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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Tuesday, 18 September 2012
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David8:33 PM
Sandwich
i see from digital uk's site that dover will be having a Final situation in oct 13
what dose this mean.
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
David: I imagine it is totally insignificant. A quick look at a number of transmitters shows that they all say this.
Some times there may be a date which says "Reception change" where the reception prediction changes, usually due to another transmitter somewhere having being calculated as potentially having an impact.
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012
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debbie edwards9:22 PM
Hi - this evening I was having problem with ITV3 - it kept breaking up or disappearing altogether. I re-tuned, and now ITv3 on Channel 10 has completely disappeared - how do I get it back?! Debbie
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Thursday, 25 October 2012
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David12:07 PM
Sandwich
HI debbie edwards looks like you have SDN missing. try to do a rescan today. & see if it comes back. the next time you lose channels from SDN dont recan as this mite have have been down to the fog we have been have here.i say this as i lost channels to but got them back.
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 18 January 2013
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David6:53 AM
Ramsgate
Hi just been installed with talktalk freeview box. Ariel is on (roof)chimney its a small basic ariel & is connected to a signal booster in house & splits into 4 wired ariel cables supplying 4 freeview tvs.
Can I split the ariel again using a y connection to run FM & Dab radio & my talktalk freeview box.
will this effect quality of signal
do I need a Gain ariel replacement for quality
could you suggest any thing?
Thanks
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 2 February 2013
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Jon4:33 PM
I've noticed breakup on all hd channels since early January, all other channels appear to be fine. I renewed all cabling and the aerial during the summer and apart from the high pressure problems we all had, the reception has been excellent. I'm in the Palm Bay Area of Margate. Has anyone else noticed anything similar?
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Jon: The Margate relay on the top of Invicta House is a Single Frequency Network with Dover's PSBs, although it is vertically polarised. Perhaps it is this which is driving your signal strength up too high.
If you are not able to receive COM channels from Dover then you might as well use Margate, although the COM channel allocations of Sudbury preclude combining it with Margate using a diplexer.
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Sunday, 17 February 2013
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Dr. John Pritchard9:04 AM
Ramsgate
We have three digiboxes, each of a different make and generation. The most primitive, on a basic aeriel, serves a small 20-year old tv and is prone to shifting back and forth from colour to B&W. The other two, less than a year old, worked fine before and after digital switchover but have BOTH become unusuable. All BBC channels, most ITV channels and all news channels apart from Sky News suddenly switched off and on the one digibox that supports HDTV, all HD channels are gone. Some other channels are listed but report no signal. Dover transmitter reports no problems and is 28 miles away but still in line of sight. Maps suggest there are G4 but the maps may be out-of-date. Resets aren't working. Others but not everyone in Thanet are experiencing the same problems. What are our remedies to restore all of our services: do we need to contact trading standards?
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Dr.'s: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Dr. John Pritchard9:07 AM
Ramsgate
Correction to my last posting: Maps suggest there are No G4 transmission services in this area (Thanet) but the maps may be out of date.
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Dr.'s: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Dr. John Pritchard: The symptom of changing from colour to black and white is not one of the digital system; this is only a possibility with analogue. Therefore, the issue must be somewhere from your box to the TV and not the aerial. How have you got the 20 year old TV connected to the box?
Have you confirmed that the TV is tuned to Dover transmitter for affected services, and not another transmitter? This is generally the first thing to check for in these circumstances.
There should be no 4G transmitters operating at 800MHz as the licences have not been auctioned off yet. Trading Standards aren't likely to be interested in complaints about TV reception. The propagation of RF signals are governed by the laws of physics, much as politicians may wish to rewrite them in order to cram more services in.
I have made two observations which could potentially affect reception of RF signals:
1. See this terrain plot between you and the transmitter:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
For around a mile, the signal path (the line between the transmitter and you) runs close to the ground. The higher ground approximately half a mile from you corresponds to the Westwood and Northwood areas. Looking at satellite images there are large industrial buildings in Westwood. Are these new and might their appearance coincide with the poor TV reception?
2. The airport runway is perpendicular to the path of your TV signal. Therefore, presumably, airplanes fly across it. They can act to cause issues with reception as they act to reflect the signal back down to earth. If the reflection happens to shine on your location then it could cause difficulties with reception.
Do any of these sound plausible explanations?
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