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There are no longer any television transmissions on the Croydon (Greater London, England) transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the Croydon (Greater London, England) transmitter. 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 Croydon (Greater London, England) transmitter.

This transmitter is no longer being used for TV

In the past, television services were provided from this transmitter. However, these have not been withdrawn.

Please see the table below for details of the historic used of this transmitter location.

How will the Croydon (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1955-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-1331 Mar 2018-
VHFA B C/D E K T VHFA B E K TA B E K TA B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHF
C9ITVwaves
C37C5wavesC5waves

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 5 1000kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc†
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

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Monday, 17 January 2011
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illiad
8:04 PM
Twickenham

Mike Crane: if you are still wondering about this from 2008, I think I know, to help others...

The fact that you can see the channel that the TV was on, when you switch to your digibox- It seems there is a problem with badly screened cables..

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Briantist
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8:06 PM

illiad: I suspect you might be just 26 months late...

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illiad
8:10 PM
Twickenham

(Briantist: and no clue yet!! ) to continue..

these can behave just like a transmitter, for sensitive modern TVs to pick up the signal from inside your TV, your neighbors TV ... this is what you see, ghosted on top of the proper signal!..

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illiad
8:11 PM
Twickenham

I helped a friend once, with bad reception.. he said, just change the AE plug... when I stripped the cable back, I saw the 'screen' was ONE thin wire!!!! It only cost me a pound for 5m, he said... :P

I know many scarts do not have 'over all screen', too..

some TVs also OUTPUT on their scart, causing more probs!

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Briantist
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8:13 PM

illiad: Sorry, you seem to be going off on a bit of a tangent by yourself.

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illiad
8:14 PM
Twickenham

erm, The original post was about ghosting!!!


Oh, and also note, if you are not using a HDMI, the output to your TV is NOT digital, it is analogue - the lack of screening will pick up the radiated video from the rest, giving the ghost!

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Briantist
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8:15 PM

illiad: Back in November 2008.

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Tuesday, 12 April 2011
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kieran r
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2:22 PM
Basingstoke

i am using this transmitter for itv 123 on digital but i tought this is an analogue station ho well why the closing a im gonna mis this transmitter

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Borisd0
2:29 PM
Bristol

To address the original comment about ghosting.
Old post but I suspect still very common.

My experience is that a low quality fully wired scart can cross talk and give rise to ghosting and sometimes add noise to a signal from a set top box.
When Analogue closes down the TV set generates noise and this cross talks to the STB signal.
A wire in the scart cable can be cut but that another matter.

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Briantist
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3:07 PM

kieran r: This transmitter is analogue only until next year when it closes. Digital services are from the next-door Crystal Palace transmitter.

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