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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter.

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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
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),

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 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C22 (482.0MHz)321mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C28- (529.8MHz)321mDTG-8200,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Colin
3:26 PM
Dunstable

I am located on the fringes of three transmitters: Sandy, Oxford, Crystal Palace. I have two good chimney mounted arrays aimed at Crystal Palace and Oxford. We prefer the London output, so Oxford was the second choice and Sandy ignored due to the (analogue) band clash with CP and also a very weak signal due to intervening high ground. My Toshiba TVs will not tune all the Freeview channels from all transmitters, but we have so far been able to tune ITV1 from both. Today's retune has opted for Sandy rather than Oxford (which has disappeared) even though the signal is very weak, and we get a choice of BBC1 regions instead of ITV1 regions. Is there any way I can impose my choice on this mess ?

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brian
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5:23 PM
Welling

Hello , I have a bit of a technical question I am curious about if anyone can help ?
I ran the trade digitaluk post code checker for my address just to see what it predicated. I am only 13km from Crystal Palace but it gives a really low percentage for satisfactory reception on a couple of channels, D32 at 53pc and D29 at 80pc. It stays at these percentages all the way until switchover.
Of course the signal is fine but I am just really puzzled as to what would cause such low figures on these 2 channels. The terrain is pretty flat near me and my fathers house 2km further away from CP gives 99pc on these 2 channels.
The predicter does show reasonable signals from the north west (Sandy) and South East (Bluebell Hill, Dover) and yes there is a slight drop off in the land both ways but I can not find any mast that would cause this percentage drop operating on CH29 or CH32. Maybe D29 is Waltham on the same channel but I doubt it and anyway D32 is the real mystery.
Just curious really, I appreciate no one may have an answer !
Brian

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Mike Dimmick
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6:11 PM

Colin: see Digital Region Overlap for some suggestions.

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Thursday, 14 April 2011
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Richard
8:16 PM
Stansted

Hi,
Can you help/advise please?
All freeview channels have beem missing from our two TV's since sometime on 13/04.

Aerial is on the roof.

I've tried the various resets and no better.

The Sony Freeview box indicates Average signal strength Poor signal quality.

Digital UK says we'll be on Crystal Palace and looking at the aerial position that looks correct to me.

Analogue signal is available but poor but then it always has been, or certainly for many years.

Any advice gratefully received.

Thanks

Richard

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Friday, 15 April 2011
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brian
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12:55 PM

Thanks Brian(tist) !

I think I managed to figure it out for myself in the end. I would guess CP temporary digital aerials have a null to the east on D29 and D32 to prevent interference with the analogue(now closed) mast at Goes in Zeeland (the reason why CP analogue Channel 4 uses E30 not E29).

In addition I would guess that D32 is further reduced to prevent interference with the Faversham analogue relay.

The lay of the land near my house means that most people need roof aerials for CP (which is not the norm for most places close by) . Therefore I would guess as soon as the predictor believes there is less than a 100pc signal east of the mast it reduces the potential signal readings big time on D29 and D32.

Pity there does not seem to be anything published showing the radiation patterns. It must be a closely guarded secret !




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1:33 PM

cheers Brian, what an odd mix of transmitters. Bressay, Aberdare !
Nothing on CP , state secret as you say.
It took me ages to figure out my question. It was obvious really...

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Briantist
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1:54 PM

brian: I have more post-switchover ones, but only for relays. The main transmitter patterns are all redacted.

I will, at some point, include these on the site. When I have time.

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