Full Freeview on the Dover (Kent, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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51.112,1.247 or 51°6'41"N 1°14'51"E

CT15 7AQ

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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Dover (Kent, England) mast?

Dover transmitter - Dover transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/11/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C33 (570.0MHz)	370m	DTG-	80,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) South East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C35 (586.0MHz)	370m	DTG-	80,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast),
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C36 (594.0MHz)	370m	DTG-	80,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C39 (618.0MHz)	370m	DTG-8	40,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 35 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C42 (642.0MHz)	370m	DTG-8	40,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C48 (690.0MHz)	370m	DTG-8	40,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 others

DTG-8 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	ITV_waves
C33						BBCA
C35						D3+4
C36						BBCB
C39						SDN
C42						ArqA
C48					ArqB	ArqB
C50_{tv_off}		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCA
C51_{tv_off}					D3+4
C53_{tv_off}		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB
C55_{tv_off}					SDN
C56_{tv_off}		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves
C57_{tv_off}					_local	_local
C59_{tv_off}					ArqA
C66		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves

_{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

Aug 1958-Jan 1992	Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Transmitter engineering

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6:04 AM

- : BBC TV Weak from 22:19 on 12 Jun to 06:02 on 13 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 13:26 on 12 Jun to 13:33 on 12 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 18:45 on 12 Jun to 19:00 on 12 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:07 yes [BBC]

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- : BBC TV Weak from 00:05 today to 00:07 today, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 18:45 on 12 Jun to 19:00 on 12 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 13:26 on 12 Jun to 13:33 on 12 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 06:57 on 12 Jun t [BBC]

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6:04 AM

- : BBC TV Weak from 11:52 on 15 Jun to 11:55 on 15 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:07 on 15 Jun to 12:12 on 15 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 22:19 on 12 Jun to 06:02 on 13 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 00:05 yes [BBC]

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9:04 AM

- : BBC TV Weak from 22:19 on 12 Jun to 06:02 on 13 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:07 on 15 Jun to 12:12 on 15 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 00:05 yesterday to 00:07 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:52 on [BBC]

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12:04 PM

- : BBC TV Weak from 22:19 on 12 Jun to 06:02 on 13 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:07 on 15 Jun to 12:12 on 15 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:52 on 15 Jun to 11:55 on 15 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:42 tod [BBC]

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Dave Jones
2:09 PM

Why are COM7 and COM8 not available on .?

Will they be available in the future?

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4:45 PM

Dave Jones:

COM 7 and 8 are temporary 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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6:04 PM

- : BBC TV Weak from 22:19 on 12 Jun to 06:02 on 13 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:07 on 15 Jun to 12:12 on 15 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:52 on 15 Jun to 11:55 on 15 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 00:05 yes [BBC]

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9:04 PM

- : BBC TV Weak from 00:05 yesterday to 00:07 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:52 on 15 Jun to 11:55 on 15 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:07 on 15 Jun to 12:12 on 15 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 22:19 on [BBC]

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12:04 AM

- : BBC TV Weak from 00:05 yesterday to 00:07 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 01:42 today to 01:46 today, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:07 on 15 Jun to 12:12 on 15 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 22:19 on 12 Jun t [BBC]

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