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 |
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, 28 September 2011
Bill: Thank you very much for your kind comments - they make it all worthwhile.
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David12:36 PM
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Thanks David (NN128HQ)
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mst12:53 PM
@Briantist
I am well aware of the correct Channel Nos - and C62 is also in the Digital Dividend sell-off and will have to move down to C48 or similar at some point.
Interference on C68 was probably Hemel Hempstead which is using this channel till Crystal Palace DSO (despite what you have on this site!), because if you are west of Oxford it will be behind Beckley, but should be vertical not horizontal...
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liz1:48 PM
Aylesbury
I have retuned and have lost E4+1 ITV2+1 Dave 5* 5USA to name but a few and yet gained ITV Channel4 and 5 E4 and some others. Dont know if anyone else has same probs with oxford transmitter. Any idea how I can fix this?
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liz's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MHaffy2:27 PM
Abingdon
All my TV's run off same roof top aerial feed that but very different performance. My two TV's that have built in freeview tuners pick up all channels with good signal strength/quality (95-100% strength & quality) on all channels. My freeview boxes that feed old analogue TV's are same strength/quality as TV's with built in tuners with exception of Ch55 & Ch59. Yesterday for instance, 12 on Ch55, for instance has no signal? Sky News, 82 on Ch59, freezes periodically. Sonewhat confused by this discrepancy. Could there be a problem with my freeview boxes/will this improve when power is increased from 12.5kw on ArqA/B? My postcode is Ox14 4ax.
All channels, including Yesterday/Sky News etc were fine on all TV's/boxes before todats switchover....
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Ron2:38 PM
Witney
Reply to Tricia,Do a first time install reset. Turn power off, disconnect the antenna from the TV,for a short while, reconnect, and let TV do a reset. This should find all channels.
Ron
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Ron's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Allan 3:14 PM
Kidlington
I'm just wondering if other people have lost digital channels in the oxfordshire switch over, like the viva, challenge, pick tv,4music, yesterday, film 4 etc i have spoken to a few local people OX5 3DG and they have the same problem, about halve the channels appear to have gone...
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Allan's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MHaffy: I would have a look at the Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Nicholas4:33 PM
Luton
Yesterday I was getting 12 muxes (22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 32, 48, 51, 52, 53, 67, 68), but on rescanning at 6.30 this morning got only 6 muxes: 48, 53, 55, 59, 60, 62. Tried again at 8.00, and now get 15 muxes (22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 34, 48, 53, 55, 59, 60, 62, 67) and 244 channels! Strangely though, my box has put ITV (Oxford) in the 900 series, and put ITV (Sandy) in the normal position instead; BBC Oxford is in the correct allocation.
Given that the signal from Oxford is the strongest, and that I'm getting Oxford, Sandy, and London on just the one aerial, is any way I can get it to put Oxford ITV in the correct allocation, and Sandy back with London in the 800 and 900 series? With 244 channels, I've filled the 800 series and am up to 965!
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mhaffy4:45 PM
Have looked at recommended page : "Too much of a good thing is bad". Can my problem re ArqA & ArqB mux really be due to too much signal - thought that these were transmitting on lower power than other mux channels which are all fine?
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