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 - AM: Radio 4 on MW has now closed. Please retune to FM, Digital Radio, digital TV, BBC Sounds or smart speakers to continue listening. More information can be found on the front page of this Reception Advice website. from 15 Apr 00:00. . 
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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 November 2018
MikeP
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
Alan Granley:
Without a post code entered into this website it cannot display the reception data, shown as links in the small blue boxes below people's posts. Without that information it is impossible to assist.
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Saturday, 1 December 2018
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Geoff Baldwin5:10 PM
Hi, we have had trouble with Channel4+1 HD for sometime and since rescanning we have lost it all together. Checking with your information on the Cyrstal Palace transmitter we have completely lost all channels in Com7 and Com8 groups - the 700 MHz band. Does this mean that our aerial is incompatible, or does it just require realignment?
Thanks,
Geoff
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StevensOnln17:13 PM
Geoff Baldwin: COM7 & COM8 changed frequency at Crystal Palace several months ago and now reside in the upper part of the UHF band which the Group A aerial that you most likely have isn't designed to receive. Had you acted at the time of the change you would have likely been eligible to have a replacement wideband aerial fitted free of charge, but I suspect too much time has passed for that to be available now.
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Sunday, 2 December 2018
StevensOnln1:
Thanks for your reply. No one told us about this. How can I enquire if we can get this replaced free of charge? I have no idea who to ask.
with thanks,
Geoff
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MikeP
10:58 AM
10:58 AM
Geoff Baldwin:
There was considerable publicity about the changes back in the spring. You could call Freeview on 0808 100 0288 and ask if the free replacement aerials service is still applicable to you. You will need to tell them that you cannot get COM7 or COM8 as you have an old Group A aerial. Note that if you also have cable TV or Satellite the offer never applied.
If they are unable to assist, then you need to talk to a local aerial contractor and have a wideband aerial fitted in place of your current Group A aerial. Don't let them confuse the issue by talking about needing a 'digital aerial' as there is no such thing.
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Monday, 3 December 2018
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tony ferguson6:15 PM
Hi, I've just had an audit following a reinstallation after a very shabby original replacement install. Apparently extended support for Crystal Palace has now ended.
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Sunday, 24 February 2019
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Graham Dearsley9:34 PM
Wembley
Is there any sort of Ariel setup that will improve multipath signal problems ?
In the days of analogue signals I always had a dark bar about an inch in from the left of the screen.
Some days I can only get a few digital channels because my TV says the signal quality is poor.
I have a wide band Arial and a strong signal . My post code is HA0 3AH.
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MikeP
10:23 PM
10:23 PM
Graham Dearsley:
Maybe your signal is too strong! Please check the signal strengths on all multiplexes. Ideally you want between 60% and 85%,. Any stronger is likely to cause the problems your report. BTW, the way digitally encoded signals behave is quite different to that seen with analogue.
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Friday, 1 March 2019
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Richard Allen5:04 PM
Farnham
HI - since the last "upgrade/Channel Switch" we have lost Freeview channels 90-99 (Forces TV etc) and no matter how many times we have re-tuned cannot pick them up. Our post code is GU10 2QL
Any ideas?
Many thanks
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Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Richard Allen:
I have the same issue in Slough SL2 5NF.
Its a shame as there are some good programmes on Forces TV.
My HD TV allows a manual tune and I tried that with no luck. My YouView box cn only do a complete scan and cant find the channels either.
Any suggestions appreciated
Thanks
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