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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Thursday, 29 September 2011
mst: Because the commercial multiplexes fit into the new digital plan as "extra services", it has been necessary to hold them at low powers, or in pre-switchover configurations at some masts until the rest of the PSB digital network is complete.
This is the reason for the pre-switchover modes being "held" on some transmitters - the first one with this issue was Mendip - see BT Vision, TUTV, Sky Sports 1+2 and the Mendip transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Jonathan9:40 AM
Oxford
jb38, thanks for the advice. No signal booster involved at the moment; I have a variable attenuator on order and will report back once I have tried this out.
To other readers can I recommend the article "Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you" which Brian pointed another questioner to shortly after my question. Very interesting reading and quite counter intuitive.
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Jonathan's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Rick Mock10:19 AM
OX11 Post code and can see the lights of the Beckley transmitter from the street.
Never really had a problem with indoor aerial before other than occassional signal dropout caused by kitchen appliances.
Other than CH59 all the other channels are running at 62% signal strength and 100% quality . If I remove the booster would that not reduce that?
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Dawn10:36 AM
Buckingham
Thanks for your answer. I should have explained that I record satellite programmes on the Toshiba and it hasn't found the satellite on the retune. My main problem is ... How do I get back to the Oxford transmitter. Retune has put me on the Sandy transmitter
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Dawn's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Rick Mock: Removing the booster will usually increase the signal quality, which is what is required for reliable digital reception.
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Steve5:13 PM
My Philips LCD when put in standby seems to lose all the digital channels and I have to rescan again, was ok until Wednesday upgrade. All other TV's working fine. Any ideas.
Thank's
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Brian, I'm the first to complain but equally will acknowledge when things work out. Probably cost us a lot of unnecessary money with all the things keeping my guests happy but that's life.
Thank you
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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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jb388:38 PM
Dawn: Remove the aerial and carry out a re-tune without it, this to blank out anything stored, then BEFORE reconnecting the aerial carry out another re-tune "whilst observing the progress bar rising", then as soon as you see it indicating Ch50 plug the aerial back in again and this will scan Oxfords channels, these starting at Mux Ch53.(BBC1)
Any problems will usually require manually entering of the various Mux channels involved.
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David8:51 PM
I have a SAGEM DTR 6400T with a 6yr old JVC TV. I have retuned and the SAGEM is showing almost all channels, but then tells me that signal strength is too poor. I have a standard aerial, unmodified for Digital, which was installed in 2008. Why can I not get digital reception? My Bed & Breakfast property 100m away with new digital TVs works fine, again on an unmodified TV aerial. Any suggestions?
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