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
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Thursday, 5 April 2012
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Bob3:00 AM
Area: Reading RG6
Goodman GDR11 - brand new
I was having problems with ITV3 and many other channels, but this was nearly all sorted out by following the excellent instructions posted by Mike Dimmick on Wednesday 4 April 2012 4:16PM.
However, the channels from C34 (Dave, E4+1 etc.) have all turned up under 800+ numbers, rather than the numbers they should (19, 29 etc.) and are unwatchable owing to freezing, pixellation etc.
Any suggestions gratefully received.
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simon 9:46 AM
Everybody panic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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m kinsella2:20 PM
when i retuned on the 4/4/12 my tv tuned in to the Dover transmitter which i get a lot of interference from before that it was Crytal palace with no problems how do i retune back to the previous channel i live in Essex
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m kinsella: The simplest method to get it back on to Crystal Palace is probably to run the automatic tuning scan with the aerial plugged in and then unplug when it gets to 30%. Once completed plug the aerial back in and it will hopefully have tuned to Crystal Palace.
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m kinsella2:53 PM
Canvey Island
Thanks Dave have tried that and still get meridian mike
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john tatman3:16 PM
I can only get bbc channels when will I get the rest before or on 18 april?????
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m kinsella: Crystal Palace uses low channels and Dover higher ones up. Unfortunately Blue Bell Hill uses one the is within those used by CP, so the unplugging aerial trick isn't so easy. Now you've supplied your post code it can be seen what's possibly causing issues. When the second switchover happens on 18th April, this may not be a problem.
At the present moment in time there are the following channels (in ascending order):
22 CP ITV1
23 CP BBC One (full power)
24 BB ITV1
27 BB ITV3
28 CP BBC Four
29 CP Yesterday
32 CP ITV3
34 CP Pick TV
CP= Crystal Palace BB=Blue Bell Hill
If your TV allows manual tuning, then use it. You may have to wipe everything stored in it first. If it will allow manual tuning but only once it has completed a scan and found something, then aim to pick up at least one of the CP multiplexes and then add the rest.
In any case, if you do scan, have the aerial unplugged after 30% as there are no CP channels higher than that.
By the way, the scan runs from channel 21 to 69, so you can calculate a percentage from that if your receiver does not give UHF channel numbers as it's scanning.
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john tatman: If you have not received Freeview before 4th April, then the rest will become available to you on 18th April.
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Martyn Smith6:42 PM
I had a right game getting any of the channels now on frequency 34 (Dave being the one I particularly wanted on there). My aerial, an electrically boosted set top, was originally on the window ledge as this had previously got the best signal. However there, signal quality was down to 2%, i.e. non-existent with the aerial where it was. However, placing the aerial back on the top of the TV and pointing the antenna at roughly 20 deg from the horizontal facing SW seems to have eliminated all boiling and I can get all 6 of the main Muxes now (don't have HD, still got an old CRT in fact). Guess living so close to Crystal Palace (E Croydon) helps.
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Martyn Smith6:50 PM
I wonder what difference 18 April will make. I mean, I haven't watched analogue for years now (I was living in S Wales until recently and the analogue went off there 2 years ago), but I was wondering if the final death knell for analogue will signal an increase in the quality of the digital signal...as in my message above I've managed to finally rid my viewing of the accursed boiling problem (remember when Angus Deayton and Richard Wilson were selling digital on the basis that you don't get ghosting or fuzziness...they didn't mention you might get far more disruptive boiling instead did they?...), for now at least. Hopefully with the CP transmitter fully switched to digital we'll see the end of it altogether.
...another thing, digital uses far less pwoer than analogue did, therefore the BBC will save on its fuel bills...does that mean a reduction in, or at least a freeze for now on, the licence fee?....
Yours, more in hope than expectation...
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