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 25/09/2023 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 May 2013
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andyboy3:29 PM
Benfleet
hi where is argos tv gone from sky please now thank you
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andyboy3:30 PM
Benfleet
hi andyboy again will go from freeview thank you
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Wednesday, 15 May 2013
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Phil Murfet2:24 PM
Hi,
I live right beneath the Crystal Palace transmitter tower and have recently started using Freeview after having a virgin media box for some years. However I've noticed that when there is the slightest hint of bad weather we lose quite a few freeview channels. I'm guessing that signal is not an issue as I live so close - does anyone have any ideas as to what is causing this? We live in a council tower block and have recently had a communal ariel replacement as part of major building works to the flats. The council have advised that this is working correctly.
Any ideas?
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jb383:57 PM
Phil Murfet: Anyone living at close range under a high powered TV mast can experience a range of problems caused by the umbrella effect of being screened from the main beam of the signal, and so the next time this happens remove the aerial connector from the TV or box and replace it with a short length of bell wire or similar (about 4 feet or so) pushed into the aerial socket (the middle cup section) and check the results.
You could even try this at any time for a test.
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Tuesday, 4 June 2013
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Mike Batchelor4:38 PM
I use Freview from the Crystal Palace transmitter and on HD channels I experiece the TV screen going black for a second but not when watching normal Freeview .The aerial signal strength is showing very good 95%. Has anyone experienced this and cured it?
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MikeB10:43 PM
Mike Batchelor: have a look at the page on 'too strong a signal' - 95% is far too high (75-85% are far better), and a look at your signal quality would probably show it boucing up and down. Since HD channels tend to get effected first, thats why your HD channels are blanking out.
Just follow the instructions on the Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | Digital switchover | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice page - attenuators are pretty cheap, although obviously the first step is to switch off/bypass any boosters, etc. (PE12QN)
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Thursday, 6 June 2013
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Mike Batchelor12:28 PM
MikeB Thank you for your reply . I have checked the signal quality and it is bouncing about a little . I am using a signal amp because I share the aerial with another TV which has HD tuner and the HD channels are okay . I will try reducing the signal strength and also try without the amp . I will post the results .
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Friday, 7 June 2013
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Mike Batchelor4:43 PM
Ihave tried the Sony tv direct with the aerial and the signal strength was 85% still bouncing a little the HD channels were also blanking out as before . I have fitted a tv aerial splitter so I can supply both tv's and the signal strength is 70% the BBC HD channels are okay but ITV HD is still blanking out but not quite as much as previously I think I have exhausted all possibilities with what I have maybe I should look into a new aerial .
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Mike Batchelor: Something is not right.
BBC One HD, BBC Two HD, ITV HD and Channel 4 HD are all carried on the same multiplex (same signal) so either whatever is causing your issue happens to come into play when you watch ITV HD, or, for some reason, ITV HD is tuned to another transmitter.
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Sunday, 9 June 2013
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Craig3:06 PM
London
Hi, hope you can help.
We've renewed our basic roof top aerial with a larger 48 element aerial so the flat below can share the drop via an U powered splitter. We previously had good reception for all channels, except film 4 would occasionally pixelate slightly in high winds / rain. With the new aerial all channels are ok except film 4 and ITV 4 which are far more prone to pixelation or complete loss of picture / sound, especially in cloudy weather like today (yesterday had blue skys and full picture!)
Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks
Info below:
Postcode N1 4PN
Aerial fitted: SLx Digital aerial CAI std 2 (from toolstation)
Direction:pointed directly via line of sight to Crystal Palace
Film 4 tuning channel: 28
Strength ranges from 10-45%, yesterday: steady 50%
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