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.
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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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Friday, 4 March 2011
Mr Si: Over the last few days see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Sunday, 13 March 2011
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Mike Brooks3:53 PM
We too are having problems with Channel 4+1 digital and live in the Aylesbury area. It seems to be a recurring theme over the last 6 months. It was present on Channel 4 earlier in the year. We can watch and record OK but for some reason, it becomes stacatto / jumpy and unwatchable, no picture breakup, it's as though your watching every other picture frame. It only seems to occur on Channel 4+1, but I haven't thoroughly checked some of the more obtuse channels.
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Gaetan10:29 PM
Has anyone else lost all reception to itv, ch4, ch5, itv2 etc this evening? I lost all signal at 22.00.
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Monday, 14 March 2011
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nickwilcock10:29 PM
Witney
Channel 68 looks normal here in East Witney....
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Thursday, 17 March 2011
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Adey3:55 PM
Hi people....I live in Swindon (SN)post code and have been following the comments with ref to channel loss and various other problems.Would i be wrong in asuming that after september 28th everything will be hunkey dorey or is this the way DTV is gonna be in the future?.
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Friday, 18 March 2011
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Ian5:55 PM
I have also lost channel 68 here in Tring - despite manual retune. Everything else 100 per cent / 100 per cent, but ch.68 is 100 per cent signal, 10 or 20 per cent fluctuating quality and can't lock onto any progammes.
Any ideas why, anybody?
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Sunday, 20 March 2011
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Mr Barty12:23 AM
Swindon
We can only hope and pray, Adey. I live in Purton and for the past few days it's been bad, and tonight particularly so. No BBC's (Mux 1) at all. Glad I'm not into rugby or I'd have been really p****d off. Knew it would be like this because the forecast was for high pressure and clear frosty weather. Much better when it's raining and there's not much going on at Lyneham or Fairford.
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andrew8:14 AM
So the transmitter status just now is 'no problem', at the same time as mux 2 rating is 'low'. That means BBC reception is fine, but ITV is rubbish unless you are prepared to buy new equipment. I'm just curious, is this deliberate policy to favour the BBC, or is the commercial sector just too greedy, trying to put out too many channels on one mux?
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Monday, 21 March 2011
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David Pinfold6:47 PM
Banbury
It may be because the C68 multiplex is at the extreme end of the spectrum. Here in Banbury it's the only multiplex that disappears during bad weather. I would expect after switchover everyone will have rock solid reception of all channels without problems.
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Tuesday, 22 March 2011
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