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 25/11/2024 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, 28 April 2012
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Big Mart6:22 PM
Tim: Thank you for your suggestions. You are certainly not teaching me to "suck eggs" !!
Where are these cables available from? Currys or a specialist tv dealer? I really don't want to spend too much money on what is relatively a minor problem as the DR works okay with the other stations. If I buy them and they have no effect, then I have wasted my money!!
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Big Mart: I don't know whether this has been raised, but where HDMI leads run near to aerial leads, they can degrade the signal. The same goes for USB leads near to aerial leads.
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jb387:43 PM
Liz: You have not given your exact location and so this aspect cannot be checked, but you "might" be receiving an excessively high level of signal and that can cause the type of problems you mention, try a test using a set top aerial and see if that improves reception, or of you do not have access to a set top type then a short piece of wire (about 12") pushed into the inner part of the aerial socket is also a good test.
Further advice dependant on reply.
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Liz7:58 PM
Yes, it works with the wire! Does this mean its our aerial cable? Thanks
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tim8:02 PM
Radlett
Big Mart, I made they up myself, got some satellite cable, f connector plugs and the adaptors to convert them to standard aerial plugs, I suppose the easier route would be to terminate the cables with good quality aerial plugs that would by pass the need to get f connectors and adaptors. the reason I use them is one of my hobbies is satellite reception so I always have loads of f connectors for my next rejig of my dish, you can get the bits from Maplin, B&Q, clas ohlson,
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tim's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb389:14 PM
Liz: Not really, as its more inclined to indicate that your signal is excessively high and is overloading the TV's tuner and with it not doing using the wire because it doesn't pick up so much of a signal, and so you will require to purchase an attenuator to place in line with the aerial socket of your TV, these costing about £4.00 or so.
With regards to the attenuation level necessary, I would think that one of about 10db rating would suffice, although its always best to try and get a variable type as you can adjust it for the best result, variables being 0-20db.
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KMJ,Derby10:45 PM
Pat Brock: It is just possible that ITV from Sandy Heath has been tuned in when scanning, in which case the ITV channel from Crystal Palace could be present in the 800's of the channel list.
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Sunday, 29 April 2012
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Big Mart12:10 AM
London
Dave Lindsay: Tim: Thank you both. I will look and see how close my HDMI cable is to the aerial, but it shouldn't be nearer than the distance that they come out of the back of DR.
What are "good quality aerial plugs"? How does one determine "good quality"? What is the difference between satellite cable and 'ordinary' coaxial cable? I think I used the ones that were on my analogue tv. Would the ones that came in the box be suitable?
Any thoughts why I got a good picture yesterday but not today. I would consider weather conditions, except it is has been bad both yesterday and today!
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Big's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Stephen Coomber2:38 PM
Maidstone
I live in a dip just East of Maidstone. Terrain means I cannot receive signal from Bluebell Hill and for 20 years I have had a big aerial pointed at CP with mast amp. Analogue signal was just about acceptable, although increasingly poorer in recent years with and digital reception virtually zero.
The aerial has now blown off the roof and it's time to replace. Given the history, and the recent boost in power, would anyone proffer a guess as to whether I am likely to receive digital from CP. If so what sort of aerial/booster should I be looking at. I am just outside the publish green area on the reception map
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Stephen's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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