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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Monday, 28 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:38 AM
10:38 AM
DOVER transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 05:47 yesterday to 06:23 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 18:49 yesterday to 18:51 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:36 AM
4:36 AM
DOVER transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 05:47 on 27 Jul to 06:23 on 27 Jul, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 18:49 on 27 Jul to 18:51 on 27 Jul. [BBC]
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Friday, 29 August 2014
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Michael Wang1:42 AM
when are we ( Dover, South East Kent) will go on 4G?
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Friday, 19 September 2014
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Paul Rose7:47 PM
Canterbury
Just re tuned my tv this evening and now I can't get any ITV or C4 channel and no HD channels. I have always had good reception from the Dover transmitter All was ok before retuning. Can you help.
Regards Paul Rose, Canterbury
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 10 October 2014
do you know if there are any plans to upgrade the dover mast to carry com7 & com8 please, my aerial is on the roof of my house.
Thank you
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Matthew's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Matthew Pigg: There are no plans whatsoever.
Dover stands no change due to the proximity to other countries using the same frequencies for the com7/com8 SFN networks to work anytime this decade.
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Briantist: thank you, how will I be able to watch Motors TV without getting sky please
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Matthew's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 11 October 2014
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Michael12:00 PM
Matthew Pigg: Get a FreeviewHD TV or box (not Youview) and connect it to the internet.
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Matthew Pigg: I Michael, I have got a freeview HD TV Panasonic 42" Plasma, not sure TBH how old it is but got it when comet was shutting down. it can pick up the "data" channels but can't load them.
does anyone know if Motors TV is on freesat please?
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Matthew's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb389:31 PM
Matthew Pigg: Its not available on Freesat. But if your TV is capable of connecting into the internet you can view it on channel 240 from the COM5 transmitter.
By the way, the data channels are only of use with TVs or boxes capable of being connected into the internet.
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