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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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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

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, 28 April 2012
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Liz
6:05 PM

Hi.

We live in W5 and receive from the crystal palace transmitter. Following switchover we lost channels. I did a factory reset and rescan and now all of the channels are back and are in the correct order but all are unwatchable owing to bad reception, apart from channel 4 and ITV. We have a samsung TV with builtin freeview. Iv'e checked all of the cables and they are all quite new. Its driving me mad!

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Big Mart
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6:22 PM

Tim: Thank you for your suggestions. You are certainly not teaching me to "suck eggs" !!

Where are these cables available from? Currys or a specialist tv dealer? I really don't want to spend too much money on what is relatively a minor problem as the DR works okay with the other stations. If I buy them and they have no effect, then I have wasted my money!!

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Dave Lindsay
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6:29 PM

Big Mart: I don't know whether this has been raised, but where HDMI leads run near to aerial leads, they can degrade the signal. The same goes for USB leads near to aerial leads.

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jb38
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7:43 PM

Liz: You have not given your exact location and so this aspect cannot be checked, but you "might" be receiving an excessively high level of signal and that can cause the type of problems you mention, try a test using a set top aerial and see if that improves reception, or of you do not have access to a set top type then a short piece of wire (about 12") pushed into the inner part of the aerial socket is also a good test.

Further advice dependant on reply.

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Liz
7:49 PM

Thanks - we're in Ealing. I'll try some wire...

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Liz
7:58 PM

Yes, it works with the wire! Does this mean its our aerial cable? Thanks

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tim
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8:02 PM
Radlett

Big Mart, I made they up myself, got some satellite cable, f connector plugs and the adaptors to convert them to standard aerial plugs, I suppose the easier route would be to terminate the cables with good quality aerial plugs that would by pass the need to get f connectors and adaptors. the reason I use them is one of my hobbies is satellite reception so I always have loads of f connectors for my next rejig of my dish, you can get the bits from Maplin, B&Q, clas ohlson,

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

9:14 PM

Liz: Not really, as its more inclined to indicate that your signal is excessively high and is overloading the TV's tuner and with it not doing using the wire because it doesn't pick up so much of a signal, and so you will require to purchase an attenuator to place in line with the aerial socket of your TV, these costing about £4.00 or so.

With regards to the attenuation level necessary, I would think that one of about 10db rating would suffice, although its always best to try and get a variable type as you can adjust it for the best result, variables being 0-20db.

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KMJ,Derby
sentiment_satisfiedGold

10:45 PM

Pat Brock: It is just possible that ITV from Sandy Heath has been tuned in when scanning, in which case the ITV channel from Crystal Palace could be present in the 800's of the channel list.

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Sunday, 29 April 2012
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Big Mart
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12:10 AM
London

Dave Lindsay: Tim: Thank you both. I will look and see how close my HDMI cable is to the aerial, but it shouldn't be nearer than the distance that they come out of the back of DR.

What are "good quality aerial plugs"? How does one determine "good quality"? What is the difference between satellite cable and 'ordinary' coaxial cable? I think I used the ones that were on my analogue tv. Would the ones that came in the box be suitable?

Any thoughts why I got a good picture yesterday but not today. I would consider weather conditions, except it is has been bad both yesterday and today!

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