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
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Thursday, 21 June 2012
Gordon Ormston: The analogue signals will be radiated from the antenna system at the top of the mast. Because of their high power, I assume that the main beam is higher (to the horizon) whereas the lower power signals are radiated from antennas lower down and because they are lower power, I "wonder" if the beam is aimed a little lower, which makes it better for you.
Obviously the post switchover signals are on a par with the old analogue ones, which is why I wonder if you're always going to have difficulty.
As I say, I'm not an installer and I'm not an expert on TV transmitters, but as a technically-minded person, I wonder if the above is your problem.
Maybe have a look around and see what your neighbours have with regards aerials, although obviously some may have been put up to receive pre-switchover signals (not that they won't work after, of course).
The only other thing is are there trees in the way of your aerial, because they could be shadowing the signal, a signal which may not be great in the first place (as suggested above). If so, could the aerial be moved to get a better view?
Or will a taller mast allow sight above the trees? I appreciate that the answer to this question may well be no, or may be "yes, until they grow a bit more".
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Gordon Ormston: I have looked at Riverside on Streetview and I can see the trees in the direction of the Dover transmitter. I can also see that the aerials on the two houses at the end of the road are pointing in roughly the opposite direction at Crystal Palace or Bluebell Hill (these being only a couple of degrees apart). Presumably they have given up on reception from Dover, although the tall large aerials show that their reception is very difficult.
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Friday, 29 June 2012
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Gordon Ormston8:54 PM
Dover
Hi Dave
Thought you may be interested in hearing whats happened since the second phase of the Dover switch over on the 27th. Now receiving the mainstream commercial broadcasts on ch51 (previously ch42) and Yesterday/Film 4 on CH48 (previously ch55). All signals are of good strength and so far quality is excellent. Also Pick and Dave on ch59 OK. However can not pick up signals being broadcast on ch55 (ITV3, ITV2+1 and Quest).
More importantly still getting pixelation and intermittent loss of signal on ch50. Have checked the signal strength again and is only going up to a max of 40% and the quality is very poor.
Does the foregoing suggest that its not an aerial problem and could be the way the BBC signals are being broadcast.
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Sunday, 1 July 2012
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kapo8:18 AM
Margate
Briantist: I am ct9 3ry, since 27 june i have had no clear sound or picture on any channel,[sound breaking up,pixels,no channel] i have done all instructions, my ariel is only 12 months old, every channel worked perfectly before switchover,i am at my wits end on what to do.
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david11:22 AM
all freeview channels working ok here.
for kapo are you geting your signal from the magate relay or from dover its self. if it's from dover it was put on the digital uk site on the 27 that some in magate could not pick up bbc channels but that meassage was removed the day after.
as for whats happening with your tv signals for bbc A Gordon Ormston
can i ask are you using dover main or the relay dover town. if its the main i ask this as you have dover next to your name. so im into thinking that your in dover it's self so have you tryed using dover town relay to get your bbc A channels to work for you. are you geting the bbc B & digital 3&4 mux's ok at they us the same power as bbc A.
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Gordon Ormston: Where there are objects in the way, i.e. trees, different frequencies can be affected to differing degrees.
This can be an issue when placing a set-top aerial (inside, obviously!). You find the one channel might be good in one spot and vice versa in another an this is because the signal has travelled through objects like walls, i.e. it is because the path from the transmitter to aerial isn't so clear.
BBC One analogue was on C50. Of the other three analogue channels, only Channel 4 former C53 is now used for the BBCB (HD) multiplex. Did you have difficulty with reception of these? I suppose this isn't very scientific as you never received analogue on the other channels now used for digital so have nothing to compare to.
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Saturday, 7 July 2012
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Joe7:52 PM
Canterbury
I am in Canterbury, CT2 and have had no consistently clear signal since the switchover (some days have clear signal for a couple of hours). Every digital channel was fine prior to this. Have retuned from factory settings numerous times, even without aerial to ensure memory wiped clean.
Any suggestions?
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Mark Fletcher8:33 PM
Halifax
Joe.Canterbury,CT2 8AG.
Yes,the likely cause is excess signal you are receiving,do you use signal boosters as such ?
If you do,this needs bypassing as the excess signal produces similar symptoms to that of a poor or no signal mode !
If not try experimenting with a set-top aerial or piece of wire or wee screwdriver into the aerial socket of your appliance,if this produces an improved signal then the prognosis is what i described in my first paragraph above as such !
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Tuesday, 10 July 2012
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Nick9:18 AM
Aldeburgh
I thought that the good people of Kent might be interested to know that in my coastal location north of Felixtowe, I get all Dover channels with a homemade aerial on my shed, approx the height of the upstairs window, yet cannot get all the muxes from my local, Sudbury, with the appropriate roof aerial!
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Thursday, 12 July 2012
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Kevin James7:43 AM
Hi
Since the change over I have noticed most of the 48uhf channes are poor reception. looking at the transmiter there are a number of channels running at 40,000 watts. Why ia this? It's just not enought for good reciption do the advtiser know that they are paying for no pepole to see these channel that know one can see! Its a poor deal for viewers we all had to change our set's and have been let down and sold a lie!!!!!
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