Full Freeview on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 51.790,-1.179 or 51°47'25"N 1°10'46"W | OX3 9SS |
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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Monday, 22 August 2011
Brennig Jones: You have not provided a postcode so I can't really be specific.
The digital services are not yet at full power, they will be when the analogue services are closed.
If you have the problem you describe, please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Thursday, 25 August 2011
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David Pinfold8:28 AM
Banbury
JM: In your location you are pretty much in as strong a location to receive a signal as is possible from the Oxford transmitter. ITV, CH4 & CH5 are working fine here in Banbury so it may well be that you are getting too much signal. If there is an amplifier attached remove it. You may need to fit an attenuator to reduce the signal level (maplin do a variable for £7.99). If this is the case then your problems will only increase after DSO.
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Monday, 29 August 2011
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MR3:54 PM
Kidlington
JM:
I am in Yarnton too (OX5) Cassington Rd. Around a year ago the ITV signal was good, now it isn't.
Regarding details on this problem.
Was fine with Nokia 221T, later fine with TVOnics PVR box. Then stopped being fine, became patchy, sometimes "norman collier" sometimes nothing, occassionally fine (to lure you into watching a film).
Recently got a new TV and still rubbish. TV reports low signal (4 out of 10 on a good day). If I put the PVR in-line, then the signal drops lower (indicating to me that it isn't too much signal).
I had assumed that the problems coincided with the fire at the mask in Beckley.
My hope is that when the DSO happens that things will sort themselves out. If not I will have to investigate attenuators, aerials, and cabling.
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011
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MR11:42 PM
Kidlington
So, couldn't help myself.
Went up to loft to tweak aerial position. Managed to improve the signal from 21dB to 24dB (according to my cheapo Philips freeview box). So ch68 is worse than any of the others but (in the evenings) the picture no longer suffers from drop-outs.
Also discovered that my DVD player (old Panasonic S35) stuffs up the signal if it is turned on.
Looking forward to DSO.
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Thursday, 1 September 2011
MR: You might want to check that the DVD player doesn't have an RF modulator...
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Nick Wilcock11:15 PM
Witney
I had a look at the Panasonic S35 manual - the DVD player doesn't have any RF antenna sockets, let alone an RF modulator.
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Friday, 2 September 2011
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del10:06 AM
the signal quality from this transmitter's been dreadful now for 2+ years and the greatest frustration is there's no one to actually complain to, or so it seems.
I'm just hoping the switchover will resolve the issues and we will get ITV and C4 etc back.
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Sunday, 4 September 2011
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LDM8:56 PM
We've had a simliar experience to Del (2Sep). Ever since the fire at the Oxford transmitter the signal/reception for ITV, C4, C5 etc has been non-existent.
I gave up ages ago and got FreeSat for our main TV but we still use FreeView for the bedroom so hoping switchover will 'come up trumps' and we can get all the freeview channels once DSO is complete.
Our ariel is in the loft and I've got a booster.
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Wednesday, 7 September 2011
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matt4:46 PM
why can't i get itv 1 on freeview? is it a weak signal?
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