Full Freeview on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter which serves 4,490,000 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 Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) mast?
Crystal Palace transmitter - Crystal Palace transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 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 Crystal Palace 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 Crystal Palace transmitter?
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 12km north-northwest (335°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 11km north-northwest (345°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Charlton Athletic | Transposer | Redeveloped north stand Charlton Athletic Football Club | 130 homes |
| Deptford | Transposer | south-east London | 100 homes |
| Greenford | Transposer | 12 km N Heathrow Airport | 203 homes |
| Hendon | Transposer | Graham Park estate | 50 homes |
| White City | Transposer | 9 km W central London | 80 homes |
How will the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | ||||
| C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C26 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C29 | LW | ||||||||
| C30 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | -BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C33 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | com7 | |||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 1000kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 200kW | |
| com7 | (-13.7dB) 43.1kW | |
| com8 | (-14dB) 39.8kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LW | (-17dB) 20kW |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 1 July 2011
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parkesy9:58 PM
London
Does the transmission of Mux 2 from Crystal Palace get any better than low? We have frequent problem with our freeview box dropping this Mux. We live in a block of flats and we are waiting for the aerial equipment to be upgraded (though I kind of know that our particular problem is between the point in our flat and the aerial)
I'm toying with the idea of trying an indoor aerial because we are quite close to the transmitter
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Saturday, 2 July 2011
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jb388:06 AM
parkesy: As you are only 4mls away from the transmitter and if you don't have any major obstructions between you and it, then I would say that your idea of trying out a set top aerial is possibly quite OK, albeit that they are extremely vulnerable to movement (in room) obstructions.
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Wednesday, 6 July 2011
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Roger H4:20 PM
London
Transmitter engineering:
We share a communal tv ariel in the flats,that has been in use since 1970.
From the 25th June we have lost reception from channels itv1,itv2,channel four and channel 5.
There has been a lower television reception in these channels,with quite a lot of pixcelation.
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Sunday, 10 July 2011
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C8:00 PM
Ilford
Hi, please could you let me know whether my location (Goodmayes, Essex/Greater London) is in a Strong/Medium/Weak signal area, and also whether Crystal palace is the best transmitter to be pointing at (12.5 miles away).
Could anyone please advise on type of aerial for either indoor (loft) and outdoor (mounted on chimney) for this location?
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jb388:48 PM
C: Judging by indications on the trade predictor using the post code provided, it would appear that you are in a reasonably strong signal area, and as such you probably wouldn't require an aerial larger than a DM log periodic, or if you preferred a standard 8 or 10 element group A aerial.
These might work OK in the loft, but it depends on whether or not they would be pointing through the tiles, this reducing the signal in wet weather, whereas if pointing through a gable end not near so much so.
If of course the situation permits, then chimney mounted always eliminates the possibility of the problems mentioned occurring.
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Monday, 11 July 2011
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Audrey11:33 AM
Bromley
Hi,
Over a week ago, i suddenly lost all sound on channels 10 (ITV3) and 31 (5USA). The picture is fine, just the loss of sound. All of my other channels are working perfectly just these 2 channels. I have never had a problem with this before. What could be the cause of this? My post code is BR2 7QG.
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Audrey's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb3812:51 PM
Audrey: You should try un-plugging your TV/box from the mains power supply, waiting about 15 seconds or so before plugging it back in again, check if any difference.
If not, you should then try giving your TV / box a re-scan, preferably completely by first of all removing your aerial and carrying out a scan without it, this obviously not receiving anything but blanking the programme list in the process, then once done couple up the aerial again and carry out a second scan, this loading all the channels back in again.
My reason for suggesting these procedures is that I suspect a glitch may have occurred in your TV / box, digital equipment having the tendency of being quite erratic at times.
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Tuesday, 12 July 2011
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Dubby Stemp7:28 PM
I've got three Hummax pvr's that were all functioning fine until the last few weeks. I'm off the CP transmitter (living in Woking) and suffering from the same issues as others have mentioned, i.e., BBC channels are fine and QVC but all ITV, Channel 5 etc have degraded and break up all the time. I've done resets and manual retunes but same problem. I think it must be a problem with a transmitter but has anyone had feedback from them?
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Wednesday, 13 July 2011
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J10:35 PM
Located near Regent's Park London and suddenly cannot tune into the Freeview HD channels.
Is there something wrong at the transmitter?
In a flat so sharing a communal aerial.
Was working fine for months till now...
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Thursday, 14 July 2011
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DaftPunk1:28 PM
I live in Maidenhead and have lost ITV1, ITV2, C4 etc. The signal has been getting worse over the last 7-10 days and when I retuned last night I completely lost those channels!
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