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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter._______
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
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Monday, 18 April 2011
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mike cowell9:53 AM
Until last week, I received freeview, then problems
I changed didiboxes, but "no signal received"
Put old box back - "no signal received"
My neighbour connected up one of my boxes - perfect. She has just had a new aeriel installed.
My aeriel is in loft, pointing generally south
Do I need to reposition my aeriel?
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mike cowell: You would be best advised to install your aerial on the rooftop.
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Tuesday, 19 April 2011
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Adam1:13 PM
Chelmsford
Hi, I put a comment on here a few days ago and for some reason it hasn't gone through.
I just want to know why Crystal Palace isn't included in the list of transmitters for my post code.
In Clacton-on-Sea I can easily receive every Mux from CP apart from 2 and A - I gather because of low power, but recently I am now picking up Bluebill hill aswell.
This being I cannot get any freeview whatsoever from the predicted (Useless) Sudbury transmitter. Also why am I unable to receive anything from Dover when DigitalUK tells me I should get 1 to 5 ??
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Adam's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 21 April 2011
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Ian7:56 AM
Bishop's Stortford
Address Bishops Stortford CM234EN.
Have roof mounted aerial pointed pointed towards Crystal Palace.
There are 2 TVs in house, both receiving all freeview channels fine
Also have a Sagemcom recorder box for HD channels. Last night (10pm ish and this morning 7am ish) Sagemcom not picking up any channels properly (some not at all, some pixelated) but both TVs fine. This has happened before in the eveinings generally aftyer 9pm. Aerial goes to Sagemcom box before TV so know that input signal to Sagemcom is at least as good as to TVs. Can the sensitivity of the Sagemcom and TV tuners vary so much?
Thanks,
Ian
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Ian's: mapI's Freeview map terrainI's terrain plot wavesI's frequency data I's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Ian: This is going to be down to What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
| ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - you are not in a good reception area at the moment.
Yes, there can be a great difference in the sensitivity of different receivers.
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Ian8:38 AM
Hi Briantist,
Thanks for the very swift response.
Yes - I am in a fringe area for the CP transmitter - however reception on my Sony and Philips TV tuners is fine pretty much all the time (even in the evenings when atmospheric pressure is high). Thinking of swapping the Sagemcom box for the (more expensive) Humax. Is there any way of checking the sensitivity of the tuner (eg technical data) without physically connecting it?
Thanks,
Ian
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Friday, 22 April 2011
Ian: You can look at the technical specifications, but experience shows that it is often the cheaper boxes that work better in low signal conditions.
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Dan Baker8:20 AM
I keep losing all BBC transmissions from Crystal Palace. I have retuned my tv and now get Anglian. All other freeview channels are ok. This has been happening over the last few days
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Dan Baker: A bit hard to say without a postcode, but I would presume you are picking up Sandy Heath.
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