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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?

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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

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

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, 4 January 2020
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Tell
6:01 PM

Basically the whole of London should have changed from a band A ariel when it went up on channel 55 etc. You could get it financially supported if your only means of reception was freeview. Got cable or sat no. Obviously they kept quite about this.

I lived in London when it was moved of band A but was unaware of this. Rain and I lost reception. E4 area. Didn't help by this site publishing incorrect information.

The government sold out the frequencies and wrecked extended freeview HD. Living in West Wales they never got it so on Freesat now. Wimex microwave delivered broadband as well since BT never extended it very far as they run out of Welsh Government money.

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MikeP
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9:44 PM

Tell:

Crystal Palace still transmits many channels in Group A, but the COMN7 and COM8 multiplexes are on channels 55 and 56 which are way above the Group A band, so a wideband aeial is needed.

This website was correct at the time of the change but subsequent changes have made some of the data incorrect. The owner knows about that.



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Sunday, 5 January 2020
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Chris.SE
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5:06 AM

Tell:

The information about free support for aerials is on the Freeview site, there is no financial support, there are appointed contractors that replace the aerial for those that qualify.
Other than the temporary COMs 7&8, all the other Crystal Palace multiplexes are within Group A.
The 700MHz clearance is a Europe wide program, not just the UK.
Not all main transmitters carry COMs 7&8 for technical reasons and/or financial reasons.

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Chris.SE's 4,102 posts GB flag
Thursday, 23 January 2020
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Ray Whitcombe
8:33 PM

You have the BBC B Multiplex for the main London Crystal Palace transmitter as on UHF Channel 48 from 21 March 2018. This multiplex is still on the previous designated UHF channel 30 now the 23 Feb 2020 ! This mistake cost me some wasted time and you should amend the listing. I assume that whoever decides the channel allocations may be intending to make this change in future ????? Who Knows ??? or Cares ??

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Chris.SE
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11:18 PM

Ray Whitcombe:

As has been mentioned a few times around these pages, the site owner has not had the time to update all the details resulting from the 700MHz clearance. There are over 1100+ transmitters in the UK.
This site is a free independent help site for those with receptions problems that would like some advice.

If you need the latest authoritative information without asking for help here then visit Freeview | All your favourite TV shows, all in one place and all for free scroll down a bit and put your postcode etc in the boxes. Scroll down on the new page and select Detailed view.
You'll find the transmitters and multiplexes you might be able to receive & any future channel or predicted reception changes. There are no further predicted UHF channel changes for London as part of the 700MHz clearance.

For channel listings see Freeview | All your favourite TV shows, all in one place and all for free corporate/platform-management/channel-listings

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Chris.SE's 4,102 posts GB flag
Saturday, 25 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

1:28 PM

CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - AM: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Jan 12:05 until 25 Jan 12:05. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 15 February 2020
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Amanda McGlew
2:18 PM

since last night, (14th Feb 2020) I have had no tv signal and it states there are no channels. I have tried tuning it but it says there are no channels. I have phoned Camden up and they say it is not there problem, I phoned our TMO and they say it isn't there problem but yet I still do not have a tv that works.
Our ariel is on the roof. I believe our transmitter signal is received from crystal palace but it states there is no issue but yet two tvs in my home one brand new doesn't work

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StevensOnln1
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2:42 PM

Amanda McGlew: Retuning is the worst thing to do when you loose signal as you have now deleted all of your channels which were previously correctly tuned, making it more difficult to see when the problem has been fixed. I'm guessing from your post that you live flat/apartment with a communal aerial system. Have you checked whether any of your neighbours have also lost signal? If they have, it points to a fault with the aerial system (it may have been damaged by the recent bad weather) in which case you will need to contact whoever is in charge of maintenance and get them to send someone to investigate.

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Sunday, 19 April 2020
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Andrew Healy
6:18 AM

I am having to retune in TW15- Crystal Palace mast- but can find precisely zero signal. I am in a strong signal area, so use an internal aeriel. This has not been a problem, before, but, is the whole of CP down ?

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Chris.SE
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12:54 PM

Andrew Healy:

Crystal Palace is currently list for Planned Engineering with "Possible service interruptions", so yes there can be times when there is no signal. It is never a good idea to retune when there is no or very low pixellating signals as all this tends to do is to clear the correct tuning.
You'll need to try retuning again when/after signals return and of course you might need several attempts at that, as they never say when or for how long signals may be interrupted, but for a main transmitter like Crystal Palace it's unlikely to be that long.

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