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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter._______
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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Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Howie B: yes, I have just written thiks up here Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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Richard Daqrke10:20 AM
Does Freeview HD become available today (14.9.11) or does it start on 28.9.11, please?
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Colin Robinson11:23 AM
Princes Risborough
HP27 9LB. "Outside" multi-element aerial in the roof space and I have a 3-way distribution amplifer in the attic. Thanks for all the posts!!! On my Sony Bravia TV (Samsung was OK) it was only the Channel 53 mux that was not showing on the programme guide. Although 119 programmes had been detected during auto-tune phase there were only 104 shown. I got round the problem initially by selecting "Manual Tune" on the digital tuning menu, slecting "Channel 53" "Search Up", and the missing programmes all mysteriously appeared! Inserting an attenuator (of unknown value I am afraid) in the lead to the set also enabled the auto-tune option to work correctly
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Colin's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
I can understand that taking out a booster may be required but surely the system channel monitor should show there is an input. One of my sets did yesterday, everything was fine, today not a thing on C's68,63,54 or 21. Single wideband aerial feeding just one TV, whether through it's localised booster or not. How can that be?.
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Robert's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Nigel T12:06 PM
Hello, I'm experiencing fairly slight but persistent pixelation and/or sound dropout on channels within the new BBC A mux on ch.53 from Oxford (Signal 91%, Quality 100%).
Prior to today I had perfect reception on all channels (Signal/Quality of 91/100) & have re-tuned from scratch twice now.
My box is a Pioneer DBR-TF100 & I have a standard 18-ele rooftop aerial without any amps or splitters. Any ideas please?
Many Thanks.
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Adrian Crafer12:17 PM
Is there a known problem with Pace DT210F not being able to do 2k and 8k at the same time. It does not appear to be listed on your guide as one with a problem.
I have just rescanned all my fathers equipment following the first phase of the Oxford change over and the set with the Pace unit fails to receive Channel 53+, therefore no BBC channels.
Yes I did do a full reset including a power down and a no aerial scan. It does not have a manual scan mode as far as I can see so I cannot force the issue.
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Mike Dimmick12:28 PM
Adrian Crafer: It is on Digital UK's list at http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf .
Sorry, it's new box time for that one. See
Digital Switchover UK - Pace
for Pace's information.
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Peter 12:42 PM
Well - the first switchover day has arrived today. For weeks I've been turning off those Banner messages that keep popping up at the bottom of my screen telling me to "retune on the 14th or you may loose some of your channels".
So at 0830 I dutifully started the 20 minute search on my old Nokia On-Digital box - and lost all of the BBC channels.....
Luckily I was watching BBC1 analogue at the time, when the local BBC news was running; right at the end he says "Retune your set.."
etc etc "...after mid-day." Hang on I thought, 'After mid-day'? Why has not one of all the messages I've seen and heard over the last month made any reference to this before?
Reschedule rest of day and let my two elderly neighbors know I wont now be coming round at 1030 and 1130 to retune their boxes for them.
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Peter : Most ONdigital boxes are on the won't work any more list - see TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
See the Switchover starts in the Oxford area | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page for all the various retune timings.
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