Freeview Light on the Faversham (Kent, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Faversham (Kent, England) transmitter which serves 6,000 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 Faversham (Kent, England) mast?
Faversham transmitter - Faversham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Faversham (Kent, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Faversham 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 | V max | C21 (474.0MHz) | 64m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 | V max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 64m | DTG- | 20W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 64m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Faversham (Kent, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Faversham transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 47km west-southwest (244°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 23km west (261°)
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 Faversham (Kent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C24 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C27 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 20W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-1.9dB) 13W |
Local transmitter maps
Faversham Freeview 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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Thursday, 21 April 2011
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Lee10:33 PM
Faversham
Loss of signal in ME13 area
For the last couple of days Ive lost nearly all the channels, somethimes they are there when I get in from work, but are gone again by 8ish in the evenings. Cant get any ITV channels, 4, 5, more 4, E4, (but i can get e4 + 1), 5*, 5usa, quest, challenge.
Is this due to atmospherics? Thought the digital signal was supposed to stop this happening??
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Lee's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 22 April 2011
Lee: Please see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
| ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - the problem will stop when you have full power on the commercial multiplexes in September, and better still when the analogue network is closed down at the end of 2012.
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Sunday, 31 July 2011
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Richard Meadows4:57 PM
Hi there. Can you tell me when it is anticipated that digital test transmissions will start from the Faversham transmitter,please.
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Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Friday, 9 March 2012
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Jim Ballantyne1:42 AM
does anyone no what dab radio stations will be availble on the faversham transmitter?
Just out of intrest I was told by a local arial company that faversham was going to be switched off at the change over. Didn't fancy turning the clock back and having a bluehill arial, so have satelite only now.
Same company put up my vhf arial up the wrong way round, nuf said! Oh there not in the town any more! They were next to tesco.
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Thursday, 5 April 2012
Jim Ballantyne: Faversham is not a DAB transmitter. See the Map of all DAB transmitters | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page for a full list.
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Wednesday, 26 June 2013
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Lee7:40 PM
Ive posted on here before about losing channels, and got a reply that when the switchover was made it would solve it.
Well the last few weeks, I keep losing reception, picture breaking up, cant get some channels at all, programs not recording etc, etc
I thought when we went digital it was supposed to solve all of the above?
Any ideas on how I can stop it happening? Or am I just going to have to put up with it due to the atmosphere when it gets hot and or muggy?
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Lee: Based on the prediction of transmitters that may be available at your location, you should check to see that your TV is tuned to your intended transmitter.
Crystal Palace is roughly on the same bearing as Bluebell Hill and the former uses lower channel numbers and is therefore picked up before the latter during a scan.
You have posted on the page for the Faversham transmitter this carrying only Public Service (PSB) channels, so if your aerial faces it and you are receiving Commercial (COM) channels then you are receiving them off beam of your aerial. If your aerial doesn't face Faversham then it could have been picked up.
Programmes not recording could be caused by having some channels tuned from one transmitter and some from another.
There are six broadcast channels to check (five if it's only a standard definition receiver:
PSB1 | BBC One | C46
PSB2 | ITV | C43
PSB3 | BBC One HD | C40
COM4 | ITV3 | C45
COM5 | Pick TV | C39
COM6 | Film4 | C54
The above are the channel numbers for Bluebell Hill, it being west with your aerial horizontal. Bring up the signal strength screen on each of those services and identify whether they are tuned to it or elsewhere.
For example, BBC One should say UHF channel 46.
If any are in the 20s then run the aerial scan with the lead unplugged initially and plug in when it gets to 30% or past UHF channel 30. Then check them again.
Further guidance can be given on reply.
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Lee8:36 PM
Sorry, youve lost me there, the aerial is facing the faversham transmitter.
Ive just checked now and Im getting all the channels that its tuned into perfectly. But by about 10ish, theyll start breaking up, when its humid and muggy I seem to lose most channels. It only happens in the summer, the rest of the year its fine.
Its a dual tuner digitalstream HD box. And so can record one channel and watch another, or record 2 different channels.
But I can have it set to record a program and be watching another, and notice that it hasnt started recording, but sometimes if I go onto the channel its supposed to be recording, it will start recording it straight away, other times I have to record it manually.
Surely if its picking up the channels perfectly for the rest of the year, then it should do during the summer???
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Lee: If your aerial is facing the Faversham transmitter then it only broadcasts the Public Service (PSB) channels. The Commercial (COM) channels are only available from the largest transmitters. Therefore there is a small proportion of the population who can only receive the PSB channels.
If you are picking up the COM channels (ITV3, Pick TV, Film4 etc) with your aerial vertical and pointing to the Faversham transmitter then you are receiving them off-beam of your aerial and therefore that explains why reception may be hit and miss - that is because the aerial is only designed to receive from the direction to which it faces.
The full list of Freeview services is here:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
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