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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 18/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels Digital tick


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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), 71 That’s 60s,

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 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)321mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
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)321mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
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)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
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
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Martin Rosen
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10:17 PM

MikeB: I will check next time it is raining to see if there is a difference, or if it appears before. However, if that was the fault, would it not appear on all stations - it was happening on BBC News and BBC 4, if I recall.

Unfortunately I have no access to the aerial as it a communial aerial in a block of flats across the road to me.

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Thursday, 13 April 2017
MikeP
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10:32 PM

Martin Rosen:

Such events can affect just one multiplex or a few. Now that we know you are on a communal aerial, please check with your neighbours who also use that aerial system and not a satellite dish or cable service. If they are getting the same problems then the aeerial system needs attention so that should be reported to the management of the building. If they are not then it is likely a fault in your system or cables.



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Tuesday, 6 June 2017
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Meriem
10:53 AM

London W9 2JD:
Problems with reception since 2nd June 2017. retuned but problem worse with loss of channels (ITVs C4, C5, etc). BBC channels working but other channels intermittent reception (image broken up pixelated). Order of listing of TV and radio channels has changed with new numbering such as 801, 802, etc... . No radio channel reception. 2nd TV retuned which caused loss of all TV Freeview channels and radio channels with no reception. neighbour's TV at same address (same aerial) no reception.
Aerial on roof.

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MikeB
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:17 AM

Meriem: Your aerial system is at fault.

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Steve
3:54 PM
London

BT Showcase.
I notice that in the Crystal Palace and Talconeston details, it has the wrong information.

I believe it has changed as follows; was Freeview channel 59 (in SD), upto a few weeks ago. It has been been changed to Freeview 115 (in HD).

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Wednesday, 19 July 2017
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Richard
11:30 AM

There seems to be a new - so far unlisted - transponder at 714 MHz (QPSK), but no services on it as yet

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Thursday, 24 August 2017
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Horse
8:44 PM

RS: I just preparing to install an aerial and get my sky all hooked up. I have multiple tv outlets so will install a lab gear 8 way distribution unit. I'm in streatham area so not far from Crystal Palace. What do you recommend for my choice of aerial and do you think I would need a mast head amplified to keep a good strength to redistribute the signal to the tv outlets throughout house.

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Friday, 25 August 2017
MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:39 AM

Horse:

In Streatham you will not need an amplifier at all, you will get more than enough signal strength with a roof-top aerial as you are so close to Crystal Palace transmitter. If anything, you may need an attenuator to reduce the signal strength as it should not exceed 85% on any multiplex, but should be more than 60% on HD services and more than 50% on SD ones.

As for type of aerial a Group A or a wideband log-periodic would be suitable - but you don't need a huge one! It may be, just guessing using my local knowledge of South London as you haven't given a full post code, that a 12 element aerial will suffice without any amplification at all but even that may need an attenuator between the aerial and the distribution 'box'. Remember that the distribution box usually has internal amplification anyway, so excess signal strength could be a potential problem.



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Saturday, 26 August 2017
MikeP
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11:06 AM

Andrew Healy:

There is no report of transmission problems at Crystal Palace, there would be millions of complaints if there were.

It is possible that you problem is due to contact corrosion in the aerial plugs and sockets. Start by unplugging all the aerial leads, having noted where they connect. The plug them all back in again and check for ITV on programme number 3.



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