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 11/11/2024 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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Tuesday, 12 November 2013
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peter batty8:40 PM
michael:
I can get channel 61 but not 63. I hadn't noticed that it was missing. I have retuned from scratch three times since Drama came on air. I took that many goes, over a couple of weeks, to get Movie Mix.
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Wednesday, 13 November 2013
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Rob H7:13 AM
Reading
whats happening to crystal palace My TV signals has fallen off the scale can only get about 20 to 40 % signal....... normally it be 70 to 80 %.. my aerials are OK and checked all connections all fine....i think this engineering work has brought the transmission power right down.... I am in Reading RG8 8DB. I also get signals from Hannington.. that' s working ok for now...
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Rob's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 18 November 2013
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peter batty12:18 AM
michael:
did another retune and on COM4 multiplex I don't get 20, 25, 26, 54, 55 or 63. I don't know what makes those different from others on that multiplex but my tuner doesn't see them,
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Saturday, 23 November 2013
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eesa5:06 PM
For two or three weeks now we've had problems getting C26 from Crystal Palace. We're out past Guildford behind some big poplar trees. But in autumn, when the leaves drop, the signal normally gets better, not worse. Can it be the "Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption" that's causing this?
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Tuesday, 3 December 2013
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Tim12:16 PM
Does anyone have any idea why I am not able to receive any of the new multiplexes (LW, com7 and com8). I can receive the six original multipexes pretty clearly but when I try to manually tune my HDR Fox T2 int the channels C29, C33 and C35, the signal strength is zero for all three. (I have remembered to choose the DVB-T2 option.).
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Tim: C29 uses DVB-T mode.
I don't believe COM8 on C35 is on air yet, although I'm not in the area so can't check. COM7 is being introduced from transmitters but COM8 has yet to be turned on anyway.
C33 is on air. Perhaps the lower power is the reason you can't get it, especially as you are relying on a set-top aerial facing away from the transmitter.
I can't believe that an appartment block does not have a TV aerial system!
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Tim1:49 PM
Hi Dave
Thank you very much for your reply.
Do you know if there are any plans to increase the power of C33?
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Tim: No, there are no plans.
The two new HD muxes will available from 30 transmitters, usually on lower power than the rest.
C29 will be a bit higher power than C33 and C35, but still lower than the main six.
Perhaps you should get a petition together with your neighbours to have an aerial system installed.
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Tuesday, 10 December 2013
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Tom10:22 PM
Hi,
I have just bought a new freeview enabled tv and have been slightly disappointed that I'm getting slightly below par signal quality for a number of multiplexes. I have good strength and the band containing channel 4, 5 and itv is ok. However bbc channels itv 3 etc have bad quality and are almost unwatchable. I have just moved to the apartment block also which is near battersea and is a ten year old ish new build, which I am pretty sure has a communal aerial with individual sockets in each apartment. I'm aware that crystal palace is not that far awy and really I should be getting better signal.
Any advice would be welcome.
Thanks,
Tom
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Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Tom: If it's a communal system and the signal coming "out" of the wall socket isn't as it should be then the only rectification is to the system itself.
You need to prove, as far as you can, that the problem isn't with your equipment, including the aerial lead.
Test with a different TV. Or, if you have a Freeview box (recorder) and a TV with Freeview built in, connect the TV only to the aerial socket and try it. Then connect the box only to the aerial socket (you will need to connect the TV to the box using a scart lead or HDMI lead as normal).
Some receivers are more sensitive than others, so just because one doesn't show a problem doesn't mean that the other is faulty. However, if they both exhibit symptoms then that tends to point to the common factor which is the aerial system.
See whether neighbours have the same issue but check they are using the aerial system (Freeview) and not satellite (Freesat or Sky).
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