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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Thursday, 8 March 2012
Briantist:
I was just confirming good signal etc. from Crystal Palace as so many others seemed to be reporting problems.
Roll on 4.4.12
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That should have read "Digital" signal.
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michael algar7:55 PM
Hi I bought a new Tv with Freeview HD last week, perfect, for a few days, yesterday it started to break up on all HD channels only, now it says NO SIGNAL, only on the HD channels.
I tried retuning, but none of the HD channels are found.
I am confused and upset after spending all that money on a new TV.
I am on the Crystal Palace transmitter, living in NW London.
Why was everything fine for 3 days? I changed nothing!
Please advise ASAP
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Friday, 9 March 2012
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amz5:54 PM
London
Hi people, ok I live in south harrow in London and have been experiencing issues with all the channels on frequency 22 ( channel 4 ITV etc).. I have had issues with the loss of signal from time to time for the last few months but it would be fine again later, but since yesterday I have completely lost the signal.. is anyone else experiencing issues with this frequency, all other channels work fine.. any help would be appreciated.
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Saturday, 10 March 2012
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LesG12:43 PM
Reading
Apologies to FJC Farrar for not answering your query of 5th March sooner. The reason for using Crystal Palace is that we have always had London programmes since moving into the house more than twenty years ago, and have tended to prefer them over BBC South/Meridian. I don't want the expense of having the aerial realigned at this stage.
We are geographically in an area that sits west of London, south of what used to be Midlands and north of South (if you get my meaning). On BBC digital text news it is not unusual to see stories from all areas in BBC South and London coverage.
As far as signal strength is concerned we have always been able to receive analogue and digital channels without a problem until the end of this February. We actually receive more channels than the Digital UK or Freeview predictor suggests.
Which brings me to a new gripe - when I started using this site you were "assigned" a transmitter and region based on postcode, but you could change it to the transmitter you actually pick up. Now it seems I am automatically "forced" in a link to Hannington when I come into the site, and there seems no way to change it!
Further to my ongoing reception issues. I went back to Digital UK and asked them to reconsider their response as they had ignored that I said I was getting London programmes - again they had just looked at the postcode checker and came up with Hannington. Again they everything was "normal" with Crystal Palace but at least they offered more advice (most of which I had tried previously without success). I am now going to go back to the BBC with my case number and report that what they had suggested had not helped, and ask why they are not taking my complaint more seriously (I will restrict my channel problems to BBC as they say they are only responsible for those). Given that they are supposed to be acting for Ofcom, they don't seem to be making a good job of it at present.
I agree that this would be easier to bear if the expectation had been set that things would get worse before they get better!
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andy6:37 PM
Benfleet
hi andyboy i have just cheked digital uk web sit at crystal palace transmitter it says releption change on mar 12th is that true it show all green i will i full return on that day please reply soon cheers
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Sunday, 11 March 2012
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NewForest5:30 PM
Thanks for this uniquely informative site - it's a great public service.
Regarding changes to analogue channels during Crystal Palace (CP) switchover:
It states on this page above that "ITV-1 analogue swaps to C33. BBC TWO analogue C23 closes."
But BBC2 analogue is currently (11/3/12) on C33 (not C23) - a typo? Did you mean that ITV1 analogue moves from C23 to C33, replacing BBC2, which will close?
Your coverage predictor does not show ITV1 analogue on ANY channel from CP between 4/4/12-18/4/12. (Example using a random central London postcode: Find out how to receive Freeview and Freeview HD at WC1E7HT | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice Is this an omission, or will there be just TWO analogue channels (BBC1 & Ch4) during the CP switchover period (contrary to above)?
Thanks! (EN40AX)
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012
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Wendy5:21 PM
Hi can you tell me whether or not purchasing a tv with freeview will benefit me at all. I have a tv in the lounge with a sky+ plus, I also have a tv in the bedroom without freeview, but at the moment can watch 1-5 and also by putting the tv on channel 6 can watch sky from the lounge via a magic eye.
Could you tell me that if i purchased a tv with freeview built in would i still be able to put the tv on a seperate channel to watch sky through my magic eye as before,and also watch freeview when I dont want to watch sky.
If so what channel or source would i need to put my sky on to watch it through the eye, without interferring with the freeview.
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Wendy: You will need to ensure that the TV you buy has an analogue tuner in. That is the "old" system.
In order to watch your Sky box you will have to select the analogue part of your new TV.
As the five analogue channels you have at the moment are on Freeview, you may just not bother tuning them in on the analogue part of your new TV. If you put your Sky box on analogue number 1 (instead of BBC One analogue), you will just need to press the button that switches to analogue in order to watch Sky.
If you want help, let us know the model number that you intend to buy and we should hopefully be able to find the specification to see if it will work with your Sky box.
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Mark Fletcher10:29 PM
Halifax
New Forest.Yes you're fourth paragraph is correct.Well spotted !
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