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

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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

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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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jb38

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Platinum

3:37 PM

optimist: As far as your head is concerned, if you cut off its supply then its not the case that the will pass through unamplified but will actually be attenuated to less than it would be straight from the , something which could possibly work to your advantage after April 18th provided that the signal received is strong enough.

My reason for saying that is that you would appear to be located in a less than ideal area for , as even after CP's switch to high power the predictions seen aren't exactly brilliant, and I also notice that Sandy which is 10 miles closer than CP doesn't provide good reception across all six muxes at the same time on any occasion, having a permanent "variable" reception status across all muxes.

Its really one of these cases of wait and see, as CP might not have quite the effect
that its increase in power would suggest.

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Dawid
4:22 PM

Hi,

got SAMSUNG PS64D8000FUXXU two weeks ago. since then I've fot some similar issues as you guys with certain . I was unable to receive itv and all hd channels. I have a 50'' Lg tv and everything is fine in this model. Samsung engineer told be that my new build-in tuner is more sensitive for any disruptions than previous lg.
Now solution! I've noticed that signal is getting better when I'm actually moving a connected to my outdoor antena ( antena facing CP, 100% signal on LG tv). for some unknown reasons now I'm able to receive ALL channels without any disruptions when my cable is touching tv back cover! (signal boost?) Good old brown tape solved the problem :). Not ideal I know but at least it's working now. Error-bit is still high (around 1600) but with 35% signal level (on HD) everything is fine now.
Try it. It might you as well.

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Paul
12:00 AM

To andy lewis,or anybody suffering intermittant pixelletion
you could be experiencing,1,Ethernet adaptor , those awful things that use All your house wiring, to transmit ethernet signals,out through the !!!, They can be very "Bursty" 2,an arcing Heating, Room thermostat, 3,a noisy CFL Lamp, 4 A newly installed Flourescent Street lamp,(yes they are very noisy) a sniffer can be an old VHF Airband or Am/fm portable radio set off tune !!! Paul Surrey

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Dave

_{sentiment_satisfied}Silver

10:42 PM
Brighton

Is BBC 2 on low now until switch off just after midnight ? I get the other 3 here in Brighton but not Ch 33

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Tim

_{sentiment_satisfied}Bronze

11:24 PM
Radlett

Dave, I think it must on reduced as I live near about 22 miles from CP and its quite a grainy which is not normal for here.

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Will

_{sentiment_satisfied}Bronze

11:31 PM

Dave/Tim: There is no reduction in prior to switch-off. The broadcast normally as they always have done right up to the point at which they are suddenly switched off. It's basically a flick of a switch.

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Tim

_{sentiment_satisfied}Bronze

11:56 PM
Radlett

Will, have just tried another and you are correct all crystal clear.

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Andy Lewis
1:01 AM
Borehamwood

To paul. The house is new build - 7 yrs old, doubt it could be the wiring. My wireless router is not located near any TVs. My is situated in only 4 months old and has attached to it .

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Andy Lewis
1:07 AM
Borehamwood

I've lost half my on the retune (my TV stopped picking up any at midnight of 4th April ). What load of pants

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Mike Dimmick

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Platinum

1:10 AM

Andy Lewis: So far, 1-4 have been switched off, but all digital multiplexes are still on. I'm expecting them to go in the next 15-25 minutes. Don't retune until after 6am as the may come and go between now and then.

BBC Two analogue will never be coming back. ITV1 analogue will appear on BBC Two's old , so if you don't retune your analogue TV, select 2 to watch ITV1, rather than 3. But you should get used to watching through your digital tuner now, as the rest of the analogues go for good in two weeks' time.

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