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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 28/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Crystal Palace transmitter broadcast?

If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.

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), 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
Sunday, 8 September 2013
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Jeff Lee
9:45 PM
Sevenoaks

We're in Otford, post code TN14 5RW. The Otford transmitter gives a good signal but on a limited Freeview channel selection. I'd like to try Crystal Palace and/or Tunbridge Wells transmitters - can you give me the compass direction I need to use for these sources? Thank you.



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Jeff Lee
9:48 PM
Sevenoaks

Apologies - I should have said that we have a loft aerial. Also I hit the submit button twice! Doh...

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Thursday, 12 September 2013
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Paul
10:29 PM
Stanford-le-hope

I have lost the BBC Channels from my freeview TV. I have tried to auto install but thy I not pick up. I live in SS17 postcode. Any ideas?

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Friday, 13 September 2013
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John
3:26 PM
Billericay

Problem with Film 4 on 791, I do not get a program since doing the retune from 15.
I have even tried a manual retune but still no luck.

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jb38
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4:43 PM

John: Film4 (15) recently moved to the PSB2 mux as used by ITV1, 791 being from its original COM6 mux although selecting it may result in a blank screen, you should carry out a "first time installation" in order to solve the problem, this also known as "factory reset" / "default setting" or some other similar term.

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John
5:27 PM
Billericay

Thanks jb38 I will give it a try.

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Tuesday, 17 September 2013
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Mrs Julia Quinn
10:03 AM

We have experience picture break up and freezing ever since we went to digital. This occurs mainly in the evening and early mornings and was also mainly on the BBC TV channels. This led me to contact the BBC and ask what was wrong. They came back with a load of gumff that really did not help!!. Our aerial and booster was fitted only about 6/7 years ago but I contacted a local aerial supplier who said they would come and look at it. We live on the top of Box Hill in Surrey and suffer atmospheric problems and winds so I thought this would be a good idea. The chap came and said that although we had a GOOD signal and as we were thinking of getting a smart TV instead of our freeview TV it might be an idea to update, which we did last week. The signal is as bad as before and I am getting to the point where I could throw the TV through the window as it always seems to break up at a vital point of a programme!!!. I called the TV aerial people and although they are coming back tommorrow to have another look the young lady did point out that signal strengh could be diminished by extra use in the mornings and evenings!!. If this is the case surely something can be done at Crystal Palace to improve this as I have found out a lot of my neighbours are having the same problem!!!. Can you please tell me WHY someone thought going digital would make ordinary TV viewers lives better as it does not!!. I do not want to have SKY or any such like as I think the costs are extortinate and I think the TV licence is enough to pay!! All I want is to be able to watch the TV with NO freezing or picture break up!!. Please please look at the signal strength and improve it as living the rest of my years on BOX Hill with no proper TV is very frustrating.

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1:56 PM

Mrs Julia Quinn: Unfortunately you havn't included a postcode, which would really help. However, a postcode put in the Digital UK website shows your about 26km from Crystal Palace, which is a powerful transmitter, and your on a hill. Its hardly surprising that the aerial chap said you have a good signal!

Almost certainly thats the problem - your signal is too good. You've got a relatively recent aerial, and somebody thought you needed a booster as well. If the signal is too powerful, then the TV's tuners just gets overloaded, and thus your picture breaks up. Its possible that during the time when you got a better signal, that the signal you were getting had just fallen enough for your TV to cope.

Try bypassing your booster, and see if it helps - hopefully thats all your should need (and save yourself the cost of getting someone to come out and have a look). Obviously, if the booster is on the aerial itself, then a professional will have to deal with it.
See here for more information - Redirect Notice
I'm not sure what the lady from the 'TV aerial people' was talking about, and I'm not sure she did either!

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7:38 PM

Mrs Julia Quinn
The lady at your aerial people doesn't know anything about how the system works! It makes no difference how many people are using the services from any transmitter, the signal strength is not affected by the numbers using it! The signal is radiated all round the aerial of all main transmitters like Crystal Palace and almost everyone in the London area who are not in a valley or shielded by a large building will get a signal. It is often the case that people on the top of a hill, like Box Hill, Reigate Hill or Tandridge Hill will get quite good signal strength - and that could be too strong rather than too weak. (My work area included Warlingham before I moved north.)
Are you sure you have a booster? Many homes these days use a distribution box that sends several signals to different places around the home. Some have a boosting effect and some do not. The box would look something like the one shown at
8 x Aerial Distribution Amplifier : Aerial Amplifiers & Distribution : Maplin Electronics
if it is a distribution unit, but more like the one at
1-Way Aerial Amplifier : Aerial Amplifiers & Distribution : Maplin Electronics
if it is only a booster indoors (outdoor ones are protected from the weather by more complex casings). These images are for illustration and each maker has different designs.

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