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 11/11/2024 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, 18 October 2011
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Christine Winstanley8:46 PM
Marlow
Hi,
I have problem on all the ITV, chanel 4 & 5, most digital chanels except the BBC chanels seem to be affected. Loss of pixels, break up, freezing, so bad you can not watch them.
The chanels do not seem to be affected in the day, its seems to be around 7pm and after. It is impossible to watch the chanels, let alone record them!
my post code is SL7 2NY, if this helps.
I am getting a little fed up with this now and wonder if anything can be done. I have re-tuned the set & the weather seems to make little difference! The problem seems to have got worse since Julyish.
I look forward to your help.
Thank you,
Christine Winstanley
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Christine's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Christine Winstanley: Please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Matt6:31 PM
Godalming
@Christine Winstanley, my MUX 2 reception has got a lot worse recently too. It's gone from being perfect to completely unusable. However, my reception is predicted to be a lot worse than yours.
Thus, firstly try what Brian says, then check all your connectors, remove any boosters and then try again. If this doesn't work, check the condition of the aerial to see whether it has fallen apart.
You have a little line of sight problem according to wolfbane. Also, your field strength is only predicted to be around 30dBuV, thus I would not expect perfect reception at your location, at least not until switchover.
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Matt's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Sunday, 23 October 2011
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David woodward3:02 PM
I live in Colgate Westsussex
All the ITV pictures have been pixelating for the last few weeks
I see from this site the power for these channels is "low" why is that and when will it be fixed?
Many thanks it's really bad!
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Monday, 24 October 2011
David woodward: There is nothing wrong with the transmitter, please can you see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011
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Edgar7:32 PM
HD channels still not working in Bow, antenna on roof of 6 story block has not been moved, they have not been working since 18th October.
Any recommendations other than freeview reset procedure?
Thanks in advance.
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Edgar: I would suggest you have a look at Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Thursday, 27 October 2011
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Tim1:41 PM
London
We live in SE13 5AP and receive from Crystal Palace. Aerial is on the roof with splitter in the loft. Never had any problems before. Last night, we noticed that we'd lost freeview ITV1, Ch4, Ch5 and others. I've explored this website and can see they're all on the same multiplex. Other channels seem fine. So I've read the page on Single Channel Interference, but we've not installed or turned on any new video equipment recently. I tried retuning a set, but it just omitted the missing channels completely. There's just no or no effective signal. It's the same on all TVs in the property (all fed from same aerial and splitter).
Apparently no problems or work with the trasmitter.
So, does anyone have any ideas? Could this be a physical problem with my aerial, co-ax, splitter? But then would not all channels be suffering?
Any assistance would be very much appreciated.
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Tim's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tim: You're under 4 miles from the transmitter. Maybe the problem is that the signal is too strong and overloading your TVs. See this page for more info:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice (DN31NJ)
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