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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C23 (490.0MHz)324mDTG-200,000W
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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)324mDTG-200,000W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C30- (545.8MHz)324mDTG-200,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 H max
C25 (506.0MHz)314mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C22 (482.0MHz)321mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C28- (529.8MHz)321mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LW
 H -10dB
C35 (586.0MHz)324mDTG-1220,000W
Channel icons
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?

regional news image
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 12km north-northwest (335°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
regional news image
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?

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How will the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-1321 Mar 2018
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TW T
C1BBCtvwaves
C22ArqAArqA
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C25SDNSDN
C26BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4D3+4
C28-ArqBArqB
C29LW
C30C4wavesC4wavesC4waves-BBCBBBCB
C33BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavescom7
C35com8
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

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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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc†
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV 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.

Comments
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:23 AM

CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:48 yesterday to 11:12 yesterday [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:23 AM

CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:48 yesterday to 11:12 yesterday [BBC]

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mark
9:08 PM
Stansted

have suddenly lost all channels except bbc channels is there atmospheric interferance as we had a sunny warm day and now its got cold creating the inversion effect?

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seba672
9:18 PM

Hello Briantist

whould that be a good wideband aerial (HD ready)
BSLx 27884K 48 Element Digital TV Aerial Kit

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mark
9:18 PM
Stansted

add to last post now lost ALL channels

aerial is roof mounted btw

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seba672
9:19 PM
Luton

I means SLx 27884K 48 Element Digital TV Aerial from amazon ?

LU4 8PX

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MikeH
9:43 PM
Woodbridge

Mark,

That is almost certainly the case. We are currently sitting under a high pressure system.

We have also lost coverage from the Sudbury transmitter up here in Suffolk.

Roll on the switchover!!



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lisa goodman
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

10:19 PM
Rayleigh

I live in Rayleigh, postcode SS6 9JG and have been getting a marginally okay reception from Crystal Palace for the last 10 years with a Televes DAT 45 aerial and a 4 way masthead amplifier.

Looking forward to Sudbury DSO in July 2011 as I have Freeview HD TV but have not been able to pick up the HD channels from Crystal Palace as I'm too far away.

Well, today I lost everything so did a re-scan and suddenly I have an excellent service on the tv, including HD channels, but I'm not sure how or where from. But.. I also have a media center PC with three SD Freeview tuners in, and that does not seem to be able to pick up anything.

It's very confusing!

Here is what I am getting on the tv:

HD channels on 769.993 Mhz
BBC channels on 793.994 Mhz
ITV channels on 737.994 Mhz

The above are all very strong

ITV1+1 on 481.830 Mhz
PickTV + 1 on 754.161 Mhz

These two are more marginal.

Thanks for any help...

lisa

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Thursday, 3 March 2011
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Ian Tripcony
12:23 AM
Rayleigh

I read Lisa Goodmans email. I too live in Rayleigh SS6 7AP and lost all channels 4 hours ago. My EPG listing remained intact and several channels (BBC originating) returned. I did a rescan but unlike Lisa only achieved 24 channels BBC and radio and lost my original full list on EPG.Had hoped to pick up the HD channels.


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lisa goodman
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7:58 AM
Rayleigh

Well, it seems like I was getting all three PSB's at 100% from the Mendip Transmitter near Bristol! Nice while it lasted.. I seem to be back to a mediocre reception from Crystal Palace now, with no HD :-(

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