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The symbol shows the location of the Dover (Kent, England) transmitter which serves 190,000 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 Dover (Kent, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Dover 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C33 (570.0MHz)370mDTG-80,000W
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1 BBC One (SD) South East, 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
C35 (586.0MHz)370mDTG-80,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C36 (594.0MHz)370mDTG-80,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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 -3dB
C39 (618.0MHz)370mDTG-840,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C42 (642.0MHz)370mDTG-840,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C48 (690.0MHz)370mDTG-840,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Dover (Kent, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Dover transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 69km west (270°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 52km west-northwest (289°)
to ITV Meridian (East) region - 36 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford

How will the Dover (Kent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1960-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-1316 Oct 2019
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TW T
C10ITVwaves
C33BBCA
C35D3+4
C36BBCB
C39SDN
C42ArqA
C48ArqBArqB
C50tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCA
C51tv_offD3+4
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C55tv_offSDN
C56tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C57tv_off_local_local
C59tv_offArqA
C66ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves

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 13 Jun 12 and 27 Jun 12.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-1dB) 80kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-4dB) 40kW
Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-17dB) 2kW
Mux 1*, Mux C*(-20dB) 1000W
Mux D*(-23dB) 500W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Dover transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
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.

Comments
Monday, 5 December 2022
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Patrick
6:14 PM

In the past 4 to 6 weeks I have completely lost PSB3 and BBCB in ME13 (Faversham) - no amount of automatic and manual retuning brings them back, I have also only been able to get BBC South East Today usually for no more than 48 hours before it goes again, usually get random BBC local broadcasts from around England - this is despite checking the Freeview settings and again, attempting manual tuning.

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11:25 PM

Patrick:

Sounds a bit like you might have been retuning when there was some weather related Tropospheric Ducting around causing reception of more distant transmitters. That has currently cleared.

When was the last time your retuned?
Have you checked in your TV Tuning section that you are correctly tuned to Dover's UHF channels. See my post just before yours.
Do you have any reception problems with any of the COM multiplexes?

We really need a full postcode to look at your predicted reception. Parts of Faversham have quite variable reception from Dover, similarly for other main transmitters you might receive. You might also end up (part) tuned to the Faversham relay, and if your aerial is pointing at Dover, that reception will be unpredictable.

Have you checked your aerial looks intact and is still pointing correctly, for Dover it will somewhere around compass bearing 131 degrees (that's almost SE) and its rods (or squashed Xs) should be horizontal. Check that your downlead is secure and not flapping in the wind.

Do you have an amplifier/splitter to feed more than one TV? If so what make and model is it?
Have you changed any equipment recently?
Make sure you don't have any HDMI leads close to your aerial and flyleads. HDMI has been known to cause interference.

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Sunday, 9 April 2023
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David
7:32 PM

Have lost all channels from ITV, BBC, Channel 4 & Channel 5, although all other channels appear to be okay (in Herne Bay)

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Chris.SE
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9:48 PM

David:

Can't find any reported faults for the Dover transmitter and it's not listed for Planned Engineering at this time.
Have your channels returned?
It could be/have been current weather conditions causing interference from distant transmitter in Europe or the UK. Do NOT retune as this may just clear your correct tuning.

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Sunday, 7 May 2023
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Valerie Butt
2:45 PM

Why is it not possible to watch channel 52 you send out +2 programmes which repeat violent films whichi do not want to watch but channel 52 invariably screens lughthesrted films and j can't watch them

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5:44 PM

Valerie Butt:

To be clear, we don't send anything out, this is an independent technical help-site. BUT to answer your question -
TV Channel (LCN)52 is one of 6 channels carried on Local Multiplexes which are only transmitted from a limited number of main transmitters (and often beamed towards a large centre of population). Dover doesn't have one.

See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which TV Channels are carried on which multiplex.

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Thursday, 28 September 2023
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nick
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12:13 AM

why are half the tv muxes only radiating 40kw?

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12:55 AM

nick :

Hi nick. I'm afraid that's the case with many (esp. main) transmitters. The COM muxes are often at a lower power than the PSBs on a lot, but not all, transmitters. This has always been the case and is because all the UHF channels are shared somewhere and this is to reduce the chances of any interference between them in normal circumstances. On the south coast they are often more directional as well to avoid interference with transmitters in France.

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Wednesday, 22 November 2023
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Sam
6:05 PM

Does anyone know what engineering work is being done at Dover tx.I am in the Herne bay area and have lost Com6 C48 690Mhz since the w/end.All the other coms are fine.Was wondering if the power on this com has been reduced.

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Chris.SE
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9:35 PM

Sam:

I'm afraid Arqiva never give details of the Engineering work, some of which could be weather dependent and so subject to delays in completion etc.
Many main transmitters have been having extended periods of Engineering this year, it's worth remembering it's a good 10 years since DSO and there could be transmission equipment, and many other things needing extensive maintenance or replacement etc., guy wires needing greasing, retensioning, replacing and so on. Much of such work can't be done working close to the transmitter at full power.
When working near the top of the mast, use of the reserve antenna lower down the mast is sometimes an option.

This latter case, especially if reduced power is also involved, could easily mean signals severely reduced in some locations, maybe to the point of being too low to be decoded as a result of the terrain nearer you for example. As you haven't given a full postcode we can't comment on your predicted reception or whether you could be more affected in this way. Note also the COM muxes are lower power than the PSBs to start with.

IF perhaps you retuned when you had no signal, this could have just cleared the correct tuning. Retuning is never recommended when you have no signal or badly pixellated pictures, you can't tune to a signal that's not there or can't be decoded.
If all your COM6 channels are missing (rather than just no signal) try a manual retune of C48. It might be you have to keep trying over a period of time.

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