Full Freeview on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - 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 - Crystal Palace transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Crystal Palace transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C23 (490.0MHz)	324m	DTG-	200,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C26 (514.0MHz)	324m	DTG-	200,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C30- (545.8MHz)	324m	DTG-	200,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H max	C25 (506.0MHz)	314m	DTG-8	200,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	H max	C22 (482.0MHz)	321m	DTG-8	200,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	H max	C28- (529.8MHz)	321m	DTG-8	200,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others
LW	H -10dB	C35 (586.0MHz)	324m	DTG-12	20,000W
	from 31st March 2014: 8 LONDON LIVE,

DTG-8 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	BBCtv_waves
C22					ArqA	ArqA
C23		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C25					SDN	SDN
C26		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C28					-ArqB	ArqB
C29						LW
C30		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	-BBCB	BBCB
C33		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves		com7
C35						com8
C55_{tv_off}						com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}						COM8_{tv_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 London

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968	Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992	Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc†

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Crystal Palace was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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ann Yilma
4:37 PM
London

I have a samsung tv with which has been working well since the re tuning when se12 9ab went .However recently I have had to retune on a number of occasions because all have just disappeared due to 'weak or '. When it happened again on Saturday 22nd sept I tried re tuning but cannot pick up any channel.It is now monday 24th sept and still no service. Siganl from is supposed to be working normally. Please advise. I am paying a licence fee for nothing at the moment.

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jb38

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5:40 PM

ann Yilma: As you are located at a distance of only 5 miles from the you have to beware in case the level of received is slightly excessive for the TV's tuner, as this will give "exactly" the same signal indications to that of a signal that's too weak.

You have not mentioned anything regarding the being used, but for a carry out another retune using a set top aerial, should you be able to borrow one!

Further info dependant on findings.

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Sue
1:23 PM

Once again I have major probs with the on !!!!! I live in flats and have had all the ariel fittings checked and rechecked 3 times, also had equipment checked , brand new freeview boxes replaced 3 times. Each time have been advised its the signal. PLEASE PLEASE SORT THIS OUT for my sanity (had no probs with anologue).

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chris Glass
8:50 PM

3rd oct 2012

whats happened to signals from
bbc 24hr news and all other on the
same uhf 23
for the last 10 days or so
strengh has fallen so these channels are now unwatchable

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Ian
9:34 PM

Our new television (a few months old) has a habit of losing the which can only be restored by switching it off and on again. This also happened to our old television - an occurrence that caused us to buy the new one. The new TV has been checked by an engineer and the master board changed and software updated - to no effect. We have noticed that the problem occurs at 2045 most evenings - does something take place at your end at this time of night?

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jb38

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11:22 PM

Ian: When you say "losing the " are you meaning only the picture?

The other point being, that by you not having revealed your location (post code or one from nearby eg: a shop) then its impossible to check details of the covering your area as you could be located anywhere in the UK.

Another aspect that it would be beneficial to know is if your system is exclusively yours or is it communal?

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Piers
12:21 PM

Hi I have a Humax PVR 9200T. I have retunned as instructed since the last but one retune the program information or synopsis is no longer recorded. If I press the info button while watching a recorded program the overlay comes up with the ID but is otherwise blank, it used to tell me about the program/episode I was watching now it does not. Does this happen to anyone else ? And is there anything I can do to fix it ?
Thanks

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lisa

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5:30 PM

I am in Rayleigh, postcode SS6, and my from BBCA mux has just gone. Is it me or is it a problem at the ?

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andy
7:26 PM
Chelmsford

for the last 3 weeks i cannot get any from the .
the and all coax is aproximate 18 months old. the coax is pf100
i have retuned several times, i have 1 tv also 18 months old with freeview built in and an old tv with bt vision box. both have the same problem,
i am currently getting 19 tv which i beleive are from ()these can sometimes be flaky
before you ask the aerial has not been moved it is pointing towards crystal palace and is pointing in the same direction as other aerials in the road.
if i could be sure the sudbury signal would not reduce i would adjust aerial to that
i also notice a couple of houses further along the road have had aerial engineers out recently so i am guessing it is not my set up.
i would be happy

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andy's: A's Freeview map A's terrain plot A's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage

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J. Hill
5:41 PM

I am at 12 miles from . Like Andrew I had a problem with momentary drop outs cutting out words and making strips across the screen. The problem was that the from the was hugely too strong. A 21db attenuator has solved the problem for all our TVs. No more squawking!

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