Full Freeview on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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
Crystal Palace Freeview Crystal Palace DAB Crystal Palace TV region BBC London LondonWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Friday, 10 February 2012
CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 16:00 on 01 Feb to 00:26 on 07 Feb BBC ONE Weak Signal from 05:41 on 07 Feb BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:26 on 07 Feb to 05:41 on 07 Feb BBC TWO Weak Signal from 16:00 on 01 Feb [BBC] Over the next week Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 05:41 on 07 Feb BBC ONE Weak Signal from 16:00 on 01 Feb to 00:26 on 07 Feb BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:26 on 07 Feb to 05:41 on 07 Feb BBC TWO Weak Signal from 16:00 on 01 Feb [BBC] Over the next week Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 05:41 on 07 Feb BBC ONE Weak Signal from 16:00 on 01 Feb to 00:26 on 07 Feb BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:26 on 07 Feb to 05:41 on 07 Feb BBC TWO Weak Signal from 16:00 on 01 Feb [BBC] Over the next week Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Peter G9:11 PM
I live in dartford and a a day or two ago I've lost bbc 1+ 2 bbc news bbc 3.
I've tried to retune however it just picks up itv and the other channels
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Mike Dimmick10:12 PM
David, Alex: That is not true. The DVB-T2 standard is just that much more efficient than DVB-T (reflecting nearly 15 years more development). The mode selected for the BBC B multiplex is only very slightly less robust than the post-switchover mode for the other multiplexes, which is about the same as for Mux 2 and Mux A now. The difference in radiation pattern between two channels is typically larger than the difference in the margin required between a DVB-T and DVB-T2 multiplex.
Now that the commercial multiplexes are going to use 64QAM 3/4 mode, not 64QAM 2/3 as BBC A and D3&4 will, the HD multiplex should definitely be more robust than them.
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Sunday, 12 February 2012
CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 05:41 on 07 Feb BBC TWO Weak Signal from 16:00 on 01 Feb [BBC] Over the next week Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 05:41 on 07 Feb BBC TWO Weak Signal from 16:00 on 01 Feb [BBC] Over the next week Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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maureen4:14 PM
My nephew bought a digital tv (December) with no inbuilt freeview-as he is a teenager can someone please help him with firstly which reasonably priced box he would need and any other information that might help
Thank's
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jb385:01 PM
maureen: I find it quite amazing that he managed to buy a analogue only TV unless from some second hand source, is he absolutely positive that it is purely an analogue set and that DVB isn't seen mentioned on the remote control?
However, any of these low priced Freeview boxes seen in places like Argos etc should be perfectly suffice for his needs provided the TV he purchased does have a scart socket?
if not then any Freeview box purchased has to be of the type with an RF modulator so that the signal can be fed into the TV's aerial socket.
Of course needless to say he will require a suitable aerial, although advice on this only being possible by having knowledge of his post code, this to enable checking of the signal level expected at his location.
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Adrian6:36 PM
Thanks Brian but I don't have a set top box, the arial goes straight into the TV.
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