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
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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Saturday, 12 September 2020
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Jane Ward8:30 PM
Leigh-on-sea
SS9 3EN MY airial is set towards a Kent as I live behind tall buildings preventing me fro receiving from LondonI
. Lately I have lost some or all my Freeview channels.I put this down to atmospheric interference as it would come and go while watching. But the last 2 days I have lost all reception. I tried to retune and lost all the usual channels. I see the signal should be strong but wonder why I'm having such problems and lack of any reception.
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Sunday, 13 September 2020
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Chris.SE4:37 AM
Jane Ward:
Your predicted reception from Dover is very variable at the best of times, but the transmitter is also currently listed for Planned Engineering with "Possible weak signal". The aerial should be pointing at a bearing of 137 degrees for Dover at your location, that's ~SE.
I don't know if you have an unobstructed view at bearing 199 degrees that's almost SSW which would point to the Bluebell Hill transmitter which has slightly less variable reception.
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Chris.SE4:54 AM
Jane Ward:
Meant to add that retuning when you have no signal is never a good idea as it will usually just clear all correct tuning, and you have to retune again when signals return.
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Monday, 26 October 2020
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Geoff8:23 PM
As your image states UK Free TV I hope you can clear up an issue relating to Sony Classic / Christmas Movie channel that again Sony have again allotted not to c`over the SE corner of UK via the Dover Transmitter region. Contact with Free View on this issue have advised that it is a Sony UK decision, how this can be is a surprise that Sony can decide what parts of the UK gets what
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Chris.SE9:10 PM
Geoff:
This and a number of other Sony channels, Sony moved to Local Multiplexes during summer 2019.
For which channels are on which multiplexes, see https://www.freeview.co.u…ngs.
Sony will have been well aware of which transmitters carry Local multiplexes. These multiplexes are on a limited number of main transmitters that generally serve large urban centres of population.
Transmissions are at lower power than the main multiplexes (however the mode of transmission compensates for this to a large degree) but they are frequently beamed towards the urban areas. This means you might be served by a transmitter which has a Local multiplex but not able to receive it because you location is not covered by that beam.
This will be a commercial decision by Sony, costs of being on a Local multiplex will be lower than one of the main COM multiplexes. You could try contacting Sony Pictures TV (see https://media.info/organi…on), the more that do then the more likely they may change something!
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Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:25 PM
1:25 PM
DOVER transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 11:37 until 24 Nov 12:18. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:25 PM
4:25 PM
DOVER transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Nov 11:37 until 24 Nov 12:18. . [BBC]
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Monday, 7 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
DOVER transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 7 Dec 18:43. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:24 PM
10:24 PM
DOVER transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 7 Dec 18:43 until 7 Dec 20:40. . [BBC]
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:54 AM
7:54 AM
DOVER transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]
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