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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51.424,-0.076 or 51°25'26"N 0°4'32"W

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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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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?

Briantist

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6:28 PM

Jason New: Can you please provide a full postcode, it is hard to know what your issue might be without knowing your exact location.

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7:50 PM

Brian Lingfield: No, not at all. Please try My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Bob Smith
8:49 PM

I live in the CM1 area ()

One TV is tuned to and is Ok; the other tuned to with a Freeview box. About a week ago I noticed I was also getting excellent Sudbury transmissions on the latter in the early hours of the morning (800 series )

Later on each day the Sudbury transmissions are removed from the automatically together with Channel 301.

Am manually adding Channel 301 each day.

Presume this may be as a result of Engineers testing on Crystal Palace before the c/over.

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Matt

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9:49 PM

Bob Smith: I thing you mean UHF 31 since 301 is a red button service. Without a full postcode it's is hard to tell the real problem, but it is most likely ch 31 HD mux problems. You could remove the from the combiner, so you only get or vice versa.

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Mark Heselden

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10:34 AM

Why has 's yellow service area got a straight saw toothy edge on its south-western side? Is it always going to be like this? (51.14,-000.04)

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David Linkson
1:41 PM
Croydon

Hi,
My HD have fluctuating strength, signal is very good at .
I have a and have tweaked it's direction and checked connections,but to no avail, do I need a signal ? any suggestions please.
David.

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jb38

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5:10 PM

David Linkson: I would have a try at repositioning your within the , as in many cases even moving it a few feet either way can prove to be very beneficial, that is provided you have some means of monitoring what's happening during the movement of the aerial.

However another possible reason exists for your problem, that being from Sandy's temporary use of transmission on Mux Ch31, this being the same as used by the HD service.

Although admittedly its usually people who reside to the North of London that can be plagued by this, the from Sandy could be fluctuating due to the atmospheric conditions prevailing and causing it to rise to a level that has started to affect in your area.

There really isn't anything you can do to rectify this situation, as any alterations to the aerial would also assist the that's causing the problem.

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Bob Smith
7:59 PM

Matt,

Thanks for reply. Sorry but didn't make things clear in my post. Both TV's have their own . One pointed to . The other (with the problem) and a box to C. Palace.

Postcode : CM1 6J* (1st 5 chrs)
(Springfield area of )

Believe what is happening (again today) is high Sudbury in 800 series + 301 Red button being picked up from C. Palace aerial - ? if transmitted from C. Palace for testing prior to C/over in 2012.

These then removed in early hours i/c 301. Believe Sudbury 301 overwrites C. Palace 301 in my Freeview box. Then removed when Sudbury channels removed. Leaving no C. Palace 301 in my Freeview box.

I manually add channel 301 each morning and it stays all day.

Bob

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Matt

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9:18 AM

Do you have a aerial? If so, it is quite possible that the aerial's front to back ratio is not very good. In other words, it can pick up quite a lot of from the back.

You could be better off with the one aerial on with a 2 way /splitter feeding both televisions.

What end up in the 800s? Which signals are the most reliable?

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Bob Smith
11:04 AM

Matt,

Thanks...

Possibility it's my - it's and over 20 years old - so will renew if needed - problems only started a couple of weeks ago.

Doubt if I'll go for an / splitter as it will require a lot of cabling.

At 0900 today did a Auto Channel search on my "" TV with box. Picked up 23 "East Anglia" in the 800 series - all Ch 41 & Ch 44 with good signals.
(At 11.00 the 800 series still there)

Then plugged my other TV into the "London" aerial this morning and did a new channel search. Same result as above.

Bob

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