Full Freeview on the Dover (Kent, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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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Wednesday, 20 December 2023
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Mrs s smith1:37 PM
Live in Canterbury have had some tv but most of the time picture has broken up and we have no sound are there any problems
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Chris.SE4:12 PM
Mrs s smith:
It could have been the recent weather , there's been a very brief period of "Tropospheric Ducting" causing interference affecting some in the south of the country.
If you had been correctly tuned, I hope you haven't been retuning, You cannot tune to signals that aren't there or can't be decoded, the usual effect is to clear the correct tuning or maybe get incorrectly tuned to weak signals from another transmitter. You then might have to try retuning several times to get your signals back to normal!
We can't check your predicted reception without a full postcode, if you continue to have problems, post back with a full postcode and some information about your aerial installation and which way it points (rough compass bearing) etc.
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Wednesday, 27 December 2023
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Mrs s smith3:50 PM
Have had no tv for 2 weeks what is gong on
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Chris.SE8:35 PM
Mrs s smith:
Did you bother to read the previous reply?
You haven't told us whether you tried to retune at the time!
In fact you've given us no additional information at all!
Have you even looked at your aerial to make sure it's still on the roof and pointing the same way as your neighbours?
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Monday, 30 September 2024
Transmitter engineering
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Dover transmitter - Dover transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/09/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 7 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
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Dover transmitter - Dover transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 14 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Dover transmitter - Dover transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Dover transmitter - Dover transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 28 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
Dover transmitter - Dover transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 4 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Dover transmitter - Dover transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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