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 not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Dover (Kent, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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
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Monday, 12 August 2013
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teresa stjohn-jeffrey10:38 AM
hi there, hoping someone can help, for the last 2 days, we have not been able to receive any hd channels, we have a youview box downstairs and an freeview hd tv upstairs, both have lost their hd channels, all other channels remain fine and dandy, have gone through all the recommended retuning bits, taking out the aerial, factory settings etc, but no joy, don't know where to try next, all cables are fine, looking outside the aerial is in exactly the same position as our neighbours, so, any ideas?? we are in cliftonville, margate, thanks
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Jon Shaw10:18 PM
Margate
I just tried looking at c47 and I am getting the hd channels that I expected to find at c53. The signal strength is down from 78% to 63% but they are watchable at the moment (after 10pm).
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Friday, 16 August 2013
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Dave G9:26 PM
Margate
Still no signal in Cliftonville, Margate on channel 53 (HD mux) All other muxes are ok. Anyone got any answers?
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Monday, 19 August 2013
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Jon Shaw8:20 PM
Margate
I must be getting the channel 47 HD Mux from Sudbury even though my aerial is pointing at Dover. I'm guessing the Sudbury signal is 180 degrees away and I'm picking up signals from both transmitters at the same time.
Channel 53 from Dover is still dead for me in Palm Bay.
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Wednesday, 21 August 2013
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Dave G9:49 AM
Margate
Hi Jon, Yeah still dead on ch 53 here in sweyn road too. absolutely NO signal. It was ok not long ago.
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Dave G2:28 PM
Dave G:
Just had a 20 min talk with a very nice man from the BBC. He says that he is going to look into the ch 53 problem, but if anyone else has problems, please report it to the reception desk on 03700 100 123. The more people who phone in the better. It will enable the BBC reception team to localise the problem better.
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Thursday, 22 August 2013
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Jon Shaw12:06 PM
Hi Dave,
I've just reported the problem too, let's hope more people contact them.
Out of interest have you tried c47 instead of 53?
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Dave G2:27 PM
Margate
Jon Shaw:
Hi Jon. Yeah I spent half an hour with the engineer this morning doing monitoring duty and the problem was found to be one of the exciters at the Dover transmitter. Channel 53 is now back on and they are investigating what happened. Thanks to all who helped in this problem. By the way. Channel 47 is the Sudbury transmitter and transmits Anglia television programs. Points East etc.
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Jon Shaw7:55 PM
Margate
Great news Dave, it's good to know there was a problem at the Dover end. Channel 53 had been off for 3 weeks, I'm surprised it took this long for a problem to be reported and identified though, how many thousands of people lost their HD channels I wonder?
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Sunday, 25 August 2013
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PETER HUGHES7:30 PM
Hi there. Has anyone else noticed, recently in Clacton that there is a steady increase in the rooftop aerials pointing to the DOVER transmitter? Clacton has a local LIGHT transmitter, which, of course, offers only the so called public service channels. Recently, on some days SUDBURY has been erratic with very poor Channel 56 (ITV 4 etc) which freezes or breaks up and sound sqwarks and hiccups. Even Channel 41 (Anglia ITV,Channels 4 and 5 etc), has been touchy (normal readings I get are 81% strength and 97% quality but disturbed readings fluctuating all over the place although BBC radio and tv group on channel 44 has remain rock steady all the time) Might consider another aerial for Dover but it will mean wrong regional news (Meridian etc).
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