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
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, 27 May 2014
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Keith8:55 PM
Shepperton
Hi
I have had to move my chimney aerial to the loft. I now struggle to get BBC 1 or BBC 2 although ITV and Channel 4 and 5 are fine.
Should I change by 18 element long bar aerial to a log periodic with a mast head amplifier?
I am about 16 miles west of the Crystal Palace transmitter.
Thank you.
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Wednesday, 28 May 2014
MikeP
7:46 PM
7:46 PM
Kieran
Why did you have to move the aerial from the outside of the roof to the inside (loft)?
Outside aerials generally receive better signal strength than those in the loft because of the bricks, mortar, tiles, etc being 'in the way' of the signals. Did you have it properly aligned to point at the Crystal Palace transmitter? I ask because a friend live just off Russel Road and have excellent reception on a log periodic on the roof wiothout any need for an amplifier.
I would suggest having the alignment checked or perhaps replacing the current aerial with a log-periodic (to suit future channel allocations) mounted outside for preference. Be careful about amplifiers as too much signal strength often gives worse results as it's 'too much of a good thing' as quality is more important than strength. Similarly, too little can cause problems too! For most TV sets a strength displayed as between 50 and 80 % is adequate, more than that is usually too much! Less than that is often too little.
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Thursday, 29 May 2014
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RS7:30 AM
Hi, still having problems in Hertford despite retuning daily. Switches between high signal and none repeatedly across all channels or just some. Any ideas why? Never had any reception issue before.
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Monday, 2 June 2014
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Brian Gregory2:59 AM
Reading
COM7 seems to be booming in here in Reading, stronger than PSB3!
Have they increased the power?
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KEVIN GARDINER12:46 PM
Stourbridge
Brian Gregory: Yes, it seems they have. I'm presuming that you use the Hannington transmitter to receive Freeview? If so, then you are correct to think that the ERP has been increased for the new com 7 multiplex. All the other multiplexes are either 25KW or 50KW. The come 7 multiplex on launch was 29.5kw, and it has now been increased to 36.7kw.
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KEVIN GARDINER12:51 PM
Stourbridge
BRAIN GREGORY, If you use Crystal Palace, then it was 36.3kw on launch and has been increased up to 43.09kw now.
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Thanks Kevin. I was meaning Crystal Palace. Hannington is blocked to some extent by trees here.
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Saturday, 21 June 2014
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John11:05 AM
I am in an area of relatively good reception for the Crystal Palace transmitter (NW8 post code but signal obstructed by tall blocks) but we have a good roof mounted aerial on a very tall pole and have had never had any problems with the digital TV signal.
Just recently we are getting a significantly degraded signal on the ArqA Ch 22 signals, such that we either have horizontal lines, blocks, or even no signal. Reception of all other channels is completely unaffected.
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Wednesday, 3 September 2014
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Owen Biewahn1:39 PM
Since re-tuning on the 3rd of September as requested by service pop-ups I can no longer obtain Channe 5 in Enfield, North London. I have tried a factory reset and several re-scans all to no avail although oddly the Chanel 5 + 1 channel is available.
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nick
4:58 PM
4:58 PM
London is ok Owen try a little later to see if it kick in
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