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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Oxford transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C41+ (634.2MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South (Oxford), 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C44- (657.8MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian/Central (Thames Valley 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South (Oxford), 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)295mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C37- (601.8MHz)319mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C31 (554.0MHz)319mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LOX
 H -10dB
C46 (674.0MHz)295mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Oxford,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
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
regional news image
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-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-1723 May 2018
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TW TW T
C2BBCtvwaves
C29SDN
C31com7com7
C37com8com8
C41BBCA
C44D3+4
C46_local
C47BBCB
C49tv_offC5wavesC5waves
C50tv_off SDNSDN
C51tv_offLOXLOX
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCA+BBCA+BBCA
C55tv_offArqBArqBArqBcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off
C57tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C59tv_off-ArqA-ArqA-ArqA
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-D3+4-D3+4-D3+4
C62SDN
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Dec 2006Central Independent Television
Dec 2006-Feb 2009ITV Thames Valley
Feb 2009-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Oxford was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
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MH
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

10:08 PM

My ITV and Ch 4 etc reception in Sutton Courtenay is "Poor" all of the time and often breaks up but for last few days when I switch TV on in morning it says new channels found. ITV then shows NO signal and I have to rescan and get normal poor ITV channel again. Today however, after rescanning no ITV, Ch 4 etc signal at all. Presumably something being done at transmitter yet again.....will be glad when signal strength increase anf I can actually watch ITV properly.

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Thursday, 21 April 2011
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MH
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

12:38 PM

I ran through problem troubleshooter which indicated probably due to weather - high pressure. Rescanned TV again this morning and channels back again, albeit with usual poor signal and pixelation on ITV, Ch 5 etc. Reception on other freeview boxes we have also poorer than normal.
When power levels are eventually increased at switchover, will this solve my poor signal problems on ITV etc and reduce likelihood of weather related problems?
I hope so as watching ITV on analogure will no longer be an option!

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MH
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

12:50 PM

Have just turned TV on again and no signal, no ITV1, Ch4 or Ch 5 etc after rescan. Worked ok at circa 8 o/c this morning so presumably weather causing this problem again. Very frustrating.

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Mike Dimmick
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1:33 PM

MH: Check that the TV is actually tuning in C68 and not a distant version on a lower channel. The switchovers at Sandy Heath, Ridge Hill, Lark Stoke, Bromsgrove and The Wrekin mean there are now some pretty loud transmissions off to the sides, and if the weather conditions are right, the signal could be strong enough to be detectable, but not usable.

There should be a 'signal detection' menu somewhere which shows the UHF channel being used. If it's not C68, delete all the Mux 2 channels and do a manual retune on C68.

You are pretty close to the Oxford transmitter. An amplifier or booster will likely cause too much signal. Some people have found that the switch to the new aerial increased the signal levels and caused problems - if you don't have a booster, or removing it doesn't help, try adding an attenuator. 'Herringbone' patterns on analogue are an indication of having too much signal. All analogue channels should be perfectly clear at your location (certainly the first four), unless there is a problem with terrain, buildings or trees.

At switchover, the ITV1/C4 digital multiplex moves to C60, currently occupied by ITV1 analogue. There should be fewer problems.

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MH
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

2:20 PM

Mike, thanks for your feedback. I have just rescanned and TV is tuning to C68 with ITV1 & Ch5 etc now found but usual poor signal & fairly constant pixelation. Not using booster, and had new roof aerial fitted circa 2 years ago. Analogue channels very good. Just have to hope that things improve at switchover on C60. Fingers crossed.

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Sunday, 24 April 2011
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Mat Brennan
12:14 PM

I'm in Swindon, and receive my freeview from the Oxford transmitter.

Reception has recently become almost unwatchable for most of the day, on most channels. No end of retuning will return reception to the channels that were previously crystal clear ..... How can I tell if I have a wideband aerial? The aerial on my house is likely to be 10-15 years old.

Do I need to change my aerial?

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Saturday, 30 April 2011
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N J Wilcock
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

7:24 AM
Witney

I guess the trees must have come out in leaf now and are attenuating high channel signal strength - my latest reception at OX28, East Witney with a very old Group C/D antenna, is:

Ch 29 (MuxD) - Very good
Ch 34 (Mux1) - Very good
Ch 48 (MuxC) - Good
Ch 51 (MuxA) - Medium/Good (was Good)
Ch 52 (MuxB) - Good
Ch 68 (Mux2) - Poor/Medium (was Medium)

Fortunately the picture quality doesn't seem any worse than before though - it's just the reported signal quality.

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Sunday, 1 May 2011
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Steve Bryan
8:53 AM

Hello - I have re set my digital TV yesterday and ended up with less chanels than before! All I can receive on all TV's is BBC. What is happening? I have recently switched to the Oxford site. My post code is OX17.

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