Freeview Light on the Alexandra 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 Alexandra Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter which serves 4,600 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Alexandra Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Alexandra Palace (Greater London, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Alexandra 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | H max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 186m | DTG- | 70W |
1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | H max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 186m | DTG- | 70W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 186m | DTG- | 70W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Alexandra Palace (Greater London, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Alexandra Palace transmitter?
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 8km south (170°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Alexandra Palace (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 24 Jul 2019 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
C31 | BBCA | ||||||||
C32 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 70W | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-0.3dB) 65W |
Local transmitter maps
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Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
ALEXANDRA PALACE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:21 yesterday to 08:26 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:21 yesterday to 08:26 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
ALEXANDRA PALACE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:21 on 09 Oct to 08:26 on 09 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:21 on 09 Oct to 08:26 on 09 Oct. [BBC]
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Sunday, 18 November 2018
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Paul1:46 AM
How can i tell my TV to use a particular transmitter?
-It always goes to crystal palace but alexander palace is in line of sight and must have a better signal.
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Paul:
IF you remove the tv aerial connection from your tv and retune it will then wipe out the memory of the television.Now put tv aerial back in go to manual settings on television and input the transmitters frequencies manually.
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StevensOnln111:14 AM
Paul: Bear in mind that Alexandra Palace will give you far fewer channels and also broadcasts at much lower power (it was only brought back in to service as a relay to fill gaps in Crystal Palace's coverage). Also, which transmitter is your aerial pointed at?
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MikeP
11:22 AM
11:22 AM
Paul:
Further to that said by others, to check which transmitter your TV is tuned to go to the manual tuning page and not the channel number for several of the programmes. Freeview transmitters broadcast several programme on common channels known as a multiplex, so some will be thae same as others but some different. Once you have listed some of the different channels found go to the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker and put iin your post code and house number. Then scroll down the list and check which transmitter matches the channels you have found on the TV. DO NOT RETUNE.
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Thursday, 20 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
ALEXANDRA PALACE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:18 yesterday to 23:18 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 21 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
ALEXANDRA PALACE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:18 on 19 Dec to 23:18 on 19 Dec. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 16 April 2019
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David8:28 PM
Will Alexandra palace still be transmitting freeview lite after June 30 2020?
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StevensOnln110:17 PM
David: There are no plans for Alexandra Palace or any other transmitters to close. According to Digital UK, Alexandra Place will change frequencies to UHF channels 31/32/37 this summer (exact date not yet announced).
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