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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Wednesday, 14 September 2011
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sue7:19 PM
hi I live in Banbury and I'm having problems with all freeview channels and no signal on all bbc channels. I have strong signal but poor reception on all freeview channels. My friends and neighbours that have rescanned have lost lots of channels to rescan or not rescan that is the question.
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Howie B7:22 PM
Thanks Colin in P Risboro. Also own Sony Bravia Tv so expecting fireworks on 28th when some of the other MUXes go on full power. Maplins are bound to have a big run on those variable attenuators they advertise!
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mst9:08 PM
Oxford
There's currently a channel overlap between the old MuxB and the new BBC A :-
Found duplicate LCN: 9
Both called 'BBC FOUR'
Found duplicate LCN: 71
Both called 'CBeebies'
Found duplicate LCN: 81
Both called 'BBC Parliament'
Found duplicate LCN: 700
Both called 'BBC Radio 1'
Found duplicate LCN: 701
Both called 'BBC R1X'
Found duplicate LCN: 702
Both called 'BBC Radio 2'
Found duplicate LCN: 703
Both called 'BBC Radio 3'
Found duplicate LCN: 704
Both called 'BBC Radio 4'
Found duplicate LCN: 705
Both called 'BBC R5L'
Found duplicate LCN: 706
Both called 'BBC R5SX'
Found duplicate LCN: 707
Both called 'BBC 6 Music'
Found duplicate LCN: 708
Both called 'BBC Radio 4 Ex'
Found duplicate LCN: 709
Both called 'BBC Asian Net.'
Found duplicate LCN: 710
Both called 'BBC World Sv.'
To keep my Toppy happy I had to manually delete the ones received from the mux on Ch 52 and kept the ones on the new 8k mux on Ch 53.
Guess this could confuse other boxes for the next couple of weeks?
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mst's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
mst: Yes, this is perfectly normal, it happens at all sites during the two weeks of switchover.
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mst9:12 PM
Oxford
PS You must do a factory reset and rescan
After pruning I only have lcn 303 on Ch 52
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mst's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
mst: And 303 is dead anyway... It's not really worrying about for a couple of weeks.
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Lee T9:27 PM
oh well.....to be honest i didnt expect it to be smooth...Ive lost all of the bbc now as well as our long list ITV and Channel 4
RIP TV untill the 28th when hopfully I will have some TV again.
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John J9:29 PM
Aylesbury
Briantist. Is it is normal for me to be showing a weak signal on a signal detection meter at this time at postcode HP21 9TZ.? The meter shows weak directly off the aerial but just in the normal range when off the booster.
I only ask as some people near to me can still get the Mux A channels and I can't at all.
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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