Full Freeview on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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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. .

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C23 (490.0MHz)	324m	DTG-	200,000W
	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)	324m	DTG-	200,000W
	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)	324m	DTG-	200,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H max	C25 (506.0MHz)	314m	DTG-8	200,000W
	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)	321m	DTG-8	200,000W
	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)	321m	DTG-8	200,000W
	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)	324m	DTG-12	20,000W
	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?

BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 12km north-northwest (335°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

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 Athletic	Transposer	Redeveloped north stand Charlton Athletic Football Club	130 homes
Deptford	Transposer	south-east London	100 homes
Greenford	Transposer	12 km N Heathrow Airport	203 homes
Hendon	Transposer	Graham Park estate	50 homes
White City	Transposer	9 km W central London	80 homes

How will the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1950s-80s	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	21 Mar 2018
	VHF	A K T	A K T	A K T	A K T	W T
C1	BBCtv_waves
C22					ArqA	ArqA
C23		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C25					SDN	SDN
C26		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C28					-ArqB	ArqB
C29						LW
C30		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	-BBCB	BBCB
C33		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves		com7
C35						com8
C55_{tv_off}						com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}						COM8_{tv_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

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Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968	Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992	Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc†

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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jb38

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9:34 AM

Christine Clarke : Just a thought! but that said was based on the assumption that the query involving at Wimbledon Park was "not" being made purely on your experience when trying to use the TV outdoors on a day trip or whatever? because if it was, then the only way of possibly rectifying the situation is by moving around, this being where pre-tuning the TV would be a decided advantage.

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Phil
9:48 PM

Hi,

Over the last 2 days my has lost but the sound is still on. Error message: No video 514.000 mhz

Any ideas whats happened? It worked perfectly fine before. I live in W2.

Thanks
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jb38

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10:47 PM

Phil: If you are referring to a TV and which has already been disconnected from the (or completely switched off) and the situation has remained the same, then carry out a "factory reset" on it followed by an auto-tune, this procedure also known as "default setting" or some similar sounding term.

If though you are using a Freeview box coupled into a TV, then check that the lead coupling both devices together is still firmly seated into their respective sockets, if they are, then carry out that said in the first paragraph but on the box.

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John Dann
1:59 PM
Ware

Dear Sir
My Recorder stated on the TV screen, that there was a new channel (or programme?). I updated the Chanel List.
I no longer have BBC4HD and other HD programmes on this channel, Channel 33.
I see on the Television, which uses the same , that the Channel 33 strength is much lower than other .
Is the Channel 33 not at full strength at the moment?, and if so when will it be corrected?
I had not noticed previously which Channel, BBC4HD had been on, and have been recording the programmes for some time.
Have these recently moved to Channel 33?

Postcode SG12 0RG
aerial

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jb38

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5:50 PM

John Dann: You should try carrying out a "manual" on Mux , as sometimes than will capture a weaker that the auto-tuning process is inclined to bypass.

On the subject of Mux C33 on the COM7 , BBC4 HD has always been on this Mux along with BBC News HD, Al Jazerra etc, etc, COM7 only radiating on 15.6Kw whereas the other Muxes are on 200Kw which could account for the lower signal strength being received, although this increaes to just over 43Kw on September 3rd.

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Eugene
2:47 PM
Basildon

SS14 2LL

Thank you for your.Why do the COM7 constantly drop in and out on my HD TV.Certain times the seems full strength and certain times shows "loss of signal".Since last niight 18th May they've disappeared completely yet have been mostly fine for weeks.Please help.

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MikeP

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9:10 PM

Eugene
The clue is in your post when you talk about 'sometimes full strength'. That means you have too much strength and the set is struggling to maintain your viewing. You need to reduce that signal strength until you get relaible and display of the programmes. An adjustable attenuator, such as the one shown at http://www.amazon.co.uk/L…YPY, would probably. Start by connecting it at the input socket at the back of your TV set (or box if you use one) and gradually reduce the signal until you have all programmes reliably.
Other adjustable UHF attenuators are available.

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Rosemary
5:54 PM

We have no in stevenage

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MikeB

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10:48 PM

Rosemary: If your tuned to , you should do. The works took place very early in the morning, for obvious reasons. Check your .

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RS
8:56 AM

Hi, we keep getting '' issues in . Has been occurring since Thursday, affecting different at different times. Retuned this morning and got c12 channels, no radio. Retuned 20 mins later, now channels with some radio. Totally sporadic and intermittent. Normally have all channels no problem.

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