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 28/10/2024 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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Thursday, 9 February 2012
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Mike Dimmick2:22 PM
Alex: The HD channels are on lower power than the other multiplexes at present, and the multiplex also uses the same channel as one of the SD multiplexes from Reigate, at the moment.
This will change on 18 April: the HD services will move, taking over Channel 4 analogue's frequency, and be boosted to the same high power as the other multiplexes' new power levels - 20x the current power level.
Night-time does tend to cause interfering signals to travel further, something called 'tropospheric enhancement'.
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Friday, 10 February 2012
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David12:29 AM
Alex. The HD channel is also at a higher bit rate, which means that it needs a better signal to noise ratio. This means that it is at a disadvantage of more than the factor of 2 implied by the relative transmit power, when compared with ITV multiplexes and even more when compared with BBC ones. It will still be at a disadvantage when it goes to full power in April.
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Peter G9:11 PM
I live in dartford and a a day or two ago I've lost bbc 1+ 2 bbc news bbc 3.
I've tried to retune however it just picks up itv and the other channels
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Mike Dimmick10:12 PM
David, Alex: That is not true. The DVB-T2 standard is just that much more efficient than DVB-T (reflecting nearly 15 years more development). The mode selected for the BBC B multiplex is only very slightly less robust than the post-switchover mode for the other multiplexes, which is about the same as for Mux 2 and Mux A now. The difference in radiation pattern between two channels is typically larger than the difference in the margin required between a DVB-T and DVB-T2 multiplex.
Now that the commercial multiplexes are going to use 64QAM 3/4 mode, not 64QAM 2/3 as BBC A and D3&4 will, the HD multiplex should definitely be more robust than them.
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Sunday, 12 February 2012
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maureen4:14 PM
My nephew bought a digital tv (December) with no inbuilt freeview-as he is a teenager can someone please help him with firstly which reasonably priced box he would need and any other information that might help
Thank's
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jb385:01 PM
maureen: I find it quite amazing that he managed to buy a analogue only TV unless from some second hand source, is he absolutely positive that it is purely an analogue set and that DVB isn't seen mentioned on the remote control?
However, any of these low priced Freeview boxes seen in places like Argos etc should be perfectly suffice for his needs provided the TV he purchased does have a scart socket?
if not then any Freeview box purchased has to be of the type with an RF modulator so that the signal can be fed into the TV's aerial socket.
Of course needless to say he will require a suitable aerial, although advice on this only being possible by having knowledge of his post code, this to enable checking of the signal level expected at his location.
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Adrian6:36 PM
Thanks Brian but I don't have a set top box, the arial goes straight into the TV.
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jb388:11 PM
Adrian: You are indicated as being only 4 miles away from Crystal Palace and as such very prone to suffer from severe signal overloading problems, and indeed likely be unable to get any reception at all come April 18th when Crystal Palace goes over to high power operation, as the signal will grossly overload the tuner in your TV.
If you have a set top aerial lying around try a test using that to see what happens on your Freeview channels, if it helps the situation then you will require to use an attenuator in line with the aerial socket on your TV.
However maybe you could give an update regarding your aerial, that is where installed.
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Thursday, 16 February 2012
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Ed Surrey2:41 PM
Croydon
My digital TV often switches the radio stations from 700 numbers to 800 numbers. I retune but it happens again. Other BBC channels are also affected, not the main ones, but The news channel, Sky News and the Red button is now an 800 number. My transmitter is Crystal palace and the TV is a Marks and Spencer brand.
Thank you.
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Ed's: mapE's Freeview map terrainE's terrain plot wavesE's frequency data E's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Steve2:50 PM
My post code CM9 4SF. My (low gain) aerial is mounted on a pole on the chimney and points at Sudbury. Looks like a 12 element (?) but I didn't put it up there. See aerial photo Pictures by 1stevebevan2 - Photobucket
I can only get PSB's. Is it likely that with replacement high gain aerial I could get COM 5,6 now or no chance, just have to wait until Sudbury goes to full power on COM 5,6 late July? Alternatively with high gain aerial, could I get all Crystal Palace muxes when it goes full power 18th April? Want to dump Sky as soon as possible! (CM94SF)
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