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
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Friday, 26 August 2011
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graham campbell8:12 PM
About 16 months ago purchased a Sony DVD recorder. About 3 years ago had new aerial installed on my chimmney stack. Annalogue reception good, digital reception thru DVD recorder has become appalling,impossible to see picture accompanied by loud screeches. Sony (via DVD supplier) state not their problem, Supplier wont change DVD recorder to one that will work with poor signal.Now "up a gum tree" what do i do?
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Andy Hagerty11:00 PM
Hi
I have had a Panasonic HDTV recorder that up until 10 days ago received HDTV ok (albeit with a low signal). I have now lost all HDTV. Is there a problem/work with Crystal Palace. I live in Leatherhead and know that it is a bit "iffy" here.
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Saturday, 27 August 2011
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jb389:31 AM
graham campbell: Well what both Sony and the DVD supplier have said is quite correct, as they aren't responsible for you receiving a poor signal, this aspect of reception possibilities unable to be checked on as you havent mentioned where you are located (pref:post code) nor anything about your aerial being used, such as loft or roof mounted, or maybe even on a communal system.
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jb389:56 AM
graham campbell: Apologies, just noticed that you did state that your aerial was on the chimney, if you indicate your location the signal expected at your location can then be checked on.
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Andy Hagerty: As it says above, there are no problems with the transmitter. I would have a look at Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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MRS CLAIRE EVANS5:10 PM
High Wycombe
HP15 6NN. High Wycombe. Please can you email me an explanation? (As I am nearly 80 I cannot understand complicated instructions.) I had a new digibox installed on Wednesday, using the very helpful & efficient BBC Switchover Help Scheme. The engineer said I had a poor signal from my aerial (best available 10 years ago & I have had no previous problems.) He put up a new aerial facing exactly the same direction as my old one (however not the same as all my neighbours.) He could not remove the old aerial as his ladder was not long enough. I have 2 sets & now use my bedroom TV mostly. After he left I was unable to get the digibox to work. My other TV (app. 18 months old) was still OK. But after teething problems, & re-tuning it via the Help number, it worked spasmodically, but I could not get all channels all the time.
Today is a different story - my bedroom TV has "no signal" & broken-up picture with bad static & will not change channels. The sitting-room TV is now also affected in the same way, but at 5pm I can get some freeview channels.
(Apologies for this long explanation.) Is there a problem at Crystal Palace? Do I just have to accept that from now on, I am unlikely to get a proper service until next April? If the Switchover Engineer returns to try to sort me out, I have to accept what I am told (i.e. I live in the wrong area!) If there are no problems at your end, do you think it is the aerial being sited incorrectly? Thank you very much, in anticipation of a reply. Claire Evans
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Sunday, 28 August 2011
MRS CLAIRE EVANS: You are predicted to have, and to continue to have a perfect reception from the Crystal Palace transmitter.
Given you have been provided this service by the Digital Help Scheme, I would get onto their complaints people and demand that they come and sort it out for you.
You live in a very good signal area and there should be no problems with a competent installer providing your with a stable, working installation.
Switchover will not make much difference to your reception, the problems can be sorted out right now.
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011
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Rob Laskey7:38 PM
St. Albans
Hello,
Up till today I have been receiving a weak but usable Freeview HD signal. I note that there was engineering work on the Crystal Palace transmitter but that is showing as completed. Now I can't get the Freeview HD channels any more on my STB nor on another device I use. I've tried retuning automatically and doing a manual retune on channel 31 but nothing is showing up. All other channels (SD) are showing the same signal strength as yesterday. Any ideas? Has something changed due to the engineering work I wonder. I know the HD signal is weak and I'm on the edge of the signal.
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Thursday, 1 September 2011
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John Tripp6:46 PM
Buntingford
I have the same problem as Robin Laskey, have been receiving HD channels on channel 31 (Crystal Palace) for some time now, but yesterday (August 31st) they stopped working and I cannot re-tune them. Please could someone confirm why this is and if I can expect to get them again soon (i.e. before the switch over for Crystal Palace next year) - is there ongoing engineering work ?
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Friday, 2 September 2011
Jeff
3:48 PM
Harpenden
3:48 PM
Harpenden
I have the same problem as Robert Laskey.
I believe it is due to the COM channel on Sandy Heath moving to channel 31 on 31 August. It will be 18th April 2012 before we get HD back unless there is a change of plan. I belive they have underestimated the area where Crystal Palace is in use, rather than Sandy Heath. It means a large area to the North West of London (but still in the home counties) will be without HD fo 6 months, that's progress.
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