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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Wednesday, 8 August 2012
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Dave Taylor3:27 PM
Thanks for reply
What I can't understand is why I've suddenly
lost the signal unless the power from the transmitter has fallen.
Could well be White Oak Centre causing a
dead spot.
Don't have line of sight to transmitter as
I'm down a dip.
Dave
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Sunday, 12 August 2012
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Bonnie12:01 PM
Feltham
I have had "no signal" coming up for the last three days, I can not get any channels at all, my aerial is brand new as is my freeview box, it says on the websites that the crystal palace transmitter is off air, but only on the 9th of August, please could someone tell me if I am doing something wrong or if it is a fault that I can not fix myself and if so, when will this be fixed
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Bonnie's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb384:32 PM
Bonnie: Where is your aerial located? my only reason for asking being that "if" (as I realise you might not) you reside in the beige brick properties then the aerials mounted at each end of them appear to be of a communal nature serving the apartments within each block, and as such obviously out with your control as far as doing anything is concerned.
However the reception predictor indicates Crystal Palace as being able to provide a good signal at your location, but though the aerials referred to appear to be pointing towards Guildford and likewise mounted vertically, and although Guildford is also indicated as receivable at your location its not quite at Crystal Palace levels.
That said, if your box has a manual tuning facility then for a test go into the tuning menu - "manual tune" and enter Ch23 (BBC from Crystal Palace) then press search or scan and see if anything comes up, if not change to number to Ch43 (BBC Guildford) and carry out the same test, giving an update on results.
It would also be of assistance to know the brand / model of box you are using.
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Dave Taylor8:19 PM
Hi Guys,
Just to update you about my problem.
Having had no signal for some days I was going to get out my three piece ladder on Saturday to check the aerial.
I turned on TV to try it and lo and behold
the signal had returned and all was back to
normal.Still don't know what the cause was,
Just another of lifes mysteries I guess
Dave
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Mark Fletcher9:26 PM
Halifax
Dave Taylor.One possible cause was the inversion effect !
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Wednesday, 15 August 2012
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Lorry12:06 AM
All bbc channels on freeview are currently down and have been for at least an hour. (Tues 14/8 11pm on). Why can I find no information on this, ie is it planned or is it a fault and when is it expected to return?. (crystal palace).
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Mark Fletcher12:45 AM
Halifax
Lorry.One indicator is the transmitter engineering text immediately above your text.Crystal Palace main transmitter TV digital liable to interruption.
Yes sometimes the transmitter engineering texts should be more transparent as such in advance of any ongoing works or interruptions so we are well prepared as such.
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Saturday, 18 August 2012
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Mags7:09 PM
I had no signal at all for 4 days, now only very blocky and unwatchable signal, with still no BBC for 3 days...in the E3 area. Any clues what I can do or when normal service will be resumed?
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Mark Fletcher8:36 PM
Barnsley
Mags.As you did not leave a full postcode preferably to ascertain reception possibilities in your area,i would look up inversion effect as a likely culprit !
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jb388:45 PM
Mark Fletcher: Digital UK's post code reception predictor (only this side of it) appears to have been down since yesterday evening, have you seen anything mentioned about this anywhere?
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