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, 27 August 2019
MikeP
8:31 AM
8:31 AM
DAVID AYLING:
Despite what the website shows, there is no relay transmitter in the Dover Area, only the main transmitter which did have some engineering works carried out.
Michael Jukes would be better off using the Heathfield transmitter instead. See Coverage Checker - Detailed View Bluebell Hill is not at all suitable at his location.
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Friday, 30 August 2019
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Chris.SE6:16 AM
All:
A reminder that there was a retune event at Dover on the 22nd August when the BBCA multiplex moved to UHF Ch.33. If you are mising the main BBC channels and have retuned it is possile that your aerial is an old C/D group that is not able to receive the new channel and it may need replacing. You can get free help if you do not have Satellite or Cable by contacting Freeview on 0808-100-0288 see Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview also see the FAQs on that page in case they may help.
The new UHF ch.33 should be broadcasting on the full power of 80KW and if you are having trouble getting it, you may be in a marginal area and you should put your postcode and house number into Digital UK - Coverage checker rather than previous links to check predicted reception from available transmitters at your location.
If your lack of reception is an old aerial issue you might get temporary reception on LCN 751 and channels above in your programme list as mentioned inthe Freeview FAQs. There is a further retune event at Dover on the 16th October and if you haven't had your aerial replaced by then you may lose more/all channels.
Bill:
Use the coverage checker Digital UK - Coverage checker to see which transmitter will be best for your location - not all transmitters are suitable for every location due to hills, buildings etc. The full range of channels from Ashford start on 16th October.
DAVID AYLING:
As mentioned already you should use the coverage checker to see which transmitters is best for you. There are relay transmitters all round Kent and not all are suitable for everyone even when they think they are near enough and most do not transmit all 6 multiplexes (including a small relay in Dover town).
If you are still having problems with UHF ch.33 then it's probably due to inadequate aerial as the transmitter will be using the full 80kW, so you should contact the Freeview advice line 0808-100-0288.
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Chris.SE6:30 AM
Michael Jukes:
'm not sure exactly what MikeP looked at but according to Coverage Checker - Detailed View you are better off staying with the Dover transmitter, especially for the COM4/5/6 multiplexes.
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MikeP
11:52 AM
11:52 AM
Chris.SE:
Both Dover and Heathfield are shown as giving good reception according to the listing given on the Digital UK Coverage Checker and I used exactly the same as you did. It's just that we are interpreting the data differently.
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Wednesday, 4 September 2019
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Chris.SE5:32 AM
MikeP:
The figures for Dover are better and as I said especially for the COM 4/5/6 muxes. You don't seem to think that significant!
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Sunday, 8 September 2019
MikeP
9:47 AM
9:47 AM
Chris.SE:
Those figures are only for guidance as they are projections based upon incomplete measurements and not taken at the locality under consideration. As you must be aware there are many variables affecting the signal conditions at the precise locality, they even vary from one house to the neighbouring one. As those figures are only calculated predictions that takes no account of the local variables, such as hills or houses or even trees, I find them only a rough guide and not absolutes. I know of many areas and individual locations where the signal conditions vary very considerably along a road. I know of one road in NW Kent where one neighbour has to use a very tall mast to get anything from Crystal Palace and yet the neighbour can use a conventional Yagi on a short roof-mounted pole! It's not that unusual in my 50 years experience.
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Monday, 9 September 2019
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Chris.SE1:52 AM
MikeP:
Quote "Those figures are only for guidance"
Precisely. So why, when the guidance for another transmitter is not as good as the one they are currently using, would anyone want to suggest or recommend that someone go the the trouble, inconvenience and probable expensive of making a change that is unlikely to result in any improvement! I find your remarks bizarre to say the least.
And of course I know that they don't take account of very local variables, and unless you know the precise location and maybe have done measurements, you certainly won't know if another transmitter will produce a better result when predictions indicate otherwise. You seem to think that you are the only one with more than 50 years experience as an engineer, and I'm getting a little fed up of some of your lectures as if I know nothing. If I make an error, fine, correct me, but stop trying to make out I'm ignorant.
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MikeP
9:53 AM
9:53 AM
Chris.SE:
I never said they were more reliable for one transmitter over another. I said that they were ALL unreliable. So I take very little notice of them because they can be misleading. QED.
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Thursday, 19 September 2019
Problems with BBC and channel 26 picture keeps breaking up have checked all cabling within the house all good. Issue since Saturday 14th
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Saturday, 21 September 2019
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Chris.SE6:58 AM
Jane Bailey:
There has been planned Engineering work this week at Dover with "Possible service interruptions", no doubt as part of preparations for the major retune event coming up on the 16th October.
When you mention channel 26, I guess you are referring to EPG LCN25 ITVBe which is transmitted on the SDN multiplex on UHF ch.35
A reminder that there was a retune event at Dover on the 22nd August when the BBCA multiplex moved to UHF Ch.33. If you are having issues with the main BBC channels since then (and the SDN channels - see About us | Freeview and have retuned it is possible that your aerial is an old C/D group that is not able to receive the new channels sufficiently well, and it may need replacing. You can get free help if you do not have Satellite or Cable by contacting Freeview on 0808-100-0288 see Important changes to Freeview TV signals Important changes to Freeview | Freeview and also see the FAQs on that page in case they may help.
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