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.
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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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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 10:16 yesterday to 11:36 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:45 yesterday to 08:17 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 July 2011
CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 10:16 on 26 Jul to 11:36 on 26 Jul HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:45 on 26 Jul to 08:17 on 26 Jul [BBC]
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CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 10:16 on 26 Jul to 11:36 on 26 Jul HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:45 on 26 Jul to 08:17 on 26 Jul [BBC]
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J10:44 AM
Hi, does the latest status update mean Freeview HD has failed?
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Chris McManus6:42 PM
Gravesend
Mux 2 and Mux A on the Crystal Palace transmitter are showing as low power today- when will this go back to the same level of power as the others on this transmitter?
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Chris's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 29 July 2011
CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:45 on 26 Jul to 08:17 on 26 Jul HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 10:16 on 26 Jul to 11:36 on 26 Jul [BBC]
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CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:45 on 26 Jul to 08:17 on 26 Jul HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 10:16 on 26 Jul to 11:36 on 26 Jul [BBC]
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Chris McManus: Mux 2 and Mux A have been in this state since 2003, this the normal mode of operation until switchover. See Two frequency interference
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J: Yes, it was off-air from 07:45 to 08:17 and at low power from 10:16 to 11:36.
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Scott2:02 PM
High Wycombe
Hi, i recently brought a tv with freeview hd, but i am not picking up the hd channels at all. Normal freeview is fine. I have a roof ariel and its pointing towards london? :)
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Scott's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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