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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Martin Rosen

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3:47 PM
London

My HD are breaking up today. (They have been all right up till now - although last night there was an occasional breakup but only for a second if that.

Checked other channels (non HD) and they seem to be okay.

Are there any problems at the ahead of ?

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Pete
5:21 PM
Esher

Hi, I someone can. I purchased a Samsung UE32D5520 with at the weekend. My postcode is KT10 0JY and I have quite a big in my (installed in 2008) which faces East.

I've been able to get all the Freeview but none of the Freeview HD Channels. I tried a manual tune on (554.0MHz) but am getting on this specific channel.

I'm also only getting 576i on all the other channels, I'm not sure if that's normal?

Thanks in advance.

Pete

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Bob Paul
5:24 PM

Mother-in-law has had no signals since approx 12:00 today. previously all working fine. problem exists on both televisions.

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Pedro dd

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7:43 PM

This is sayering the muxs are at 200, 000w.

Effective level, position Rating Watts
PSB1
BBCA
horizontal
Maximum 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2 200,000

1 BBC One , 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 105 BBC Red Button, 301 301, 700 BBC Radio 1, 701 BBC 1Xtra, 702 BBC Radio 2, 703 BBC Radio 3, 704 BBC Radio 4, 705 BBC Radio 5 Live, 706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, 707 BBC 6 Music, 708 BBC Radio 4 Extra, 709 BBC Asian Network, 710 BBC World Service,
as a transmitted on (490.0MHz) from 324m datum.
PSB2
D3+4
horizontal
Maximum 64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2 200,000

3 ITV 1 (Carlton/LWT), 4 Channel 4 London ads, 5 Channel 5 London ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 London ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV 1 +1 (ITV London), 102 Rabbit, 103 Gay Rabbit,
as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency (514.0MHz) from 324m datum.
PSB3
BBCB
horizontal
Maximum 256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s
DVB-T2 MPEG4 200,000

50 BBC One HD (UK service without regions), 51 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 52 Channel 4 HD London ads, 54 BBC HD,
as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency - (545.8MHz) from 324m datum.
COM4
SDN
horizontal
Maximum 64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2 200,000

10 ITV 3, 16 QVC, 23 Bid TV, 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 60 The Jewellery Channel, 72 CITV, 92 ADULT Section, 93 Television X, 101 Teletext Hols, 104 1-2-1 Dating, 113 CONNECT 1, 114 CONNECT 2, 115 CONNECT 3, 189 ADULT Section, 724 Capital FM, 727 Absolute Radio, 728 Heart,
as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency (506.0MHz) from 314m datum.
COM5
ArqA
horizontal
Maximum 64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2 200,000

11 PICK TV, 19 Dave, 20 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Big Deal, 36 Create and Craft, 37 Price Drop TV, 43 Gems TV 1, 46 Challenge, 49 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, 95 ADULT smileTV3, 97 ADULT PARTY, 98 ADULT Blue, 108 SkyText, 190 ADULT Bluekiss, 193 Babestation 2, 723 talkSPORT,
as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency (482.0MHz) from 321m datum.
COM6
ArqB
horizontal
Maximum 64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s
DVB-T MPEG2 200,000

12 Yesterday, 15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 21 VIVA, 22 Ideal World, 24 ITV 4, 40 Rocks and Co 1, 48 QVC Beauty, 85 Russia Today English, 89 Al Jazeera English, 94 ADULT smileTV2, 96 Babestation, 99 ADULT Section, 110 VISION, 111 CCTV, 112 Sports, 116 Racing TV , 199 ADULT Section, 306 Channel Zero, 711 The Hits radio, 712 Smash Hits!, 713 Kiss, 714 heat, 715 Magic, 716 Q, 718 Smooth radio, 722 Kerrang!, 725 Premier Radio,
as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency (530.0MHz) from 321m datum.

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Pedro dd

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5:49 PM

Is this after ?

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Pete
10:51 AM
Esher

Hello,

Could anyone please tell me if I've posted my above question in the right place?

It's the one about in Esher.

Thanks.

Pete

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Dave Lindsay

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11:36 AM

Pete: Before , the HD from is not as powerful as the definition .

HD services are not part of the standard offering before switchover. Crystal Palace was one of only five transmitters nationwide to be selected to carry HD before switchover. It was essentially shoehorned in on the best available which is used by and which will have resulted in restrictions on how powerful it can be. Perhaps being a it's not quite good enough to pick up the lower HD services.

I wouldn't go replacing the aerial or doing anything costly as not only is it not guaranteed to work, but the current setup will probably work come 18th April.

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Pete
11:43 AM
Esher

Hi Dave, many thanks for your. It's good to know I wasn't missing something stupid.

I'll have another go after the 18th.

Thanks again

Pete

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Mike
8:19 AM

I live in Crawley RH10 7 BD and believe I am receiving signals from , however over the last few days I keep loosing BBC stations and today the ITV and similar stations.
Any ideas why, even when I retune although they appear to be picked up there is strength?

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Andy Lewis
10:29 PM
Borehamwood

Every night in the past 1-2 weeks : film 4, ITV 4, yesterday , viva , 4music, all suffer from pixallation on both TVs. The TV strength is strong but is low . The problem is intermittent normally every 15 mins . I suffered a similar problem over a month ago , can someone plz me?

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