Freeview Light on the Margate (Kent, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Margate (Kent, England) transmitter which serves 9,400 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 Margate (Kent, England) transmitter._______
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 Margate (Kent, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Margate 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 86m | DTG- | 200W |
 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C51 (714.0MHz) | 86m | DTG- | 200W |
 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C53 (730.0MHz) | 86m | DTG- | 200W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Margate (Kent, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Margate transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 84km west-southwest (249°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 61km west-southwest (257°)
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 Margate (Kent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | B C/D E T | W T | |||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C39 | SDN | ||||||||
| C42 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C53tv_off | BBCB | BBCB |
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 | 200W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-10dB) 20W |
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Monday, 16 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:20 AM
5:20 AM
Margate transmitter - Margate transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 6 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:23 AM
11:23 AM
Margate transmitter - Margate transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/09/2021 Screen may go black on all or certain channels [DUK]
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Monday, 13 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:23 AM
11:23 AM
Margate transmitter - Margate transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/09/2021 Screen may go black on all or certain channels [DUK]
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Wednesday, 3 August 2022
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Chris.SE2:54 PM
All:
Just to update information here, Margate is longer a "Light" transmitter and has transmitted all six multiplexes as an SFN with Dover since October 2019.
In the multiplex order BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ArqA/COM5, ArqB/COM6 -
The UHF channels you should be tuned to are C33, C35, C36, C39, C42, & C48
A Group K aerial is required (though Group T/Wideband should suffice depending on location, in strong signal areas some may get away with some Group B aerials, but not recommended).
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Friday, 9 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
3:13 PM
3:13 PM
Margate transmitter - Margate transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Margate transmitter - Margate transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 19 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Margate transmitter - Margate transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Margate transmitter - Margate transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
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5:10 AM
Margate transmitter - Margate transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 2 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Margate transmitter - Margate transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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