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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 - AM: Radio 4 on MW has now closed. Please retune to FM, Digital Radio, digital TV, BBC Sounds or smart speakers to continue listening. More information can be found on the front page of this Reception Advice website. from 15 Apr 00:00. . BBC


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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
Saturday, 14 December 2013
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Ryan
5:31 AM

I'm not receiving the Com7 multiplex on my new Panasonic TV :( I've tried both auto tune and manually but nothing will appear when I try toscan channel 33.


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Dave Lindsay
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12:09 PM

Ryan: COM7 is on lower power than the rest.

Also, if you're using a communal (shared) aerial system then it might require adjustment to allow through the new channel. Communal systems are often filtered so as to allow through only frequencies used by the designated transmitter, which is why when a new one comes on air it isn't available until the adjustment is made.

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Saturday, 4 January 2014
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stephen adams
4:54 PM

I have had problems all over he Christmas and new year period with COm5 channels. BBC on PSB1 apears to be unaffected. The Power is 90-100% but the quality varies from 90 down to 5% as I watch it on the setup program. This makes Dave, Pick etc unwatchable.

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Friday, 17 January 2014
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
R
Rob
6:41 AM

Have anyone noticed after retuning tv or box theres a extra function for area " london" or "greater London" whats the purpose for this?

never seen this before.This is under "regions"

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Briantist
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7:28 AM

Rob: It's used for getting the correct channels on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,8 and 34.

If you live somewhere you can get different versions of BBC One, BBC Two, ITV/STV/UTV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and local TV stations, your box will ask you which you want to prioritize.

The channels you want go on the numbers listed, the other versions go on the 800-899 channel range.

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Monday, 31 March 2014
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Michael Frost
12:48 PM
London

Dear Sir/Madam, Suddenly I cannot receive any TV channels - it's like the aerial has been switched off. My post code is SE23 3UX.
Are there problems with the Crystal Palace transmitter?
Our aerial is on top of the roof.
Many thanks for your help and advice.
Michael Frost


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MikeB
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1:47 PM

Michael Frost: If you click on the link called 'R + T Investigations' next to your question, you'll see that Crystal Palace seems to be fine. In fact, at just 2km away from the transmitter, I suspect a bit of wet string would give a decent signal, so I'm afraid its almost certainly your aerial, or the cable leading from it, which is at fault.

Check the usual things - is the cable actually attached to the TV, are there any breaks you can see on the roof, etc.

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MikeB's 2,579 posts GB flag
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
C and H White
2:01 PM
Billericay

For months and months we have had to completely retune the TV (Panasonic) virtually every day. Even the recorder also a Panasonic sometimes needs retuning too. It is worse at present. This is beginning to get extremely annoying. If we ignore the retune notice we then find that a programme which we have tried to record won't record as it is obviously not on the correct channel.
Surely everyone else cannot be experiencing the same problem as there would be a great hue and cry if they were so why is it happening to us and when will it end?!
Post code: CM12 0BB
We currently get Crystal Palace + Anglia + Meridean

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Michael
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3:50 PM

C and H White: Your best bet for the TV is to go to menu > setup > tuning menu and then auto setup. If that doesn't work try menu > setup and then try to find "shipping conditions" or factory settings.

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