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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
Channel icons
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?

Charlton AthleticTransposerRedeveloped north stand Charlton Athletic Football Club130 homes
DeptfordTransposersouth-east London100 homes
GreenfordTransposer12 km N Heathrow Airport203 homes
HendonTransposerGraham Park estate50 homes
White CityTransposer9 km W central London80 homes

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
Monday, 14 October 2013
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Andy Lewis
10:12 PM
Leatherhead

The note says that Crystal Palace may have interruption. I am missing itv, C4, C5, itv2, pick, Dave, c4+1, more4, film4, really, e4, e4+1, movie mix, itv+1, and more, but bbc etc are all perfectly ok.
Is there an issue with one of the multiplexes?
I had same issue one night last week (Friday) but ok over the weekend, I think!
Retuning didn't solve the issue, channels listed were then missing completely.
I live in KT24 5DR, aerial is external on the chimney. And I have a boost amplifier.

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Wednesday, 16 October 2013
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Peter
11:18 PM

COM7 has started transmission with an Al Jazeera place holder.

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Thursday, 17 October 2013
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Craig H
10:37 PM
Romford

Can anyone tell me why I can't get the new HD Mux Com7? My postcode is RM3 0BL and I get all channels clear as a bell. Is it on now or does it switch off now and again? I know theres no rush but I just like to know is it me or them?

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Monday, 21 October 2013
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Mark
1:22 PM

My post code is London E4. I receive my (good) signal from crystal palace. Manual scan of Com7 (UHF33) is finding duplicate HD channel labels for BB1,2,ITV1,CH4,BBC3,CBBC and RB303.
These channels have no video or audio stream. It seems my Akura STB model AVX665 is not getting the correct SID on com 7 as the only label I should get is Al Jazeera england HD.

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Wednesday, 23 October 2013
R
Richard
5:24 PM
Leatherhead

Hi,

My BT vision box will not receive any freeview channels. The BT helpline is telling me that is because of engineering works at Crystal Palace.

Has there really been engineering works at Crystal palace for the past 2 months that i have had this problem?

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MikeB
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7:19 PM

Richard: Since your not too far from Crystal Palace, and that transmitter is fine, look at your system. Check aerial lead, and cables up the aerial itself, because thats probably where the problem is.

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Saturday, 2 November 2013
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LouiseB
2:09 PM

I have a loft aerial and had good reception from Crystal Palace for all channels after the switchover - no weather interference or any interuptions for the whole of 2012. Since the start of this year (2013) the signal had gradually been getting worse and I had to start using a booster for some channels. Since the storm on 28th October I lost all channels on ArqA and have since lost all BBC channels too. I have tried blanking all channels and retuning more than once and each time the number of channels detected decreases! There is no reports of engineering works or other problems so I can't work out what's going on. I live in ME7 just down the road (north) from Medway Maritme Hospital.

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Dave Lindsay
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3:36 PM

LouiseB: By resetting you are simply deleting what is stored and then carrying out a scan of what is available. As the channels ceased to be available to you before resetting then how can the act of resetting ever make them available?? The answer is that resetting will only result in loss of the channels from the receiver, or them coming back, in which case they would have come back anyway because the receiver will give you the best picture it can for the signal being fed into it.

I wonder why you aren't using Bluebell Hill, which would also give you BBC South East and ITV Merdian, rather than their London variants from Crystal Palace. The only thing I can think, other than maybe you prefer London news, is that the hospital is in the way.

I suggest that you don't have line-of-sight to Crystal Palace. I can't say with absolute certainty, but I think the brow over which you are receiving is somewhere around Shorne Wood Country Park. Anything on that brow that might change, such as trees, and anything that is in or near the line-of-sight that changes could affect your reception.

I then looked at the satellite image your area, as published by Google. To the north of the hospital, in the direction of Crystal Palace is a field which has outlines of roads. It looks as if there is a development which has appeared since the photograph was taken. If this is the case, and buildings have gone up this year then there must surely be suspicion that this is the cause for anyone experiencing degrading TV reception from Crystal Palace to the area's east.

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LouiseB
4:26 PM

Dave: Thanks for the reply. I had only been having intermittent problems with ArqA and ArqB for the last few months, which could be explained by the development (which is a new/rebuilt school that was finished in August). The last few weeks had been ridiculous though - ArqA and ArqB got much worse at times, to the point that a booster made no difference. And then since the storm on 28th October all channels on ArqA, ArqB and BBCA went completely blank and reported weak or no signal. I decided to retune to see if it would help (bit of an old analogue mentality, I know). I was surprised to find that the transmitter didn't have storm damage as that's the only explanation I could think of.

I have also posted on the Bluebell Hill transmitter as I turned my loft aerial the other day to see if it was any better from there (last time I tried was before the area switched over), but that is proving just as problematic with little or no signal on ArqA, no signal what so ever from ArqB and since this afternoon (weather has got windy) serious break up on BBCA & SDN, incidentally channels received via D3+4 are all fine.

Just for reference; in the analogue era we used to get too much interfence from the hospital to receive much from Bluebell Hill, I grew up watching Thames and LWT (same house) because of it.

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MikeB
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4:32 PM

LouiseB: Reading through your posts, something suddenly occurs. Have yo actually checked the quality of your connection to the aerial?

You've suddenly lost all channels (no matter which transmitter), so that might signify a break or waterlogging in the cable. The decreasing amount of signal quality could also be down to the same problem - a gradually degrading coax, etc, until the storm finally killed it.

A frayed coax, corroded box or aerial can all cause such problems.

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