Full Freeview on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 410,000 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 Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) mast?
Oxford transmitter - Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Oxford 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Oxford transmitter?
BBC South (Oxford) Today 0.4m homes 1.6%
from Oxford OX2 7DW, 6km west-southwest (258°)
to BBC South (Oxford) region - 6 masts.
BBC South (Oxford) Today shares 50% content with Southampton service
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 102km south (182°)
to ITV Meridian/Central (Thames Valley) region - 15 masts.
Thames Valley opt-out from Meridian (South). All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian+Oxford
How will the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 23 May 2018 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C46 | _local | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C50tv_off | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C51tv_off | LOX | LOX | |||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | |||
| C55tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | com7tv_off | |||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C59tv_off | -ArqA | -ArqA | -ArqA | ||||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
| C62 | SDN | ||||||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 14 Sep 11 and 28 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-11dB) 40kW | |
| com8 | (-14.7dB) 17.1kW | |
| com7 | (-14.8dB) 16.4kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, LOX | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-18dB) 8kW | |
| Mux A*, Mux B* | (-19.2dB) 6kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Oxford transmitter area
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Saturday, 9 October 2021
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Chris.SE4:08 PM
J.Holbrooke:
As per the post immediately before yours, the Oxford transmitter is currently listed for Planned Engineering. The listed possible effect often means possible reduced power or interruptions.
If you are in an area that doesn't have a very strong signal, reduced power could mean you don't get a signal. As you haven't given a full postcode I'm unable to advise on that.
In any event, you should never retune if you have no signal or badly pixellated signals as this usually just clears the correct tuning and you might need several attempt to retune correctly when signals are normal.
(The fire at Bilsdale has absolutely no bearing on reception from Oxford).
Also note that the list of frequencies used by Oxford at the top of the page is not fully up-to-date as the site owner has not had time to make all the changes after the 700MHz Clearance programme.
The column dated 23rd May 2018 incorrectly lists COMs7&8 & LOX. The entries at the very top of the page apart from "LOX" which no longer uses C51 are correct.
The Local multiplex (LOX) uses two channels at Oxford, C22 beamed in roughly a SW direction and C46 beamed more easterly. Which you may receive (if either) will depend on your location.
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Friday, 15 October 2021
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Vilma Knight8:42 AM
Swindon
SN6 7PT and SN6 7PR
Television went off last evening approx 9.30pm. Screen went black.
Village of Coleshill (postcodes as above) is on a community aerial provided by the National Trust and served by the Oxford Transmitter. Several of our Tenants have already called in this morning to report no TV
Any idea how long the transmitter will be off please?
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StevensOnln19:43 AM
Vilma Knight: There are no reports of any faults or engineering work affecting the Oxford transmitter. If the problem is affecting everyone using the communal aerial, you should report it to whoever is responsible for maintaining the system and ask them to send somebody to investigate.
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Saturday, 16 October 2021
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Chris.SE12:02 AM
Vilma Knight:
Your initial report certainly suggested a problem with the community aerial distribution system failing.
The terrain around your immediate area has quite variable reception as neither the BBC nor Freeview predict reception from the Oxford transmitter for your particular postcodes, but suggest Mendip as the most likely transmitter (West region) and some relay transmitters are also potentially receivable. However predictors aren't always 100% accurate and some adjacent postcodes do have good predicted reception from Oxford.
Just to add that none of these possible transmitters have any reported faults.
I hope you've managed to get your communal system reported and fixed.
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Friday, 14 January 2022
Saturday, 15 January 2022
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Chris.SE1:53 AM
Terry Davis:
I'm afraid we'll need a full postcode to be able to check the predicted reception in your locale, as although you may get signals from the Oxford transmitter, you may also receive Mendip and some relays. There are no reported problems or Planned Engineering listed for Oxford or Mendip.
Other than that, I would check that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction and that your downlead looks undamaged (especially if it is old) and is secure and not flapping in the wind.
Have you checked the connections behind your TV?
I'd check all your coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads are a common problem, try swapping/changing them.
Problematic connections, water ingress, Aerial misalignment etc., can seem to affect reception of just an individual or several multiplexes.
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Friday, 28 January 2022
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Roger Turner2:59 PM
Bampton
We've had breaks in all channels just recently, checking the signal strength on two separate aerials and we are down to 50%, this used to be 95%+.
OX18 1BL using the Oxford Transmitter.
Both aerials are in the loft and this is affecting all TV's with the cables inside, so no weather or water ingress issues. All connections checked and are fine.
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Saturday, 29 January 2022
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Chris.SE7:36 AM
Roger Turner:
This is most likely to be due to current weather conditions. The current high pressure weather system has been accompanied by some "Temperature Inversion/Tropospheric Ducting" where signals from distant transmitters are carried further than normal, due to the particular layers of the atmosphere. It causes interference to your wanted signals. This can result in changes to received signal strength and quality.
The problems can last for seconds, minutes ,hours, sometimes even longer. Do NOT retune, you are likely to just lose your correct tuning.
There are currently no reported transmitter faults or listed Planned Engineering for Oxford.
As the conditions vary you should see changes in those figures and current predicted suggest that it all may clear over the next couple of days.
If you continue to see problems, post back with some more specific figures for each multiplex.
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Wednesday, 27 April 2022
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Mal McGar3:50 PM
Hi I am in Milton Keynes but due to terrain I have to receive your service via the Oxford Transmitter. However since the last update I am no longer able to watch all the channels I did previously. Before I proceed, please can you tell me which channels I should be able to see.
The list provided here is far from user friendly, therefore can you either send me a channel list or a suitable link.
Thank you in anticipation
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StevensOnln14:24 PM
Mal McGar: This website has nothing to do with operating any channel or transmitter, this is an independent technical help website. If you provide a full postcode we can check what you are predicted to receive. There is a full list of channels including which multiplex carries each channel on the Freeview corporate website (see link below). If you can tell us which channels you are no longer able to receive that may help identify the cause.
Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview
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