Full Freeview on the Dover (Kent, England) transmitter
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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._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
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 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.
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?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 69km west (270°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
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?
| 1960-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | ||||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | ||||
| C10 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C35 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C36 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | SDN | ||||||||
| C42 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
| C51tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C55tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C57tv_off | _local | _local | |||||||
| C59tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C66 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 |
Local transmitter maps
Dover Freeview Dover DAB Dover TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Dover transmitter area
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Monday, 4 July 2011
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Darren1:44 PM
Deal
Hi all,
Postcode: CT14 7BB
Aerial on roof: SatCure Freeview ONdigital TV Accessories Page masthead booster: Triax Wolsey WFAV425
Freeview through BT Vision box
Bought compass to target aerial at 212 deg for Dover transmitter.
Have tried advice here including (but not exclusively) resetting and Freeview reception has changed.
Brief history of problem:
For past year, several times a week at approx 7pm losing BBC 1&2 + other channels on that MUX for evening. Would return next morning without need for scanning. Root cause unknown. Weather?
Approx 3 months ago escalated to total loss of these channels for days at a time.
Upgraded aerial to that above on Thursday 30th June. 100% signal strength and 100% signal quality on >90% of channels ;o) All channels now present.
Came home Saturday 2nd July, no BBC 1&2 again ;o(
Reset following procedure here and still no luck ;o(
What else can I try?
thanks in advance.
Daz
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Darren's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Sunday, 21 August 2011
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Fiona Summers-Smith9:06 AM
Saturday 20th August between 8:55pm and 9:15pm interference culminating in all channels dropped and no signal. Signal returned and all channels viewed by 9:30pm.
Could not find any information on there having been problems on the Dover transmitter last night.
Does the company running this have any comments?
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Fiona Summers-Smith: Yes, there was no fault with the transmitter at that time.
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Friday, 14 October 2011
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Nick1:14 PM
Ah, it did that one. Every time I have tried in the last few weeks it told me there was a fault. Never found out why.
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Saturday, 15 October 2011
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Nick10:12 AM
I have recently installed a very large aerial with booster to get Dover here near Felixtowe, I like analogue! Whilst the signal is first class, normally, there are times it fades to almost nothing, then slowly returns, over a few hours, to how it was. Any ideas why it varies so much? I am also curious why C4 is weak. I could understand ITV being weak as it is out at ch 66, but C4 is mid group, along with BBC1/2
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Nick: Please have a look at Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - but the problem is more likely transmissions from Holland causing problems.
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Nick11:42 PM
Thanks Brian,
Still Holland? They are a pain, I thought now they were all digital it would have put an end to it.
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Sunday, 16 October 2011
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Nick9:00 AM
Strange how C4 is almost always weakest, except the rare occasion it is stronger than ITV and BBC2!
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