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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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51.424,-0.076 or 51°25'26"N 0°4'32"W

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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 25/09/2023 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?

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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 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),
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, 109 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 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 Great! Movies Action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 69 HorrorXtra, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 16 others
COM5 ArqA	H max	C22 (482.0MHz)	321m	DTG-8	200,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 71 That's 60s, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 70s, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	H max	C28- (529.8MHz)	321m	DTG-8	200,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 73 HobbyMaker, 76 That's 80s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 90 Together TV +1, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 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?

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 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

Crystal Palace Freeview Crystal Palace DAB Crystal Palace AM/FM Crystal Palace TV region BBC London London

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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Monday, 12 September 2011

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4:34 AM

- TV Off Air from 01:50 yesterday to 02:05 yesterday BBC ONE Weak from 13:10 on 10 Sep to 13:38 on 10 Sep [BBC]

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- TV Off Air from 01:50 yesterday to 02:05 yesterday BBC ONE Weak from 13:10 on 10 Sep to 13:38 on 10 Sep [BBC]

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Up until 2 days ago I was receiving HD via the . It has since stopped. I have retuned and now the HD do not appear at all. Has anything changed from this transmitter to cause me to loose the HD channels. I realise I am on the edge of the area for Crystal Palace but I get maximum strength on all the normal channels.My post code is RG21 3HQ. I have a good on a high .

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Bob Sullivan: Please can you see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice and Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?

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Tuesday, 13 September 2011

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- TV Off Air from 01:50 on 11 Sep to 02:05 on 11 Sep BBC ONE Weak from 13:10 on 10 Sep to 13:38 on 10 Sep [BBC]

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- TV Off Air from 01:50 on 11 Sep to 02:05 on 11 Sep BBC ONE Weak from 13:10 on 10 Sep to 13:38 on 10 Sep [BBC]

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- TV Off Air from 01:50 on 11 Sep to 02:05 on 11 Sep BBC ONE Weak from 13:10 on 10 Sep to 13:38 on 10 Sep BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:31 today [BBC]

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- TV Off Air from 01:50 on 11 Sep to 02:05 on 11 Sep BBC ONE Weak from 13:10 on 10 Sep to 13:38 on 10 Sep BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:31 today [BBC]

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- TV Off Air from 01:50 on 11 Sep to 02:05 on 11 Sep BBC ONE Weak from 13:10 on 10 Sep to 13:38 on 10 Sep BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:31 today to 10:46 today [BBC]

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- TV Off Air from 01:50 on 11 Sep to 02:05 on 11 Sep BBC ONE Weak from 13:10 on 10 Sep to 13:38 on 10 Sep BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:31 today to 10:46 today [BBC]

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