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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
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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
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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

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, 27 July 2013
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jb38
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3:56 PM

Anita: That will explain why you managed to obtain a good picture when tuned to that station even although its commercial channels are being indicated as being variable as far as reliability of reception is concerned.

But though you should try a test over a week or so with your equipment manually tuned to the Bluebell Hill transmitter and see how it goes, albeit I would be surprised if you did not experience any spells of picture glitching etc due to the fact of the signal from Bluebell Hill being received via diffraction, this being signal bending.

Bluebell Hills mux channels being /

46 (BBC) - 43 (ITV1) - 40 (HD) - 45 (ITV3 etc) - 39 (Pick TV etc) - 54 (Film 4 etc)

Remember to switch off auto-channel update on the various devices you use or you will land up with some channels from Crystal Palace being stored again.

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Anita
5:01 PM

jb38: Guess I with have to become more accustomed to "manual tuning" here. I don't mind the odd glitch had a few of those in Newham on the plus side defiantly No manual tune was required.

Thanks for your time and help

I'm curious why does a freeview hd box require my postcode during setup??

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MikeP
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5:34 PM

Anita
Many Freeview boxes use your post code to determine which of the available local news services it sets as being your main programmes and which are to be 'secondary' (in the 800's). Example, if you live south of Oxford you might well want the South Midlands news as your main feed instead of the South services (sourced from Southampton studios!).

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jb38
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8:21 PM

Anita: Yes! as the manually tuning in of a stations multiplexes is a procedure that's essential to master in areas such as your own where reception is possible from more than one station, as its the only positive way of being able to store what's actually required rather than a programme guide loaded with duplicate channels from stations that offer "iffy" levels of reception.

The problem though with manual being that there are a number of devices in circulation that do not offer this manual facility, the designers of these devices being rather blind as to the circumstances that their boxes are liable to be used in, whereas on the other hand there are owners of boxes that do offer an excellent manual tuning facility but they themselves have great difficulty in mastering it, yourself in my opinion, based on that said in your replies, "not" coming into this category.

I realise that MikeP has answered your query with regards to a post code being required, but though I personally do not necessarily approve of a post code system for Freeview boxes as this can cause problems for many people that reside on the doorstep of another region and prefer to view the news etc from that region, myself having a preference for the more usual "choice of area" box that pops up after having completed an auto-tune (not on all boxes though!) by the fact of "area choice" being up to a point self explanatory for viewers of a less able disposition.

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Tuesday, 30 July 2013
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Rob
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6:41 AM
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Rob: Hi Jb38 sorry for long delay... had a nasty accident was in hospital.. anyway just to confirm the I do get BBC Oxford news and ITV meridian news from Oxford..However i get BBC south and ITV from Hannington but not that great as it comes in the back of my tv aerial that's pointing to Oxford.. its a triple stacked array type aerial i got from screwfix for 19.99... it works well with 26db mast head amp and power box. works well for 3 years so far......Bear in mind i am at the bottom of the village and i have a massive hill at the back of my house where hannington is coming in.. which is impossible to get a decent signal unless i get a aerial tower of 60 foot up lol. I wanted to combine London as i am deaf... the subtitles would often drop out either bbc or itv i can change region then get subtitles back... it was the same problem when we had the old anolougue tv via 888 on teletext.

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jb38
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11:04 AM

Rob: Sorry to hear about your misfortune and hope that you are on the mend!, me having put the gap in continuity down to you possibly trying some experiments prior to giving an update on the situation.

However on reading all you have said as far as your reception is concerned and from where, and when taking this into consideration along with the fact that the reception you do manage to achieve from these stations is only via diffraction (signal bending) plus an element of reflection, both of usually bringing the summer and winter effect into the equation, I now feel that rather than use any multi element high gain aerial (high gain only under correct conditions) I would be far more inclined to remove the triple element aerial and try either a reasonably flat response DM log, or if Crystal Palace is also being catered for then a Log 40 would be best.

The reason for the change being, that in my experience logs used in conjunction with a high gain amplifier generally give excellent results over any other type of aerial when used in difficult reception areas, this basically due to the fact of them not being quite so sensitive to slight variations in the reception angle of the signal being received and something that is always experienced in situations such as yours, and the reason why that if an aerial is installed in one season and then alignment checked in another its nearly always found that it requires slight trimming to the left or right to return it to perfect alignment, albeit that the perfect alignment is short lived!

Of course most are totally unaware that this effect exists!, but its something that can even be experienced in some areas when a transmitter switches to high powered operation and which can have a knock on effect as far as the reflective element of the signal being received is concerned, a few in my own area having found that their aerials had to be turned nearly 10 degrees to the right when Waltham had switched to high powered operation to regain peak reception.

The only problem I have ever found with logs being the a psychological one, insomuch that many equate large pieces of metalwork as somehow being superior for reception, that is until it gets down to viewing the result of what they consider as being a "dinky toy" aerial, or that they are over influenced by reading aerial gain specifications, all of obtained when the aerial is being tested under perfect short distance line-of-sight conditions, these never the same as in real life situations.


Terrain indications showing the signal path obstructions from both Oxford and Hannington.



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Wednesday, 31 July 2013
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Kevin
4:45 PM
Farnborough

Hi

I live at GU14 6PW and have always received Freeview from Crystal Palace via my loft aerial with booster. Recently, I have lost the channels from the frequency C22 and C23 (hence all the BBC channels) although the other 3 (or 4 on the HD TV) are fine. I have tried bypassing the booster and have the same problem. Why would some channels be affected and not others? Could it be linked to some 4G interference?

I appreciate that loft aerials are not the best option, but as I use Sky for 95% of my viewing, I am not keen to pay for an aerial upgrade.

Amy advice or thoughts will be gratefully received.

Thank you.

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Friday, 2 August 2013
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Rob
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7:07 AM
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Rob: Thank you very much for your advice jb38.. When i am better and got a bit of cash i will go a buy a log aerial from satas whos just down the road where i live. they have logs on enay for avery good price....so will keep you up to date when i get the chance to try it out.

Rob

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7:14 AM
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Kevin what aerial do you is it new one or old one...If the aerial is old one... check the cables if possible replace them with double screened cable and make sure the aerial is correctly lined up..an small movement can mess up the the signal. so try move it a little at a time till the signal is 80%.. i find if its 100% it be too much gain....will cause problems.I do think for London it should be a Group A areial the reason for that its group A's have a really good gain and picks up Crystal palace... If the booster is very old... try replacing it... i had one of mine burnt it self out. Hope my tips helps.

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1:03 PM
Farnborough

Thanks Rob. I have an aerial that I bought from B&Q for about £20 8 or so years ago. It is wideband, rather than group A.
Last night, I moved the aerial completely and pointed it at the Hanington transmitter. This seems to have done the trick, although I haven't carried out enough testing or getting the positioning perfect to ensure it is as good as it can be. I did however notice the Freeview HD channels were fairly week. When you say aim for 80%, I assume you are referring to signal strength rather than quality. Presumably I do this via the variable gain on the splitter.
The booster is probably about 15 years old - it is one of the bean shaped One For All boosters in blackwith 4 outputs and variable gain. I only use one output, would I benefit from getting a single output booster?

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