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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Saturday, 23 February 2013
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Dr. John Pritchard12:00 PM
Ramsgate
Thanks, Dave. the answer is certainly yes, re. Tetra base stations. I suspect you will be right about 4G. There are certainly 3G aerials on all of the high buildings in the vicinity including the sites of the two vertically polarised television sites for Margate (80 watt) and Ramsgate (50 watt), but as you will know those sites offer a very limited number of channels.
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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 4G filters that are available will also filter out tetra as they only allow UHF channels 21 to 60 through. All of those I've seen online are the SAC AE5100.
An advantage of changing to a system with only one aerial is that you need only one filter, to be fitted before the amplifier. You have already removed the possibility of interference being picked up in the cables by using WF125. The lowest price I've seen so far is about £8 including delivery on eBay.
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Saturday, 30 March 2013
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LandlubberDave12:58 PM
Clacton-on-sea
jb38.I have corresponded with you during the last 6 months regarding interference to our TVs due to the new Earls Hall Wind Farm which has become operational in Clacton on Sea between us at CO16 7PD and the Sudbury Transmitter. Renco the owners sent GTechSurveys to monitor our signal, and consequently we have had a larger Wideband Aerial/Splitter Amp/Fixings etc, fitted by Sound & Vision of Frinton on Sea who done an excellent job for us. Our new Aerial has been tuned into the Dover Transmitter. (The opposite direction to the wind farm and the Sudbury Transmitter) We now have perfect pictures, including Freeview and the HD channels, but have lost Anglia news, receiving Meridian instead. They were willing to fit a dish up to enable us to receive Anglia, but we declined this. We are even picking up some French channels as well. I know they have been doing quite a few other homes in our area which have also been affected. Thanks for your help and advice in the past.
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LandlubberDave's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb381:31 PM
LandlubberDave: Many thanks for taking the time to provided an update regarding the outcome of the problem, the info provided by yourself being filed away for reference purposes as it could well come in useful to anyone else in the unfortunate position of having just found out that they also are going to have a wind farm imposed on them.
Maybe you could so good as to try a small test for me based on what you have said regarding your Freeview transmitter now being Dover, as two of Dovers muxes are only predicted as providing variable reception in your location, and so I wondered what like your reception is on ITV3 and also Film4, these corresponding to mux Ch55 and mux Ch48 respectively? both being 40KW transmitters whereas the PSB muxes are radiating on 80Kw, all of Sudbury's six muxes being 100Kw.
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Monday, 8 April 2013
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LandlubberDave12:55 PM
jb38. In reply to your post on Saturday 30th March I have checked the reception of ITV3 and Film 4 over a couple of days on our three sets, I have also recorded some films, and so far we have had no problems at all. We have been tuned into the Dover transmitter for five weeks now, and have experienced no problems with Freeview or HD.
I dont know the make of the aerial, but it looks similar to a Directional Freeview High Gain Y-1016F aerial that's sold on Amazons site.
I have just received a letter from BayWa r.e. renewable energy (the owners of the wind farm) dated 4th April 2013 stating that they "were not able to conclude that our loss of HD was directly caused by their turbines as the signal quality in our area is not ideal, plus the fact that our aerial does not meet the 10mtr standard height (we live in a bungalow) and they have upgraded our aerial etc "as a gesture of good will" This has really annoyed me as our reception had been really good and we were getting excellent HD untill their turbines became operational!!!
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Tuesday, 7 May 2013
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Trevor9:11 AM
Summer has started on freeview 06:00 7/5/2003 lost bbc1/2 !!
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Monday, 20 May 2013
Trevor: The usual reason for such problems is that something has come into leaf (some trees perhaps).
Check where your aerial points, and if there is foliage in the way, you may need to raise your aerial up to avoid it.
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Sunday, 14 July 2013
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keith10:16 AM
Broadstairs
hello can you help i have tried the digital helpline to no avail me and my neighbours with TV oriels not dishs have problems with TV reception .we live in broadstairs ct10 3js some days we only receive ITV channels 3 4 5 .the digital helpline recommend a free sat dish my Ariel is quite new 2years if that. it is now hit and miss what to watch any time of the day .so can you help with our problem here at whiteness green broadstairs thanks
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keith: Maybe the greenhouses of Kingsgate & Kenver Nurseries are the cause of your difficulty.
I comment as someone who isn't an aerial installer, but it would seem likely that they have metal structures. I'm not sure whether so much glass might potentially be an issue.
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keith: You may be better off using the Margate relay transmitter which is on the roof of Invicta House. It only carries Public Service (PSB) channels, but if that's all you get from Dover then you will be no worse off.
For a full list of Freeview services by multiplex, see:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
You mention good reception of PSB2 (ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc) only.
Ensure that you are tuned to Dover for all channels by observing the UHF channel tuned on the signal strength screen of the following:
PSB1 | BBC One = C50
PSB2 | ITV = C51
PSB3 | BBC One HD = C53
COM4 | ITV3 = C55
COM5 | Pick TV = C59
COM6 | Film4 = C48
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