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
Crystal Palace Freeview Crystal Palace DAB Crystal Palace TV region BBC London LondonWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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Chris10:40 AM
Here's the initial transponder information my scanner receives:
T 490000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE # London .
T 514000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE # London .
T 545833330 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM256 AUTO AUTO AUTO # London .
T 482000000 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE # London .
T 506000000 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE # London .
T 529833330 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE # London .
It doesn't quite match the numbers given above. For example, ArqB seems to be on 529.8MHz instead of 530.0MHz, and if I force it to scan 530.0MHz instead then it gives me everything on 529.8MHz anyway so that every channel is listed twice.
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Chris: Digital UK are showing a negative ofset on C28-, so I have added that in.
Just to note, the word "transponder" is not correct, that only applies to a satellite, the word "multiplex" is used in the context of terrestrial broadcasting.
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Chris10:59 AM
OK, thanks. The scan also indicates that SDN and ArqA have FEC of 3/4 instead of 2/3.
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Chris: Yes, they should be showing as per Changes to commercial multiplex capacity - 2012 timetable | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Dave K11:55 AM
Here at TN9 postcode area we are not "officially" in the area to receive Crystal Palace transmissions and aerial is optimised for Bluebell Hill. However I find I can even pick up HDTV from Crystal Palace today and it seems that strength and quality is fine :)
Rather chuffed at the mo, hope it lasts and that DSO at Bluebell Hill doesn't mess it up!
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Maria12:25 PM
London
Hello...
I normally watch tv on my Pc. I have a WinTv Nova-T with access to the freeview. Today Its impossible to watch any channel.Could you please explain me what to do to retune or if I should wait untill this start again.Thank you very much for your help!
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Maria's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris12:38 PM
Maria, you're going to need to retune all your channels for your WinTV, exactly the same as for any other TV. How you should do this depends on the software that you are using, and if you're using Windows software then all I can suggest is that you read the manual.
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ad12:56 PM
Banstead
I just retuned my freeview tv via factory reset and had no problems i have all channels. Just did my sister's tv too and she's missing pick tv and yesterday!! Er..... what to do? Help?! we both have the same tv
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ad's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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ken1:45 PM
The reception map isnt not entirely correct,all receivable muxes in aylesbury bucks,despite chiltern hills in the distance.
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NICK ADSL UK 1:51 PM
well i have always had a perfect set up and must be the only person who has now got less signal then before
i have always had 10 for quality and 5 for strength and after switch over i now get 8 for quality and 5 for strength
i have used a attenuator just to see what difference that would make and all that does is drop the quality to 4
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