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 04/11/2024 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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Monday, 13 June 2011
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Mike Dimmick2:04 PM
Samir: If your analogue reception has also deteriorated, that would imply a general reduction in signal levels or increase in interference or noise. Start by checking that the aerial is intact and still pointing in the correct direction. Look for any new obstructions in the path, for example cranes or new buildings, or trees coming into leaf.
Cable damage is another cause of reception problems. In wet weather, damaged outer insulation can allow water to get into the cable, which changes its properties increasing the amount of signal lost in the cable. The place where the cable connects to the aerial should be waterproofed but that can also leak and allow water into the cable.
If the cable can freely move over tiles or walls, the outer insulation may wear through and allow the screening to be damaged. It should be securely anchored as it passes over tiles and brickwork. The insulation is also affected by UV light from the sun and does have a limited lifespan.
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
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botus11:31 PM
Slough
Hi thought I'd post an update
Today a colleague living in Amersham Bucks who had never had any Freeview problems reports he is unable to use freeview for anything other than BBC parliment during the last week.
This falls in line with issues I know about my self at postcode SL2 2NN and my brother living 1 mile north):
Over the weekend 11 - 12 June my brother (1 mile north), had terrible reception on BBC channels. Where I, in the proceeding week had issues with all freeview having very poor reception. But by Sunday he couldn't watch BBC at all and came to my house to watch F1 where my freeview reception of BBC was perfect?
But I keep loosing ITV but he now says this work OK for him and BBC is a bigger issue. I still have no HD channels (signal went down to unviewable levels more than 1 month ago) Had been prefect for 3 month prior to this.
Commencing 6 June all freeview channels were poor and remain flaky.
Friday 6 May BBC 1 and 2 came back up... other ones still dead but came back later that day according to my brother I noticed ITV Ch 4 and 5 just about working but breaking up a bit over the weekend. My brother at his address (1 mile north) reporting he had seen the exact issues with similar timings during that timeframe.
But in bringing these back up, they killed all HD channels which had been faultless for 2 months, now breaking up really badly all the time.
Retuned the panasonic middle of last week after having the nag onscreen for about a week and get a great range of 10 out of 10 to 1 out of 10 on different muxes....
Brilliantly with BBC 1 and 2, ITV, ch4 ,ch5 being some of the weakest BUT its ok coz the porn and gambling rubbish no one watches come out at 10 out of 10 for signal strength and have NEVER gone off air in more than 5 years even with the silly playing the do all day long at crystal palace but pretend they don't
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Friday, 17 June 2011
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James10:17 PM
I get my Freeview signal from Crystal Palace and have lost all channels for: all ITV, all Channel 4 (including E4, More 4) and all the Channel 5 (5, USA, 5*). Got worse suddenly around 9pm on Monday 13th June and now on Friday I only have BBC left. Done a reset as described, others in the area are having similar problems since Monday so it's not my equipment. Either someone has blocking / degrading the signal or something is wrong with Crystal Palace transmitter - even your website says the transmission details is low for the channels I've lost.
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Monday, 20 June 2011
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Stephen Graham10:36 PM
My signals are awfull, what type of aerial would you recommend for receiving crystal palace signals in a week signal area??
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Tuesday, 21 June 2011
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Martin Stacey4:08 PM
I recently purchased a new tv which was installed and auto tuned by the shop were purchased. Yesterday the tv only had three channels working.
I have tried re-tuning it serval times but only get BBC channels.
Is there a problem with weak signal strength in my area.
Please help.
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Wednesday, 22 June 2011
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Paul1:50 PM
We have been receiving freeview for years with no problems. Over the last month or two dave, e4, pick tv and all the channels on the same multiplex (mux c) - i looked this up somewhere cannot remember where! They break up but it only seems to be from about 9:45 ish onwards. After this time they became unwatchable. For instance last night watching e4 in bed so nothing else going on electrically to interfere the signal started to degrade from about 9:45 to an unwatchable state.
Now to reign everyone in sending me problems about my installation I know 2 other people in the same area that experience EXACTLY the same problem! Are they doing night time test to the crystal palace transmitter? anyone have any ideas?
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Friday, 24 June 2011
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Paul11:42 AM
Slough
Does anyone know how to get a list of the service IDs for each channel? I need to configure a device with frequency and service ID for each channel as it doesn't automatically scan.
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Sunday, 26 June 2011
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Roger H2:20 PM
London
Transmitter engineering:
What has happened to freeview in North london N16 5NX.?
WHY ARE WE RECEIVING NO UPDATES OR ANY KIND OF INFORMATION ON THE TV SCREEN ABOUT THIS MATTER?
IF THIS IS HELPING THE PUBLIC.
IT STINKS!!!
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011
paul:
i live in basingstoke ive hade the same thing since the 19 with e4 quest viva bbc1 and heat citv and cbbc
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