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 - AM: Radio 4 on MW has now closed. Please retune to FM, Digital Radio, digital TV, BBC Sounds or smart speakers to continue listening. More information can be found on the front page of this Reception Advice website. from 15 Apr 00:00. . 
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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 AM/FM Crystal Palace TV region BBC London LondonWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Tuesday, 6 March 2012
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Graham9:50 PM
Camberley
I've just used the new Reception Prediction System and for reception at my postcode from the Crystal Palace transmitter, the model is predicting low signals for Muxes 1, B, and C (which I can still receive) and lower signal strengths for Muxes 2 and A (which I cannot receive). So the model predicts the relative levels correctly, although of course it doesn't provide the propagation model algorithms, so actual receiver levels cannot be tested or compared to the receiver equipment figures (the TV reception signal levels are probably only guides anyway and I don't know the aerial gain). Therefore, simple propagation loss seems to be the answer and not interference, which cannot be calculated without knowing my aerial characteristics. I hope this model is available post switchover, so I can confirm the situation then.
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Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Just as a status report from CM3 7AH, between Chelmsford & Southend. All digital channels present on Techwood Freeview+ & TopUp TV+ boxes.
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Roger's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Roger: Nothing is going to happen to your reception for another month...
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FJC Farrar12:26 PM
Camberley
Graham: Except for the higher areas towards Bagshot; Reception in most of Camberley is now much better from the Hannington transmitter even though MUXs ARQA & ARQB remain power-restricted until 18th April. Of course, if you only have an aerial pointing towards London, it is worth waiting for switchover completion at Crystal Palace to see if signals become adequate on all MUXs.
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Mike Dimmick12:27 PM
Graham: The Digital UK predictor does not show signal strengths. It shows the percentage of locations across the grid square that are expected to have sufficient signal strength, compared to interference from other transmitters, for 99% of the time, and for 50% of the time. The figures really show the relative difficulty of siting an aerial at your location.
In contrast, your box does not subtract the strength of the interference from the strength of the wanted signal and simply reports the total power received on the selected frequency. It is possible for equipment to reconstruct the desired signal internally, basically re-encoding after decoding, and subtract it from what was received, but this is typically only done by specialist measuring equipment. (Installers *should* use equipment that does this, in order to find the best location for the aerial).
If the 99%-time figure is over 70%, the square is considered 'covered', shown as 'good' (green) and the service will be protected against interference from any new services (e.g. 'white space' broadband, local TV services at another transmitter). If the 99%-time figure is below 70% but the 50%-time figure is above, it will be shown as 'variable' (orange). If both are below 70% but 50%-time is still over 50%, it will show as 'poor' (red). If below 50%, the square will be blank.
For you, your best bet is probably Midhurst, although it thinks your aerial is most likely pointing to Hannington. Commercial muxes from Crystal Palace will be poor after 18 April, despite the power increase, because they will use the same channels as the corresponding transmissions from Rowridge. Rowridge may be too weak to use, but it's certainly strong enough to cause you problems!
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mim6:08 PM
Hi,
All I want to know is the planned works for Crystal Palace transmitter AHEAD of time.
I was waiting to watch BBC1 at 12.15am last night and zip.. gone.. black, lost ITV 1 at the same time then Channel 4. Was left in insomnia hell with BBC 2 reporting on the US elections Super Tuesday and channel 5 Super Casino arghh. This has been happening over the last month. I only have analogue. How can I find out for tv tonight/early morning?
I know this is a techi site but it is all I can find.
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FJC Farrar6:36 PM
Camberley
Mike Dimmick; Despite what the predictors suggest, I do not know anywhere in Camberley that can even detect that the Midhurst transmitter even exists - probably because the intervening topography. Since the same applies to the Rowridge transmitter, Crystal Palace will probably be OK after switchover is completed. However, Hannington is fine right now even with occasional glitches from two temporarily low-power MUXs.
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Tim8:19 PM
Radlett
Mim, I would strongly suggest you get a freeview set top box starting around £ 20 as Crystal Palace will start to stop analogue broadcasting in the next 4 weeks. At the moment they are testing the new equipment and this loss of analogue channels will happen again in the small hours. Check the top of this page for crystal palace transmitter analogue shutdown schedule.
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Graham10:37 PM
Thanks for all the comments.
FJC, I live on the Crystal Palace side of a ridge at the Bagshot end of Camberley at 100m with 20m above me protecting me from Hannington.
Mike, the predictor under the "Full Details tab" claims to provide receiver signal strengths, see Find out how to receive Freeview and Freeview HD | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice The predictor also claims that my best solution is Crystal Palace today and also shows the best signal strengths after switchover.
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Thursday, 8 March 2012
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P Akehurst10:06 AM
Every Wednesday for the last few weeks I am unable to get my Humax tv digital recorder/box (9300T) to work. Is this a temporary or a permanent problem & why? It is most annoying.
Peter
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