Full Freeview on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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 - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 23 Dec 07:21. . AM: Radio 4 on MW has now closed. Please retune to FM, Digital Radio, digital TV, BBC Sounds or smart speakers to continue listening. More information can be found on the front page of this
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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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Friday, 23 September 2011
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jb384:25 PM
Wirral
Glen R: Well the problem of being in a dip really (or maybe partially) says it all! as your local Gravesend station only indicates reception being possible on BBC1 until the 18th of April 2012 when stage 2 takes place, although Rouncefall (18mls) / Sudbury (43mls) does presently indicate good reception on the main multiplexes, these two stations being on a single frequency (SFN) - Mux Ch44(BBC1) - Mux Ch41(ITV1) - Mux Ch47(HD)
Crystal Palace (20 miles) Mux Ch25 (BBC1) as well as ArqA & B are also indicated as being possible, but in my opinion not at satisfactory levels to be relied upon.
As far as Bluebell Hill is concerned, only Mux Ch42 (ArqA) - Mux Ch39 (ArqB) and Mux Ch45 (MuxB) are shown as possible on a variable basis.
In your type of situation a person really has to try using different aerial positions, as the signal could well be found to be much better at one end of a building over the other end, and height doesn't always play an important factor either, something I have mentioned numerous times to various people in areas of difficult reception, as the chimney is not by any means always the best position, even if still on the roof!
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Saturday, 24 September 2011
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Helen Davies8:51 AM
kt174EP Freeview aerial on roof
Problems 24 Sept 2011 with ITV channels in particular but BBC now off. Can get Sky News though.
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Sunday, 25 September 2011
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Matt10:58 PM
@JB38-if you look at my prediction for ch 22 from Crystal palace of 9 and 98, you really would not think reception is possible, yet it works perfectly. Glen R's 49 and 94 for mux 2 makes mine look abysmal.
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Monday, 26 September 2011
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J Symons10:41 AM
Epsom
I am getting all the Freeview channels ok, but I am not getting a signal on any HD channels, I think I am getting a signal from Crystal Palace, post code KT19 8JL
Any thoughts ?
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J's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Hi,
I'm out at Marlow (near high wycombe) and tune into the Crystal Palace transmitter.
Does anyone get freeview HD out this far and are there any aerial recommendations?
Thanks
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Matt3:39 PM
@J Symons-you most likely just need a freeview HD box. You are predicted to have excellent reception.
@Martin-http://aerialsandtv.co.uk/onlineaerials.html look at the Yagi 18a.
For more help, a full postcode is required.
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Colin Wray
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Martin:Your CP C31 may be blocked by Oxford SDN on C31.This stops on Wednesday. I am waiting for this too.
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Steve8:44 PM
Hi
Up until about four weeks ago we received HDTV reception on our one year old Samsung LED TV. Suddenly we lost it and can't seem to get it back. There had been no adverse weather conditions so don't think the mast has moved. The mast was installed about four years ago and reception strength is about 75% on normal digital channels. Has the HD transmssion been turned down at Crystal Palace, or should I have my equipment checked?
Many thanks
Steve
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Brian Lingfield10:46 PM
Rayleigh
Our aerial is on a tall mast at side of house, it faces crystal Palace, since switch off in anglia region we seem to pick up the new booster rowthwell Blackwater region. It seems that on BBC HD channels the sound is out of sync with the picture. Can the fault relate that we can receive digital from two regions ?
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Brian's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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Jason New8:51 PM
Steve: I live on Hampshire/Surrey border and I too have a Samsung LED TV that was getting a pretty good HDTV signal but it has since completely gone. It happened a couple of months ago. I've no idea but I'm guessing that the signal has either been reduced or the direction altered. It seems unlikely that we both have faulty TVs.
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