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 18/11/2024 Screen may go black 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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Sunday, 9 September 2012
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ERnest Cook10:45 AM
Billericay
I cannot get HD signal ihave a new aerial and a new tv
Reception of non HD is perfect
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ERnest's: mapE's Freeview map terrainE's terrain plot wavesE's frequency data E's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 21 September 2012
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Susan Lock12:21 PM
For the last week (15th-21st September 2012) I have been driven round the bend with my LG TV that loses the EPG after about 3 minutes rendering my TV useless if I want to change the channel or record anything. I have to turn it off then on again to change channel before the EPG is gone again. I have rescanned for the channels loads of times. I have checked the signal strength and it has now dropped from 70 to 67 and today 65. During the cut over I found that under 70 my TV had a mind of its own and just did not function properly since it loses the EPG data which seems to be the main brain of the TV system. How long is this 'tinkering' with the signal going to last since it must be effecting a large section of Freeview customers?
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Saturday, 22 September 2012
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Richard9:34 AM
Good morning Susan, Sorry to hear of your problems. Just a few questions - how new is the aerial installation? The reason for asking is that old i.e. more than say 10 years, cables can get moisture in them which will reduce the signal slowly over a long period. It seems that your signal is getting weaker and that may be the cause. The solution is to get an aerial rigger to replace the cable. You may in addition need a mast head amplifier to boost the signal. I have two LG TVs and they both work very well.
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Susan Lock10:54 AM
Hi Richard - thank you for your input. You may have a point since I live in a flat and the installation is probably nearly 20 years old. I will ask our Estate Manager to ask for an engineer to test and inspect the wiring and also check the aerial type plus whether a new booster is needed for the main aerial. My neighbour upstairs has a different model of LG but is experiencing similar problems though not so drastic. Last night was great since the signal picked up to 70 and the set behaved itself. I hope it stays at that level since I want to record Montelbano tonight - my favourite series.
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lj.jewiss@hotmail.co.uk2:30 PM
recd a message to retune as tv listings had been updated - did so yest 21/9/12 pm no initial probs. however today had lost some itv progs so retuned again have now lost all progs ! have also spoken to relatives who live 8 miles away and they are experiencing the same problems - can u please let me know what the problem is after reading revious postings it would appear that this is quite widespread issue and not the fault of 'old arials' as suggested !!!!
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jb3811:26 PM
lj.jewiss@hotmail.co.uk: Its not really possible for anyone to be able to give assistance for queries of this nature without having knowledge of your location, this in the form of a post code or one from somewhere nearby (a shop etc) as only then can the signal levels expected at your location be assessed as well as details of the transmitting station involved.
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Sunday, 23 September 2012
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Andrew7:12 PM
We have also experienced problems with major signal drop-outs and the TV squawking it's way through programmes, absolutely useless in the morning.
We have changed nothing and its affects ALL or digital TVs.
Crystal Palace MUST be fiddling with the output strength.
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Big Mart11:17 PM
I did the switchover today. The tv seems okay. However my Sony Freeview HD recorder has a 'sort of' a problem! Prior to this switchover I could not receive the HD channels through it, the picture would just break up. It wasn't a great hassle I would record off the 'normal' channels. Now, since the changeover the HD channels don't appear on the EPG. Is it worth going through the process again? I presume I am never likely to receive a good HD signal through it.
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Monday, 24 September 2012
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Big Mart10:27 AM
Update to the above. I did do the rescan again this morning on the recorder (this time after unplugging it - previously I only ran it without the aerial connected). This time it has picked up the HD channels, but they are still completely unwatchable with the picture completely broken up.
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