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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Thursday, 6 October 2011
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Chris.SE9:24 AM
Ralph: I am unclear as to why you are not receiving ITV, 4 & 5 etc now that DSO is complete when you were getting them prior to DSO. All the PSB muxes are on full power (100Kw) ITV, 4 & 5 etc are on PSB2 (D3+4) so there should be no problem. With your RF background, I assume you've checked you don't have interference on C60 (from VCR's, Sky boxes or the like) in which case you may be receiving too much signal, so remove any booster and see what results you get. I hope your neighbours are not being conned into changing their aerials if they were getting all digital channels before DSO. Some equipment (usually older) may not cope with the -ve offset being used on C60 (& C59) at Oxford. All that should now be required is removal of boosters or/and the fitting of attenuators is they are missing muxes due to overload.
The only exception to this is for those in West Swindon getting their signal from Mendip where they may not be getting Arq A & B until the increase to full power next year.
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Chris.SE9:38 AM
Andrew: As you are missing 2 muxes, the distibution system may be channelised or it (or your set) may suffering overload now the powers have increased. If you are getting the SDN (COM4) mux ok, it won't have anything to do with the COM muxes being on lower power until next year, as in your location you should be able to pick up everything an a bit of wet string! Unless it's just your set suffering overload, you'll need to get onto your building/distribution system managers to get them to sort it out, but check with your neighbours first to see if they are all having the same problem.
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Charles10:19 AM
I live in Bicester and post switchover was receiving all channels. As of Wednesday I no longer receive any of the channels on COM5 or COM6. When any of the channels are selected I get the "No Signal" message.
Any ideas why?
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Harry10:34 AM
Banbury
I find that I get severe pixelation starting around 1830 mostly on channels 3,4 5,6, and slightly on other channels. Everything seems fine in the daytime.Sometime the above channels are un- watchable.I have a new aerial
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Harry's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Spartan2:41 PM
Harry, that sounds like some form of localised interference. You didn't say if it ceases later on in the evening or not.
Could be anything from a heating system switching on, to a noisy lighting device (fluorescent tube etc).
Best advice is look in your own environment first. Try temporarily switching off as much in your house as you can. By that I mean turning everything off at the mains wall socket.
If the pixelation comes and goes throughout the evening, it could be a thermostat which is arcing. So try turning off emersion heater, fridge, freezer, etc.
Other than that, you'll have to consider something one of your neighbours is running, or even a street lamp going faulty! Believe me, that has been known to happen...
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Chris.SE3:21 PM
Harry: Apart from checking for interference as Spartan has suggested, which transmitter are you actually getting your signals from, especially the ITV/4 multiplex? Check which way the aerial is pointing, also how long ago was it put in?
If it's the local Bretch Hill transmitter, then the rods should be vertical and it should be pointing roughly NW.
If it's the main Oxford transmitter, the rods will be horizontal and pointing roughly SSE, and you should also be getting all the other multiplexes OK with channels like ITV3,QVC,5*,5USA,Quest...,PickTV,Dave,Really...,Yesterday,Film4,ITV4 etc.
A quick check that you have programs 10,11,12 will tell you.
If you are not pointing at Oxford, the ITV/4 signal from Bretch Hill to you location is not good and would probably explain your problem.
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Chris.SE3:36 PM
Robert: Are you getting programmes like ITV3, Dave, Film 4 OK?
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Chris.SE3:40 PM
Charles: We are going to need a postcode to make any constructive comment.
What sort of aerial have you got? how old is it? Have you got a booster? Did you get all the multiplexes OK pre-DSO?
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Boa Gongrui8:30 PM
I cant get channel 53
the signal strength is 68%
The quality 98%
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Friday, 7 October 2011
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Chris.SE7:06 AM
Boa Gongrui: If you mean EPG - LCN 53 on the HD mux then that is S4C which you only get from the Welsh transmitters as it is primarily Welsh.
If you mean UHF C53 for the PSB1 (BBCA) mux then there are several links in the yellow box below you should try -
Do the "Freeview reset procedure" first and then if you still have a problem look at "Single frequency interference"
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