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
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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Saturday, 7 April 2012
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jb3811:42 AM
Martyn Smith: Well I suppose its somewhat easier to cope with excessively high signal levels so long as all the multiplexes involved are at about the same levels as each other rather than the frequently experienced problem of reception in some areas where they are not, the balancing act you refer to being the order of the day.
That said though, this type of situation is mostly experienced before final DSO when some commercials are at ludicrously low levels compared to the main PSB muxes, such as applies with the situation at Sudbury.
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MCMLXII6:56 PM
Chris K
Crystal Palace has been transmitting digital since November 1998 and analogue only ends this month.
But the relays get the first digital on the day BBC 2 analogue ends, then two weeks later get some more digital TV when BBC1, ITV and Channel 4 analogue ends.
So some have over 11 years to switch but others have to switch on the day BBC2 analogue ends then again two weeks later.
I guess they also need to allow some time for the chap on his bike to get to all the transmitters.
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Sunday, 8 April 2012
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Alison2:42 AM
I have 2 Freeview boxes linked to my non-digital tv. After the London digital changeover this week one box(Sony) is performing fine but the other (Panasonic) - which is linked to the recorder is a nightmare. After the Panasonic is turned on or after channel change this freeview box gives a colour picture to start with but then goes to black and white and thereafter fluctuates between colour and black and white. Am in despair as now all that I record is a mix between colour and black and white - so awful. Has anyone else got this problem - can anyone advise me what can be done? Is it likely to be a Reception problem that will rectify once changeover complete on 18th? Do you think there's hope because it shows it can produce colour. Thank you!
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jb388:10 AM
Alison: This could be linked to the massively high powered BBC transmitter causing the Panasonic signal overload problems, although as you haven't given your location (pref: post code) this cannot be verified, but purely for a test if you have a set top aerial lying around see if that works.
Another test without using another aerial is to leave the Panasonic sitting on any menu page which if I remember correctly might have a blue background to the printing, then if you see the background colour fluctuating take the aerial out of the box and see if this stabilises the colour, if it does then its overloading.
What model of Panasonic box are you using?
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jb3810:05 AM
Alison: What was said is taking it that you have the Panasonic coupled to the TV via a scart lead and not by using a coax RF link?
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David J10:47 AM
Orpington
Reception problems
I had perfect digital reception on all channels before the digital switchover.Now when I switch the TV on all the channels appear ,signal strengths between 85%-95% and zero bit error level,but after a short period the signal strength is 0% and the bit error level is 10.I have fitted a new aerial which is giving a good to excellent signal strength. I have also tried a different TV which is ok on all channels but again after a period loses ITV,C4 but is still ok on BBC channels ,Film 4,Really plus a few others.Does anyone have any suggestions?
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
David J: See here for a posting from someone near to you with a similar problem (loss of ITV1, C4, C5 etc):
Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
I wouldn't change aerials as the problem may well right itself on 18th April and therefore any money spent is simply to provide television between now and that date.
Try a set-top aerial if you have one. Or as you have swapped the aerial, try the old aerial at ground level, indoors and maybe outdoors.
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Monday, 9 April 2012
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carl8:51 AM
London
jb38:i have a bush bled22fhdl8 tv with built in freeview 4 months old. Iam unable to get the bbc channels i have done a reset manual tune and first time installation and getting no where ch23 is saying no signal?
i have attached my old freeview set top box up on the same tv and this has picked up all the channels. i am confussed
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carl's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb3810:11 AM
carl: You are only 4 miles away from the massively high powered BBC transmitter, so if you have access to a non-amplified type of set top aerial plug that in and carry out another manual tune on Ch23, or should you not be able to obtain one, try a short piece of copper wire of about 8 or 12" or so carefully pushed into the middle part of the aerial socket, because this will provide a suitably reduced level of signal for a test. (Giving an update on results).
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Mike Dimmick2:53 PM
carl: That postcode looks like it might be a block of apartments, and therefore you might be using a communal aerial system. If so, check with your landlord or management agent about ensuring that the signal levels to your apartment/flat are correct. See PARAS - Professional Aerial Riggers Against The Sharks for some other thoughts on who to talk to.
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