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.
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 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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, 19 September 2011
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jb381:02 PM
shirley evans: Your DVD recorder is obviously picking up Anglia's (Sandy) multiplexes as these are on low channel numbers.
Although you will have to carry out a re-tune anyway on the 28th when changes take place at Oxford, but to get over the present difficulty what to do is remove the aerial from your DVD recorder and carry out a scan without it inserted, this blanking out anything stored in its memory, then "before" re-connecting your aerial carry out an auto-scan on the DVD whilst immediately observing the progress bar as it starts to move up the channel numbers, then as soon as you see it approaching roughly Ch48 reinsert the aerial and this will allow Oxfords main multiplexes to be loaded.
This will then exclude Sandy's higher powered multiplexes from registering on your DVD recorders EPG list. It will of course also exclude Oxfords Mux channels C&D (Pick TV / ITV4 etc) but if required they can be added via a the "manual tune" facility.
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jb381:06 PM
shirley evans: The above said taking it that you are actually using Oxford for reception? although if not the procedure would be basically be the same.
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rob1:26 PM
Reading
a silly question to ask.. my areial is pointing oxford.. its a wideband array areial by labgear with 26db masthead booster.... i seem to get oxford and hanningtion reception.... i get bbc oxford news very well... but ITV is set to hanington breaks up badly... before today was fine... i have tried to re tune to oxford itv ch 68 but no signal found only ch 43 from hannington.... am confused why this happen.. get bbc oxford fine... strange things going on... i am now worried i will have to remove the masthead and boosters after september 28th switch over... i live in RG8 8DB i get london tv as well.. the reason i got oxford and london.. because i am deaf.. say bbc london subtitles dont work i switch to oxford it works....
The london areial is 19 years old it works fine on freeview
rob
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rob's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Bill5:35 PM
Leighton Buzzard
Just returned home from holiday, retuned as advised, lost countless channels (inc ITV1, Ch4, Ch5) can't wait for 24th to retune again.
Finger's crossed eh?
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Bill's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb386:04 PM
rob: The point is that if your aerial is pointing towards Oxford (@ 22 miles) then it will be at about 345 degrees, whereas Hannington (@ 15miles) is at located at 215 degrees, so this alone is liable to make your reception from Hannington more susceptible to performing adversely to any minor fluctuations in the signal received.
Oxford BBC1 is already on high power, and if you are receiving it OK then you should do with the other multiplexes on the 28th, however should overloading be suspected at any time (signal cutting out etc) then a simple attenuator in line with the TV's aerial input will instantly cure the problem, if that is, its not an easy task to remove the mast head amp.
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Bill: You might find you Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice a useful read.
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Lee T10:40 PM
can people on here stop keep saying that the signal in banbury could be too much ...we are bairly getting a glimmer of signal...amplifires are the only think making any pick up possible and that is patchy at best
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Lee T: It's a bit hard to say without a postcode, I would actually read Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice as well.
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Spartan9:11 PM
Now the Oxford area has lost the analogue tranmsmissions from Beckley, we are back to swapping aerials over to receive Hannington (analogue) when digital invariably dips below the required level of signal to support a satisfactory picture. I am aware that power levels are for the most part still at a low level, so by how much will they be increased at the end of the month? Is this likely to give us watchable pictures again, i.e. on a par with what we had before when Beckley pumped out half a megawatt?
It seems to me that digital is fine for those within line of site of the transmitter or in an elevated geographical location, but I suspect it will force the rest of us to contemplate the expense of satellite reception. And digital radio is even worse! Only one place in the house where it 'half' works. I don't believe this is progress...
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Spartan: Please see "Comparison of analogue and digital signal levels" at the top part of the page.
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