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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Tuesday, 9 August 2011
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Peter2:03 AM
London
First two attmpts were unsuccessful and third attempt ended up on page 38. So here goes again:
I'm also in W3 and have the same problem as Michael O'Connor.
This is my first HD TV and I've only been 'experimenting' for the past two days so don't know if it's a new problem.
Rooftop aerial is checked regularly.
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Peter2:07 AM
London
OK I give up!
How do i post on page 24?
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Peter: You can't post on page 24, the comments are in date-posted order.
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Peter11:14 AM
London
Thank you for clarifying that.
Is there any reason why W3 should be a bad area for HD?
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Mike Dimmick2:53 PM
Peter: Beardsley Way looks like blocks of flats on the Birds Eye view on Bing Maps, are you using a communal aerial system?
If you are, you may find that your building's owner has used a channelised system, which filters and distributes only the channels that Crystal Palace used before HD was added. It would need to be extended for HD, to include C31 as well as all the others. You may find that they're not willing to do this, given it's now less than a year before the whole thing will need to be reconfigured for switchover.
If you have your own aerial, I can't see what the problem would be, as this is a very strong signal area. See Single Frequency Interference for thoughts on what might be blocking this one frequency.
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Peter3:24 PM
London
Thank you for the reply and for going to the trouble of looking me up on the map.
Yes, it's a block of flats with a communal aerial giving good reception on all the other channels (analogue and digital).
When I tried to do a manual retune last night it showed pretty much 100% signal strength on all channels except 31 (which showed 0%).
The aerial system receives regular maintenance, but as you say, I'm not sure if any necessary adjustments have been made for HD (although it has been available for some 2 yrs.).
Until some years ago I used to use an indoor aerial which gave great analogue reception despite being pointed at the wall. Would it be worth trying this option, or would it not be suitable for digital and HD?
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Matt5:32 PM
Godalming
It might work but try, if you can to get the best line of site that you can. There would be no harm in trying.
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011
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Kim12:51 AM
HELP my freeviee has go low signal problem ! Only happened since today have no telly all I know is I am in crystal palace transmitter area but have no telly ;( can anyone shed light on this
Kim in Marlow Buckinghamshire
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Mike Dimmick1:39 AM
Kim: Digital UK's engineering works information is showing that works are planned at Crystal Palace this week, with occasional service interruptions. That said, I (in Caversham) am not having problems right now.
Check whether analogue is clear, or at least no more snowy than usual. If it is worse than normal, check that the aerial and cables are intact and that the cables are properly connected. If you're using a distribution amplifier, check whether the power supply is working.
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I have lost all ITV channels and Channel 4 today. ITV and Channel 4 were very glitchy in the morning and so I did an auto-retune on my TV and now they have gone.
I hope this is due to Crystal Palace engineering works and not some broken aerial due to people doing very loud building work on my block!?
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