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 - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 23 Dec 07:21 until 23 Dec 13:37. . 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 
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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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Thursday, 15 December 2011
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Andy7:41 PM
East Grinstead
I'm at RH19 3RL with the old analogue aerial pointing at Crystal Palace. By manual tuning Channels 22 & 31 report no signal. For channels 25,29 & 32 the signal indicator is between BAD and NORMAL and I get all the programmes. Channels 28 & 34 are between NORMAL and GOOD on the indicator. The variation seems strange - will the situation improve on switchover or is it an aerial problem?
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Andy's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Andy: The Digital UK predictor suggests that you won't receive any digital channels from Crystal Palace prior to switchover, so I'd say you're doing pretty well.
I expect that you will be OK come switchover. I wouldn't do anything with regards changing aerial etc before then as the current aerial might be just fine and therefore any money you do spend will only be for benefit for the next four months.
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OTT-Anthony9:15 PM
Hello,
What an interesting site, questions and your responses!
I found your site as I was searching for help/info that might help me understand why this evening I am not receiving BBC4... Had sat down to watch/enjoy the programme about Jerusalem but nothing... Other than a standard message saying "no digital tv signal available".
This appears to be the only channel affected! As I have reviewed all others (including BBC parliament etc)
Is it possibly an issue with the transmission?
Any useful ideas welcome
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Friday, 16 December 2011
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Helen Read3:04 PM
Kingston Upon Thames
Hi
I have most of the digital channels but no HD channels. My a aerial has some sort of a booster on it. Is the signal for the hd Channels weaker? Will it be stronger once the analog signal has been turned off?
Kingston upon Thames
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Helen's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Helen Read: Have you got a Freeview HD receiver? See What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Saturday, 17 December 2011
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Jimmy5:45 PM
Hey people.
Just purchased a panasonic HDTV with Freeview HD.
However I can't to seem find any HD channels.
Now I know I have Freeview HD because in my EPG I can sort my channels by DVB, analogue and HD.
iv tried to manually tune the channels on C31 but to no avail.
I live in Romford, London btw RM3 8B
Any help is appreciated.
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Phil Waller5:46 PM
Orpington
Hello. Freview HD channels have taken a nose dive in strength and quality - unusable. I am in Orpington Kent and I have received freeview hd with no issues for months. We currently point to Crystal Palace. Does anyone know what might have happened in recent days?
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Phil's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 19 December 2011
Phil Waller: Please can you see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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