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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Sunday, 1 April 2018
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David11:15 AM
Whirley Dover changed from UHF ch 55 to ch 35 on the 21 of march. the signal is much better now.
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Tuesday, 3 April 2018
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Neil Mclean12:21 PM
ITV3 has moved from new COM4 (Ch 35) (Showing Retune Message) to PSB2 (Ch 51)
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Saturday, 12 May 2018
Ct17 0fz
Since transmitter work end of March? 2018 we have lost signal for channels 5USA, quest and blaze I have returned on 2 seperate boxes to no avail. Previously we had a good reception from these channels all others appear to be the same.
Can anyone help?
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StevensOnln17:35 PM
reg gray: You most likely have a Group C/D aerial which is not designed to receive the lower frequency now used for the COM4 mux from the Dover transmitter. If you don't have satellite or cable you should be eligible to have a replacement wideband aerial fitted free of charge, which can be arranged by contacting the Freeview Advice Line (see link below).
Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview
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Sunday, 17 June 2018
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Dave Jones2:09 PM
Why are COM7 and COM8 not available on Dover transmitter.?
Will they be available in the future?
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MikeP
4:45 PM
4:45 PM
Dave Jones:
COM 7 and 8 are temporary services on 30 main transmitters only. There are no plans to extend the coverage at present. However, future changes to the transmission scheme will probably see the services carried on COM 7 and COM 8 being included in other multiplexes as they are changed from DVB-T encoding into DVB-T2 coding, which can carry more information but requires a TV capable of both receiving these transmissions and displaying them in HD when provided.
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Tuesday, 11 September 2018
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Dave Jones7:19 PM
Freeview Dover does not match the channels you have listed. I start on 35 then go to 48, 50, 51 and finally 59. As you can see this isn't the same as either listing on your website. I don't remember any retune on 31 March putting everything in the lower frequency bands.
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Wednesday, 12 September 2018
MikeP
11:01 AM
11:01 AM
Dave Jones:
Once again I have to reiterate that this website is owned and operated by Briantist and only he can perform any updates, but he is currently unavailable apparently.
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Friday, 4 January 2019
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Chris10:14 AM
This site used to be so useful, now the transmitted channels are not even correct. What's happening.
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MikeP
9:14 PM
9:14 PM
Chris:
The site owner has not been able to complete the updates as yet after a period of forced absence. Best to use the Digital UK Covergae Checker and other utilities.
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