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 18/11/2024 Screen may go black 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?

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.

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

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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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L M Gregory
10:40 AM
Tonbridge

I live in post code TN9 2NN - I live on a hill and hense have to have my tv from Chrysal Palance. resently i lost all of my TV. I have my analogue. I get my digital tv though my digital recorded. in the last few days i have re-tuned my tv several times and have managed to get back BBC4, some radio and a children's program. I used the text page on my anaglogue to check the areral and that appeared from my untrained eues to be ok. can you give any suggestions why I am not now getting digital.

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L's: L's Freeview map L's terrain plot L's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage

Briantist

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1:57 PM

L M Gregory: You should really be using the transmitter for reliable Freeview .

Can you please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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kevin
10:05 AM

For the past 24 hours I have been unable to receive most of the , the main bbc channels have been bad for a whil ebut noe , E4 channel 5 amongst others. I haver checked my setup and connections and can see there are no issues there I have also tried other freeview boxes to ensure there aren;t any problems there. This problem seems to happen intermittently and proves to be very frustrating at times.

I live in the EN4 area so believe that is the .

Thanks,

Kevin

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Briantist

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10:31 AM

kevin: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for.

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Pete
7:43 PM

I live less than a mile from the CP and use an indoor . I've experienced awful (i.e., they're unwatchable) on all on all TV's in the house for the past 2 days. Nothing has changed here, there's no new equipment that might be interfering. It's really not a good advert for if it can't deliver to recievers a mile away if the weather's not right.

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Briantist

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9:42 PM

Pete: Sorry, but the low service (before ) will never work reliably with an indoor .

If you want to have a reliable service, you need to use a rooftop aerial.

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Mike Dimmick

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10:48 PM
Reading

Pete: I have 5 muxes right now from CP on a , 39 miles away. Mux A isn't working, but this is the one that works least well, typically. The aerial is an 18-element contract type, and the cabling runs down to the downstairs flat, through a , and up to mine.

I admit that Mux 1 has been pretty erratic over the last couple of months.

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Mike's: M's Freeview map M's terrain plot M's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage

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mihaid
12:09 PM
London

: I mentioned atmospheric conditions because the other factors mentioned on the link you suggested to me do not apply,equipment etc. In fact as Derek mentions he's checked his equipment and still had problems. Also Kevin. I had problems today at 11am, and I can guarantee that again nothing was turned on/off etc. I can't believe it's High pressure because it is overcast and it also rained. It seems that this low power broadcast is very unreliable even with rooftop which I have.

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mihaid's: M's Freeview map M's terrain plot M's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage

Briantist

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1:22 PM

mihaid: It is not your local weather conditions that matter, but the conditions near the remote causing the problem.

I did mention this some days ago when it was the case.

If you still have problems see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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smw
10:36 AM

I've recently bough a Humax HD recorder. It has delivered great HD pictures all week but from 12/2 they became unobtainable - the error says low strength, all the other are fine. I retuned the box this morning and it can no longer find the 4 HD channels. Any ideas - I live in the Sidcup area.

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