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Google StreetviewGoogle mapBing mapGoogle Earth52.801,-0.801 or 52°48'4"N 0°48'5"WLE14 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. Digital tick


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

Other maps:Waltham DABWaltham AM/FMWaltham regionBBC East MidlandsCentral (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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 horizontal max
C49 (698.0MHz)442m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		50,000W
Channel icons
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)442m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		50,000W
Channel icons
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)442m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		50,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 horizontal -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)442m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		25,000W
Channel icons
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)449m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		25,000W
Channel icons
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)449m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		25,000W
Channel icons
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?

BraunstoneTransposer5 km SW Leicester city centre170 homes

How will the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

years1984-971997-981998-20112011-1329/5/13-2013-182019-
aerial groupC/D EEWWWWK
C22SDN
C25ArqA
C26local
C28ArqB
C29ASDNSDNSDN
600C312com7
C33B
C35C5C5
C37com8
C39BBCB
C42DD3+4
C45CBBCA
700C491 BBCABBCA
C54C4C4C4-D3+4-D3+4-D3+4
C56ArqAArqAArqA
C57ArqBArqBArqB
C58BBC1BBC1BBC1BBCBBBCBBBCB
800C61ITVITVITVBBCA
C64BBC2BBC2BBC2

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz 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 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV 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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Jane Grylls
Sunday 23 January 2011 4:01PM
For the past fortnight or so our freeview boxes have been unable to pick up BBC 1 or 2 from Waltham, but all other digital channels appear OK. This is becoming very annoying, more so as it seems to be restricted only to these two channels. Re-tuning the freeview boxes does not help (done at least 6 times). Is the signal strength low?
Briantist
Monday 24 January 2011 8:02AM
Jane Grylls: Yes, that what "TV (digital) Liable to interruption" in the engineering is about.

However, this should not effect your evening viewing, so please also see www.ukfree.tv link icon Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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h jones
Thursday 27 January 2011 10:16PM
I live 5 mins drive from the waltham transmitter and can see it from my window !
All freeview is off this week at our house(no amount of re-tuning helps)as it was at the beginning of December.
But an indoor ariel works great !!
Briantist
Friday 28 January 2011 7:44AM
h jones: That does rather suggest your aerial is broken, but also see www.ukfree.tv link icon Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 3 February 2011 11:39AM
WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:25 today to 10:28 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 3 February 2011 11:39AM
WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:25 today to 10:28 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 4 February 2011 6:46AM
WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:25 yesterday to 10:28 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 4 February 2011 6:46AM
WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:25 yesterday to 10:28 yesterday [BBC]
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Peter Bradshaw
Friday 4 February 2011 7:22AM
Since around 1am this morning I have lost all television signals to my digi box, I live at Castle Donington and receive my signal from Waltham could you confirm if there is a problem with the transmitter....
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Phil
Saturday 5 February 2011 10:01PM
Can I ask a long dumb question please. I live in a bit of a reception shadow and analogue has never been brilliant on channel 4 or 5. Digital signal was useless until last autumn when the signal level was increased, after which some mux's were fine (beeb channels and itv) whilst others regularly lost either quality or strength - mostly strength. The worst mux is mainly that sharing with Channel 4. I've had a couple of quotes and have been told that I need a 15 ft tall mast, mast head amp and all the trimmings - cost over £400. I'm not inclined to do it as we intend moving within 2 years and am happy to put up with it. So the question is: Despite it being rubbish for the past couple of weeks, but normally mostly ok - when the signal is increased from Waltham (4 fold?)come switchover, will reception likely to be ok? You will have gathered I'm happy with ok, I'm not looking for perfection. Other info - I'm in LE3 3xx so sit right on the border of waltham and S. Coldfield. When I did a re-tune the other day on 2 Tv's and 1 DVR I got 45, 55 and 80 tv channels - which has prompted me to finally post after following the site for some time. I've also looked at a dish but we have many tall trees very close to the house which would be inpenetrable for astra. Thanks for your patience. Phil
Briantist
Sunday 6 February 2011 9:15AM
Phil: What's you postcode?
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phil
Sunday 6 February 2011 10:37AM Leicester
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Briantist
Sunday 6 February 2011 10:56AM
phil: Right, thanks.

First, I have no idea why you say "until last autumn when the signal level was increased" because this simply has not happened. There will be no changes to the signal until Wednesday 17th August 2011.

You are predicted to get really good reception from Waltham on all multiplexes already, and the terrain map shows there are no hills between you and the transmitter.

Quite why anyone should say you need a "15 ft tall mast, mast head amp and all the trimmings" is beyond me. You should get a perfect signal with a bog-standard unamplified aerial.

I would suggest you find someone who will give you a quote to provide a standard aerial at a reasonable price.

Or, go for Freesat.

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phil
Sunday 6 February 2011 11:58AM
Many thanks. We are in a small confined valley that is not obvious from os maps and everyone else who have changed have had tall masts installed. Cynic that I am, my suspician is that the first one was persuaded and this fact is used by installers as precedent to inflate the costs. I'm not sure if this vally is why the braunstone t analogue relay exists as this web site is the only reference to it I can find. As for the signal increase I don't know. I had tried to get a digital signal previously but with no success then late in 2009 (sorry - I put 2010 earlier) I tried another retune and it all burst into life. Ce'st la vie. Anyway, thanks for your time. I'll get a simple wide band and see what happens. Best regards.
Briantist
Sunday 6 February 2011 12:23PM
phil: I've run up Google Earth and can see the valley now, and it probably explains some of the aerials pointing towards the analogue BRAUNSTONE transposer relay.

Please let me know how you get on.
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ian
Sunday 6 February 2011 9:42PM Ilkeston
for the last 3 days now, i have zero signal on ESPN/Quest and the other channels on the multiplex, the signal quality is 2% and never better than that, everything else is fine, all other channels work ok, and no break up at all, and i am pulling my hair our here, because most of what i want to watch, is on the very multiplex that i have zero signal on!

the ariel is fine and working as it should be, if not, i would have no signal at all!

please help!
Briantist
Sunday 6 February 2011 9:45PM
ian: There is currently high-pressure related interference conditions, please see www.ukfree.tv link icon What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
| ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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ian
Sunday 6 February 2011 11:58PM Ilkeston
thank you very much Briantist, i appreciate that.
amazing how what is basically weather causing your tv signal to just go and drive you batty!
Briantist
Monday 7 February 2011 7:33AM
ian: Indeed. Once the digital switchover is complete, this problem should happen almost not at all.
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ian
Monday 7 February 2011 9:52PM Ilkeston
that will be a happy day, sick to death of missing shows because of this, and 9 times out of 10, its not repeated, or is repeated when i have no signal.
and i still cannot watch anything multiplex A

i dont get how it only kills one multiplex? why not all of them...
Briantist
Monday 7 February 2011 9:56PM
ian: Because it is the random presence of a distant signal, it will cause whichever multiplex to be swamped with an analogue transmission. The effects depend on which random distant signal is suddenly present.

This depends on your location in relation to the transmitter you want, and the distant one you don't.
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Pete Hubbard
Wednesday 9 February 2011 7:12PM
Hi

Although I live in the Belmont area, due to a hill blocking signals from that transmitter, I receive my freeview digital signals from the Waltham transmitter. These have been really good up to about a month ago when all the ITV stations were knocked out for 24 hours, and now I have not received BBC signals for 48 hours. It comes up as 'weak or no signal'. My neighbours are experiencing similar problems. Looking at the Waltham transmitter website all appears well according to them. I suspect reduced it's power why I am experiencing this problem. Can you please inform me what I can do?

Kind regards
Pete Hubbard
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ian
Wednesday 9 February 2011 8:24PM
pete hubbard the bbc channel group on waltham is at this moment also used by emley moor. if you live in an area where both are recieved and work at either end is ongoing you may lose bbc 1,2,3,news and cbbc
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ian
Wednesday 9 February 2011 10:49PM Ilkeston
i get signals from 2 transmitters anyway, i think it is kimberly i also an able to receive from, not 100% sure though.

i do now have a signal for mux A so im a happy fella, just have to find a way to see the UFC i missed at the weekend now!
cheers
Briantist
Thursday 10 February 2011 8:14AM
ian: I'm glad to hear you're back working again.
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John
Saturday 12 February 2011 9:07AM
Hi, up until fairly recently I had excellent freeview reception on BBC 1, 2, 3 & 4 (100% quality, 72% strength even with an old loft aerial) - because of this I had assumed that they were all on the same Mux.

1, 2 & 3 are still fine, but BBC 4 is now unwatchable - was it changed to Mux B recently?
Briantist
Saturday 12 February 2011 9:27AM
John: BBC 4 has always been on multiplex B.
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ian
Friday 18 February 2011 10:02PM Ilkeston
i guess i jinxed myself by saying i had a signal on mux A, its once again, totally out, and guess, if it is the same tomorrow, not ESPN footie for ian...

@Briantist, lmao for best part of 10 minutes on you sky rant on the guardian website, well said! very well said!
Briantist
Saturday 19 February 2011 7:47AM
ian: Sorry to hear about Multiplex A again. Roll on switchover, I guess.

I'm glad you found my rant amusing... perhaps I should copy it to my blog here...
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ian
Saturday 19 February 2011 12:15PM Ilkeston
I said that this morning, roll on DSO, and this kind of thing will be less often, if at all, and i wont have to constantly miss things and pay for a channel that i cannot watch because of signal issues!

I not only found it funny, it was spot on, sky moan about the iPlayer and missing out on things, yet they do exactly the same practice, so, well said!
Briantist
Saturday 19 February 2011 1:58PM
ian: Did we get to the bottom of why you could not use the Nottingham transmitter? You are predicted to get perfect reception from it.

I should post more of my complaining on my blog really...
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ian
Saturday 19 February 2011 8:56PM Ilkeston
i think we both know that predictions and reality are sometimes too far apart, and confuse you more than explains!
Sometimes, i can get signals from 3 different transmitters, all with good signal, and more than watch-able, but other times, i can get everything, apart from Mux A which is just baffling beyond belief!
Briantist
Saturday 19 February 2011 8:58PM
ian: It should really depend upon the direction your aerial points.
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Peter
Sunday 20 February 2011 9:20PM
Correct grid ref is 52.801445,-0.800859
Briantist
Sunday 20 February 2011 9:27PM
Peter: The figures are rounded to three decimal places, as are therefore both precise and accurate, as per the normal conventions of mathematics.

If you download the KML file or follow the links you will find the figure to six decimal places.

Did I mention how many mathematical qualifications I have?
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ian
Monday 21 February 2011 8:04PM Ilkeston
I did some digging, and evaluating, and the aerial is in the correct position facing where it should, so.. yeah! :-/
Briantist
Monday 21 February 2011 8:09PM
ian: And that is...?
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ian
Tuesday 22 February 2011 8:25PM Ilkeston
at the waltham transmitter!
Briantist
Wednesday 23 February 2011 7:21AM
ian: So you will get better reception of Multiplex C and D from 30th March 2011.
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 23 February 2011 4:18PM
WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:34 today to 14:40 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 23 February 2011 4:18PM
WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:34 today to 14:40 today [BBC]
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ian
Wednesday 23 February 2011 8:54PM Ilkeston
i get everything perfect apart from MUX A
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 24 February 2011 4:16AM
WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:34 yesterday to 14:40 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 24 February 2011 4:16AM
WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 14:34 yesterday to 14:40 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 24 February 2011 8:14PM
WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 18:24 today to 18:32 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 24 February 2011 8:14PM
WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 18:24 today to 18:32 today [BBC]
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ian
Friday 25 February 2011 1:03AM Ilkeston
ive seen that already briantist. thanx anyway!
Transmitter engineering
Friday 25 February 2011 4:16AM
WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 18:24 yesterday to 18:32 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 25 February 2011 4:16AM
WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 18:24 yesterday to 18:32 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 25 February 2011 11:14AM
WALTHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:07 today [BBC]



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