all service from there today.

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Briantist
Wednesday 11 May 2011 5:52PM

karen: Can you not attach your working Freeview box to your new TV set?

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jb38
Wednesday 11 May 2011 6:01PM Newcastle Upon Tyne

Billy (1.50pm posting): As far as your Aunt is concerned, if its the area I think that you may be referring to there is a great possibility that Freesat might well be her only option as RF dead areas do exist and Uppingham does contain some difficult terrain as far as reception is concerned, however as far as your own reception is concerned do you know if the aerial installer actually tested for a signal from Sandy (Anglia) rather than concentrating on Waltham?

The reason I enquire is, I am located in a difficult area West of Stamford and prior to Sandy's "main" transmitters switching to high power operation I could barely receive any signal whatsoever from there, whereas after switchover I immediately started to receive quite a viewable signal on my Panasonic TV with indications of approx 65% strength and 85% quality, however after having made some alterations to my aerial set up I now get a consistent 100% on both strength and quality (inc perfect HD channel reception!), these results now enabling me to use Sandy as my main station and keep Waltham as the second choice via a differently positioned aerial.

It should be said though that in difficult non line of sight areas involving valleys etc the usual rule adopted by many (although not all!) aerial installers of "one type fits all" (usually some form of Yagi and mounted as high as possible) can actually result in an inferior signal, as in these type of situations experimentation is always necessary for satisfactory results, with in my particular case me finding that the aerial directed towards Sandy gave a far superior signal / quality reading when mounted at a particular gutter level position to when being tried out on the chimney.

That said though, I would hold off doing anything until after Waltham has switched to high power operation in August, as I feel that a high percentage of problems presently experienced by many who use this transmitter could well be rectified after this event, that is allowing for the fact that digital terrestrial reception can never really be as glitch free as what's obtained from satellite reception.

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jb38
Wednesday 11 May 2011 6:05PM

jb38: Location indicated on previous does not obviously apply!

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KMJ,Derby
Wednesday 11 May 2011 6:26PM

karen: Waltham is at 221 degrees, roughly SW from your location. Aerials on Belmont point in a NNE/NE direction at 31 degrees.The Digital UK postcode checker predicts a full service from Waltham but only four muxes from Belmont, no prediction being offered for MuxC or MuxD. Have you checked the 800s of the channel list for duplicate BBC channels? It is possible that weak Belmont channels were found and stored before the stronger Waltham signal was found.Regarding MuxA from Waltham it is just possible that analogue Channel 4 on C29 from Bilsdale is strong enough to cause interference. After Bilsdale switchover Mux SDN is shown as variable reception for you from Waltham. Did you try doing a factory reset before scanning in case any channel information was already stored which was confusing the tuner?

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timonthenet
Thursday 12 May 2011 4:21AM

Lost all signal for Challenge etc Mux (Mux 2). Is this due back shortly?

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Transmitter engineering
Thursday 12 May 2011 4:37AM

WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:07 today BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 05:40 yesterday to 05:47 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:59 on 10 May to 05:39 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 05:39 yesterday to 05:46 yest [BBC] Over the next week Waltham main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Thursday 12 May 2011 4:37AM

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Patricia
Thursday 12 May 2011 6:15AM

i have found i have to restore set to factory defaults before doing complete fresh rescan everytime they do work on the aerial.

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Briantist
Thursday 12 May 2011 7:19AM

timonthenet: I would see www.ukfree.tv link icon

Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - Challenge is on multiplex A, not 2.

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Briantist
Thursday 12 May 2011 7:20AM

Patricia: Really? You have not provided much information to go on (postcode, make and model of set)...

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Transmitter engineering
Thursday 12 May 2011 7:36AM

WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 05:40 yesterday to 05:47 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:07 today to 05:25 today BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:59 on 10 May to 05:39 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 05:39 yesterda [BBC] Over the next week Waltham main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Thursday 12 May 2011 7:36AM

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Transmitter engineering
Thursday 12 May 2011 9:30AM

WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:07 today to 05:25 today BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 05:40 yesterday to 05:47 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:59 on 10 May to 05:39 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 05:39 yesterda [BBC] Over the next week Waltham main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Thursday 12 May 2011 9:30AM

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Arthur Blake
Thursday 12 May 2011 2:16PM Nottingham

Arthur Blake, Cifton Nottingham.
Before transmitter when digital i got all Freeveiw channals. I have a fat screen digital tv and a high gain arial.
I retuned the tv and now only get 24 channals,i do not get any itv programs at all
What happend i thought going digital would be better,

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Briantist
Thursday 12 May 2011 6:29PM

Arthur Blake: This transmitter has not switched over as yet, see the dates at the top of the page. Please see www.ukfree.tv link icon

Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Briantist
Thursday 12 May 2011 6:37PM

Tone: Please speak to your building management company, they are responsible for ensuring your TV signal is provided from the aerial to your flat.

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Transmitter engineering
Friday 13 May 2011 8:31AM

WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:07 yesterday to 05:25 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Waltham main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Friday 13 May 2011 8:31AM

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Charles
Sunday 15 May 2011 12:30PM Nottingham

my ariel is on the roof, i am missing itv1, c4, c5,evarything else is is ok,i have been told by an tv engineer that there is constant work being carried out on the waltham transmitter, is there anything i can do,apart from being patience, thanks. from charles

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Briantist
Sunday 15 May 2011 4:47PM

Charles: I would check the Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page. The work seems to be happening overnight.

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Mark
Wednesday 1 June 2011 10:07AM

I live in LE2 and currently choose the waltham transmitter, my tuner only shows a signal strength of 5/6 although the research shows i should have a stronger sutton coldfield signal (i do not want birmingham news etc), When the DSO is complete will i get a better signal from Waltham and if so will a stronger digital signal improve freeview+ boxes reliability as i have heard some crashes/lockups/freezes and corrupt recordings are due to poor signal strength?

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Harry
Wednesday 1 June 2011 12:05PM Oldham

Mark - a '5/6 signal strength' is by far enough signal for your Freeview + box to work correctly. You will not encounter freezes or lockups or anything.
A signal strength that is 1/2/3 out of 6 would not be able to cope but 5/6 is fine.

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Mark
Wednesday 1 June 2011 4:46PM

5/6 tuning strength is out of 10

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t hobs
Thursday 2 June 2011 9:28AM Newark

Since mid day yesterday, 1st June, we have not been able to receive any of the BBC, ITV, C4 and 5 channels on any of our 3 freeview boxes.
Even our no digital TV we get very poor reception on all but Channel 5.
We have rescanned with out any improvement and have even lost some channels such a 5USA...
The Ariel is only 3 months old, with all new cableing.

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Briantist
Thursday 2 June 2011 12:34PM

t hobs: Please check the suggestions on the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.

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Ian
Friday 10 June 2011 6:21PM Hinckley

How come after switchover channel 29 will be used for MUX SDN on Waltham but is to be used for MUX new8 on Sutton Coldfield? Wont this cause problems or is it just a typing error.

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Ben
Sunday 12 June 2011 6:11PM

We have suddenly lost Mux 2 at Watham...based in NG14...i see signal strength on this page for this Mux is low...could this be to do with the weather....?!?!

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KMJ,Derby
Sunday 12 June 2011 8:11PM

Ian: If Mux New8 ever comes into being it would be very low power and aimed at Birmingham, so would not cause undue problems to Waltham viewers. The rather odd choice of C29 for the SDN mux at Waltham is the direct result of the shortage of available frequencies
in some areas created by the Digital Dividend. The COM muxes at Belmont and Waltham had to be found frequencies not in use at high power in overlapping areas. This gave C53, C56, C57 and C60, with C30 for Belmont and C29 for Waltham as a compromise. Even this arrangement leaves C29 at Chesterfield and C57 at Bolehill overlapping with areas served by Waltham, albeit with signals using vertical polarisation.

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KMJ,Derby
Sunday 12 June 2011 8:37PM

Ben: The relative powers shown in the signal bars above do not refer to a fault or change to the transmitter. Mux2 and MuxA (both 64QAM and 8kW) carry more services at the expense of coverage, although this is normally only noticed towards the edge of the coverage area. The comparison for all the muxes is shown against the coverage of the mux with the best coverage, in this case Mux1 (16QAM and 10kW). If you have suddenly lost Mux2 it is most likely to be either single frequency interference on C31, wet leaves or reflections off wet roofs in the signal path causing deterioration of signal quality or ingress of rainwater in the cable.

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Ian
Sunday 12 June 2011 10:02PM Hinckley

So will channel 59 on waltham (new8) be the same? if so why didn't they use this for mux sdn and 29 for new8 on waltham, at least then 1000s wouldn't have needed to change to a wide band aerial, or do ofcom have shares in areal company's???

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Mike Dimmick
Sunday 12 June 2011 11:39PM

Ian: The coverage areas for the 'interleaved' multiplexes are extremely limited, while it is intended that the three COM muxes should have equal coverage.

You can see the proposed map for NEW7 at www.ukfree.tv link icon

Interleaved Frequencies maps | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice though note that this is based on the template and not on a practical aerial, so the covered area is likely to be even smaller.

As for wideband aerials, you had to have one for digital from Waltham before switchover, so there is in fact no change. The planners have only been required to make the PSB channels available within the old analogue aerial group - the commercial muxes are seen as an add-on service which is why they are *not* required to be made available from the relays.

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jordan
Sunday 26 June 2011 2:53PM

i live in wombourne and i think i am picking up bbc one on channel 58 because i did a manual tune and got that so how many miles is it from wombourne

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Amy Stephen
Saturday 16 July 2011 4:04PM Leicester

I am in LE2 and lost all mux2 channels during the re-tune on 13th April. I still have poor-no signal and am getting steadily more frustrated as no amount of re-tuning or checking wires has helped.
I live in a block of flats with a shared aerial and none of my neighbours have reported problems. My tv has inbuilt freeview and is less than 10 months old.

The oddest thing I have discovered is that (contrary to "normal" tvs) I regain signal when it is raining. I just checked, it started raining 5 minutes ago. 5 minutes ago I had no access to mux2, now I have good signal and all ITV, channel 4 etc services.

Has anyone else heard of this happening or have experience with this? I really don't know what to do about it.

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Briantist
Sunday 17 July 2011 2:14PM

jordan: Please provide a full (not partial) postcode.

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