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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
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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

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

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, 28 May 2014
MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

7:46 PM

Kieran
Why did you have to move the aerial from the outside of the roof to the inside (loft)?

Outside aerials generally receive better signal strength than those in the loft because of the bricks, mortar, tiles, etc being 'in the way' of the signals. Did you have it properly aligned to point at the Crystal Palace transmitter? I ask because a friend live just off Russel Road and have excellent reception on a log periodic on the roof wiothout any need for an amplifier.

I would suggest having the alignment checked or perhaps replacing the current aerial with a log-periodic (to suit future channel allocations) mounted outside for preference. Be careful about amplifiers as too much signal strength often gives worse results as it's 'too much of a good thing' as quality is more important than strength. Similarly, too little can cause problems too! For most TV sets a strength displayed as between 50 and 80 % is adequate, more than that is usually too much! Less than that is often too little.

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Thursday, 29 May 2014
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RS
7:30 AM

Hi, still having problems in Hertford despite retuning daily. Switches between high signal and none repeatedly across all channels or just some. Any ideas why? Never had any reception issue before.

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Monday, 2 June 2014
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Brian Gregory
2:59 AM
Reading

COM7 seems to be booming in here in Reading, stronger than PSB3!

Have they increased the power?


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KEVIN GARDINER
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

12:46 PM
Stourbridge

Brian Gregory: Yes, it seems they have. I'm presuming that you use the Hannington transmitter to receive Freeview? If so, then you are correct to think that the ERP has been increased for the new com 7 multiplex. All the other multiplexes are either 25KW or 50KW. The come 7 multiplex on launch was 29.5kw, and it has now been increased to 36.7kw.

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KEVIN GARDINER
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12:51 PM
Stourbridge

BRAIN GREGORY, If you use Crystal Palace, then it was 36.3kw on launch and has been increased up to 43.09kw now.

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Brian Gregory
4:34 PM
Reading

Thanks Kevin. I was meaning Crystal Palace. Hannington is blocked to some extent by trees here.


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Saturday, 21 June 2014
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John
11:05 AM

I am in an area of relatively good reception for the Crystal Palace transmitter (NW8 post code but signal obstructed by tall blocks) but we have a good roof mounted aerial on a very tall pole and have had never had any problems with the digital TV signal.

Just recently we are getting a significantly degraded signal on the ArqA Ch 22 signals, such that we either have horizontal lines, blocks, or even no signal. Reception of all other channels is completely unaffected.

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Friday, 1 August 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

1:32 PM

CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - LW: Radio 4 MF Weak Signal from 12:06 today to 12:15 today. [BBC]

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Saturday, 2 August 2014
Transmitter engineering
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4:33 AM

CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - LW: Radio 4 MF Weak Signal from 12:06 yesterday to 12:15 yesterday. [BBC]

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Sunday, 3 August 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:32 AM

CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - LW: Radio 4 MF Weak Signal from 12:06 on 01 Aug to 12:15 on 01 Aug. [BBC]

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