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 - Crystal Palace transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/09/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

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

Local transmitter maps

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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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gardoon
9:43 PM
Bradford

Hi
I have checked every thing but still my are missing or some time no channel at all this is been hapning since christams up to today 30/12/2011 please could you
my detales:
15 burlington ave
bradford
bd3 7dy
tel:07790 069508

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Curtis
9:22 PM

Dearest Technical persons
I have a box I live in Victoria,
I can't get itv1+1channel5
It went missing only 2 days ago it's the 2 January 2012

What's my next step to redemdy the situation
All other are fine
My no is 02078211585
Kind regards Curtis would really appreciate some assistance.

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KMJ,Derby

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10:40 AM

gardoon: If the is still in its correct position and you have checked the cables and connectors you need to make sure that the tuner is storing on the correct frequencies for the that your aerial is pointing to. If the aerial is pointing to (S,rods horizontal) the correct frequencies are , , , , and (HD). For (NW, rods vertical) the frequencies are , , , , and (HD). You could even have SDN from on - found during the . If your permits manual tuning do a factory reset to clear the then manually insert the correct channels.

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David Hancock
9:02 PM

had been working fine for months, until yesterday (Jan 2). Now all I get is a 'Service is not running or scrambled' message. I've tried re-tuning but no success. I live in Highbury, North . Anyone got any ideas about what is going on? Thanks.

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Dr John Turnbull
9:41 AM

I lost my yesterday. Could you please tell me if there are problems with the .

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Lee
4:21 PM
London

Hi
I am in Bethnal Green () and have a shared (I think) mounted , my TV has a built in HD but no matter how many times I I cannot receive and HD , all other channels are fine.

Are HD channels on a different freq, is it possible that the roof aerial is rubbish and incapable for receiving HD ?

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Stuart Tanner
12:11 AM

hi, i am in Camberley, surrey i have my pointing at as every other house in my round has the same.
i have a 52 element aerial but i can only get the stronger ie, bbc 1, 2 ,3,4 pick tv, yesterday ect.
I can not receive channel 5 or itv as the signal is to weak my bbc signal is only 56% according to my freeview + box.
My question is will the signal boost in April or will i have to have some sort of ?? what date will the boost happen if any?.

thx

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Dave Lindsay

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Platinum

12:21 AM

Stuart Tanner: Yes, the will be stronger in April.

happens in two stages:

1. On 4th April BBC Two analogue will be switched off and BBC definition digital will go on their full (post-switchover) power.

2. Two weeks later on 18th April the other analogue are switched off and the rest of the digital channels go on full power.

The strength of the signal isn't that important. So long as it is strong enough to produce a stable , then that is sufficient.

To try and get ITV1, C4 etc, go to manual tuning in the menu and tune to Ch22.

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Stuart Tanner
12:39 AM

Thank you Dave Lindsay for your fast reply.
Well that puts my mind at rest i will leave the as is and await april.
i cant seem to do a manual tune on my brand new goodmans + box only automatic tuning lol.
I'm getting 60% and 48% at present on bbc ect so it can all only get better though i am supposed to be able to get a better signal from i did try this with no luck and but the hogs back gets in the way as i said all the aerials in my road point to so who am i to argue lol.

again many thx for the amazingly fast reply.

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AD
7:50 AM

I bought a digitop after 2 One 4 All Aerials SLX Gold digiTop Amplified High Performance Indoor: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics and on the day i bought it - perfect - all perfect . However the next day and today I've not got such good signal/ on at least 4 or 5 channels? Is it the aerial? Should i re-tune my Freeview built in tv? Or should I just continue to play about with my aerial when needed, and the signal strengh will be stronger, come time?

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