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 - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 23 Dec 07:21 until 23 Dec 13:37. . AM: Radio 4 on MW has now closed. Please retune to FM, Digital Radio, digital TV, BBC Sounds or smart speakers to continue listening. More information can be found on the

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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

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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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Tony Ball
8:16 PM
Maidenhead

Can I get a good TV from the ?

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Matt

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10:00 PM

Perfect (50.9889,-1.4989)

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Alan
11:20 PM

Hi, I live in Bracknell and am very disappointed in the of the signals transmitted on . When freeview first came about some ten years ago we got an excellent on our Sony 37" plasma but over recent years the picture quality on freeview on some is quite poor. We invested in a new backlit Sony LED 46" top of the range TV with HD tuner recently and the picture quality on some freeview channels are particularly bad. We fitted a new Blakes DMX10A group A and new Webro HD100 Triple screened down lead. This increased signal strength from about 70% to 100% and the signal quality remained at 100% as it was previously. The picture quality on HD when they transmit a program filmed in HD is excellent, some freeview channels are of good quality but BBC2 around 6 in the evening is particularly bad, when Egg Heads is transmitted on HD at the same time as on the difference is unbelievable, the normal freeview picture is as if you've tried to view a poor quality You Tube video on full screen on your pc. Most freeview channels show any text with a pixalated faint haze around it. Please note on other TVs around the house 32" & 22" the picture quality is ok due to the smaller screen. If TV screens are to get bigger then when will the signal improve to match this. I've heard that signals are compressed to allow more channels to be transmitted on each , and at different times of day this can alter. Will the digital switch over in April 2012 cure this problem or will we just get more channels pumped down the multiplex at reduced quality. I'm sure there are many viewers out there that have spent hundreds or even thousands on new TVs and are very disappointed at the picture quality available on Freeview. Please is there anyone out there that is an expert in this topic and can reassure me that this will improve with switch over or can correct me if there is some other explanation to my problem.

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Briantist

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11:11 AM

Alan: You should not find that SD transmissions are that bad. Have you looked for Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?

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mrdtv

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6:14 PM
London

Note these tests tomorrow and Thursday are likely to be full post tests on the new frequencies. You can't lock LCNs but if you have manual tuning you can see strengths and . They will probably E23, E26 and E29. Interesting to see reports from nightowls.

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Briantist

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7:17 PM

mrdtv: Given the message says that "Mux1, Mux2, and MuxB will be subject to periods of shutdown " they will clearly be testing , , , , and -.

Every they have tested *all* the systems at full .

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Matt

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11:08 PM
Godalming

Brianist: the compression can be very bad, I have noticed it too. Faces and moving objects can be reduced to around 10 big squares.

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aftab
12:35 AM

hiya. i just bought a labgear fv300. but i dont seem to get mux a and mux c.plase anyone can me.thanks.

http://www.chsinteractive….pdf (GU215JU)

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Mike Dimmick

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2:18 AM

Alan: strength should never hit 100%. You have too much signal already. If you have a , get rid of it. You will probably need to add attenuators to get back into range - or just replace the old perfectly good .

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mrdtv

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8:58 AM
London

23, 26 and 30 were tested at CP according to DS posters. BBC2 and C5 (ex-) were not tested. There are more tests tonight. The tests were NOT run at full , DS posters indicate the ERPs were at 50kW on the post frequencies.

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