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 16/09/2024 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 TV region BBC London LondonWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Tuesday, 11 April 2017
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Martin Rosen11:02 PM
kimmichael_19@hotmail.co.uk:
Hi I had a similar problem in NW9 a few weeks ago. I reported it here. However, it seems to have sorted itself out. Although not reported, I can only presume it was a weak signal being sent. However, there is a lot of building work going on in the area, but if it was that, why isn't it happening all the time?
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Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Martin Rosen: I can't imagine Crystal Palace sending out a signal that would be weak in NW9!
Again, the most likely problem is the persons own system. People forget that their TV is connected to their aerial (which is itself just bits of metal constantly blasted by the weather) by a piece of cabling just 6mm wide, and has numerous joints, connections and push-together plugs. If just one fails, then thats the whole system. And if moisture gets in when it rains, but then dries out, you can get a problem that seemingly clears itself up, until next time.
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Martin Rosen10:17 PM
MikeB: I will check next time it is raining to see if there is a difference, or if it appears before. However, if that was the fault, would it not appear on all stations - it was happening on BBC News and BBC 4, if I recall.
Unfortunately I have no access to the aerial as it a communial aerial in a block of flats across the road to me.
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Thursday, 13 April 2017
MikeP
10:32 PM
10:32 PM
Martin Rosen:
Such events can affect just one multiplex or a few. Now that we know you are on a communal aerial, please check with your neighbours who also use that aerial system and not a satellite dish or cable service. If they are getting the same problems then the aeerial system needs attention so that should be reported to the management of the building. If they are not then it is likely a fault in your system or cables.
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Tuesday, 6 June 2017
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Meriem10:53 AM
London W9 2JD:
Problems with reception since 2nd June 2017. retuned but problem worse with loss of channels (ITVs C4, C5, etc). BBC channels working but other channels intermittent reception (image broken up pixelated). Order of listing of TV and radio channels has changed with new numbering such as 801, 802, etc... . No radio channel reception. 2nd TV retuned which caused loss of all TV Freeview channels and radio channels with no reception. neighbour's TV at same address (same aerial) no reception.
Aerial on roof.
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Steve3:54 PM
London
BT Showcase.
I notice that in the Crystal Palace and Talconeston details, it has the wrong information.
I believe it has changed as follows; was Freeview channel 59 (in SD), upto a few weeks ago. It has been been changed to Freeview 115 (in HD).
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Wednesday, 19 July 2017
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Richard11:30 AM
There seems to be a new - so far unlisted - transponder at 714 MHz (QPSK), but no services on it as yet
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Thursday, 24 August 2017
RS: I just preparing to install an aerial and get my sky all hooked up. I have multiple tv outlets so will install a lab gear 8 way distribution unit. I'm in streatham area so not far from Crystal Palace. What do you recommend for my choice of aerial and do you think I would need a mast head amplified to keep a good strength to redistribute the signal to the tv outlets throughout house.
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Friday, 25 August 2017
MikeP
10:39 AM
10:39 AM
Horse:
In Streatham you will not need an amplifier at all, you will get more than enough signal strength with a roof-top aerial as you are so close to Crystal Palace transmitter. If anything, you may need an attenuator to reduce the signal strength as it should not exceed 85% on any multiplex, but should be more than 60% on HD services and more than 50% on SD ones.
As for type of aerial a Group A or a wideband log-periodic would be suitable - but you don't need a huge one! It may be, just guessing using my local knowledge of South London as you haven't given a full post code, that a 12 element aerial will suffice without any amplification at all but even that may need an attenuator between the aerial and the distribution 'box'. Remember that the distribution box usually has internal amplification anyway, so excess signal strength could be a potential problem.
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