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.
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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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-london.jpg)
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 12km north-northwest (335°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-london.jpg)
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, 14 March 2012
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Norman10:48 PM
Stevenage
Tuesday 13/03 and Wed 14/03, all freeview channels working fine until approx 20:00, then most channels lost, first pixelated then no signal at all, later main BBC channels returned but others still lost.No equipment change over the last 18 months when new television and external digital aerial was purchased. signal comes from Crystal palace, is anybody else in stevenage having these problems? As I type we have now lost all bbc channels again.
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Rob10:53 PM
KMJ,derby explains it well anyway a little tip which i keep doing is keep retuning it works for me and i cant wait for the 200kw ill be able to get a good signal with a wire coat hanger lol
oh and i dont know why the signal keeps going iffy atm it's gotta be somthing to do with the changeover process but i dont think we will ever know
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Rob11:04 PM
... All transmitters with faults and engineering map | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
Wow check out this link on engineering works. looks like the whole country will have problems do not adjust your sets people (CR69DG)
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Thursday, 15 March 2012
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Ruth1:04 AM
Maidenhead
Like Norman in Stevenage, I have also lost most Freeview channels from the Crystal Palace transmitter this evening (first pixellated, then completely lost). After retuning my STB, I seemed to have channels on MUX B, C and D, but nothing on 1, 2 or A. My Freeview reception has never been great, but I've never had any problems with BBC1 & 2 before. Having just retuned for a third time, I now seem to have MUX 1 back again, but still nothing on MUX 2 or A. Can this really be an atmospheric thing, or is it some precursor to next month's changeover? Hopefully the former, rather than another month of such flaky-ness!
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Mark Fletcher1:06 AM
Halifax
Ruth,Maidenhead.Yes it is atmospherics/inversion effect not a transmitter fault !
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Ruth1:20 AM
Maidenhead
Thanks Mark. Fourth retune has now brought back remaining channels. Might have expected atmospheric issues to be a bit longer lasting (or, at least, not to 'clear up' one MUX at a time)? Have also just spotted entry above "Over the next week Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption". So perhaps that is a more likely culprit after all?
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Mandie Aldridge8:39 AM
Dorking
Airial is on the roof.It is a sheltered housing scheme for older people & lots of the tenants have no or little TV reception over the past week. I am the manager & trying to get some answers for my tenants.
We know that our airial is ok its been checked before so why is there a problem can you please tell us?
thank you
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Ray Cooper11:47 AM
Freeview signal very poor as of wed 14th/thur 15th march. I live in east grinstead and look at the Crystal Palace for my signal. Previous spasmodic problems, looking to the changeover to solve everything. Now unwatchable on digital but analogue is ok.
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CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:46 today [BBC] Over the next week Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:46 today [BBC] Over the next week Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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