Full Freeview on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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 |
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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
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Friday, 3 June 2011
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
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James Tobin2:49 PM
We have Freesat and up to Monday 6th we got digital on '108' & '109'. Now we can't get either, just the message 'No Signal'. Is this a temporary situation?
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Mike Dimmick3:22 PM
James Tobin: See BBC HD to switch to DVB-S2 on 6th June 2011 | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Friday, 10 June 2011
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Paul8:45 PM
Hi,
Can anybody tell me for certain whether DAB reception is affected by this transmitter?
I would also like to know (if it is from this transmitter) what strength of potential signal we have now and what it could potentially increase to in September (or whenever the switchover will be).
I am in particular researching for a vehicle DAB radio in the OX7 4 area.
Thanks in advance.
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 12 June 2011
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dave4:35 AM
watermead Aylesbury
I have a loft aerial amplfied to four tvs all worked fine up untill a few months ago when reception seems to hve degraded more particuly on the downstairs tvs. Will I hve to wait until septeber switchover for this situation to resolve itself.
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Monday, 13 June 2011
Paul: DAB transmissions are 100% unaffected by the digital (or indeed analogue) television network.
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Mike Dimmick5:30 PM
Paul: Oxford is a BBC National Radio DAB transmitter, and also carries the Digital One multiplex (national commercial services).
DAB is not like FM or even digital TV, where each transmitter uses a different frequency. Instead each transmitter uses the same frequency, the power level of each transmitter and its timing adjusted so that each additional transmitter looks like an echo of the first, and the stronger echoes timed so that they are within the period that the receiver can handle. Therefore, it's really meaningless to speak of signal levels for one transmitter. The important part is that coverage is continuous across the region. Increases in power from one transmitter might lead to decreases from this one to ensure that it doesn't interfere with that distant coverage area.
The licence for the Oxfordshire regional service has been granted to NOW Digital, but has not yet launched. See http://www.localdigitalradio.co.uk/oxford.php for the little information that is available. They are required to carry BBC Radio Oxford, if and when they do launch.
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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Ken Paton3:28 PM
Find signal break up on Freeview on BBC1 and BBC2, have rescanned but this had no effect. Other channels appear to be unaffected, is this because of work at transmitter?
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