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.
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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, 11km north-northwest (334°)
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 TV region BBC London LondonWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Sunday, 29 January 2023
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Patricia11:35 PM
The Crystal Palace Freeview channel/MUX/UHF lists need to be updated - examples = QuestRed+1 is still there, EarthXTV (79) is not yet included, it is purported to be on Com6.
I would be most grateful if my UHF "bible" could be up-to-date, whilst realising that others have other things to do besides serve us without charge.
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Monday, 30 January 2023
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Chris.SE1:24 AM
Patricia:
]Unfortunately there are several updates which the site owner has "pending" we think!
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Monday, 6 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - AM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 6 Feb 14:03 until 6 Feb 14:09. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 March 2023
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Andrew Healy7:34 AM
Is the ITV transmitter undergoing upgrades. I cannot reach ch. 26 or 22. Que pasa ?
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Chris.SE2:09 PM
Andrew Healy:
Do you mean TV (LCN) channels 22 & 26 (on different multiplexes) or UHF channels 22 & 26?
Whichever, the transmitter isn't listed for Planned Engineering howver here are a number of other changes taking place which may have an effect
https://www.freeview.co.uk/help/service-updates/channel-changes-22-mar-2023
You may find some channels get misplaced in the 800s depending on the retune and have to manually clear things.
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Friday, 31 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:07 AM
10:07 AM
CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 29 Mar 10:45 until 29 Mar 11:01. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:08 AM
10:08 AM
Crystal Palace transmitter - Crystal Palace transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/05/2023 RP [DUK]
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Friday, 5 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
9:46 AM
9:46 AM
Crystal Palace transmitter - Crystal Palace transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 8 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:08 AM
4:08 AM
Crystal Palace transmitter - Crystal Palace transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Saturday, 13 May 2023
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Kathy11:01 AM
Does anyone know when the current works on Chrystal Palace transmitter may be completed? I have had no tv signal for some days.
Thanks.
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