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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 Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Oxford transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C41+ (634.2MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South (Oxford), 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C44- (657.8MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South (Oxford), 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)295mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C37- (601.8MHz)319mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C31 (554.0MHz)319mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LOX
 H -10dB
C46 (674.0MHz)295mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Oxford,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
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
regional news image
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-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-1723 May 2018
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TW TW T
C2BBCtvwaves
C29SDN
C31com7com7
C37com8com8
C41BBCA
C44D3+4
C46_local
C47BBCB
C49tv_offC5wavesC5waves
C50tv_off SDNSDN
C51tv_offLOXLOX
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCA+BBCA+BBCA
C55tv_offArqBArqBArqBcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off
C57tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C59tv_off-ArqA-ArqA-ArqA
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-D3+4-D3+4-D3+4
C62SDN
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Dec 2006Central Independent Television
Dec 2006-Feb 2009ITV Thames Valley
Feb 2009-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Oxford was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:10 AM

Algernon Black: You haven't provided a link to the said page.

As a test, I entered the post code of The Sherborne Arms into the Digital UK Tradeview predictor:

Postcode Checker - Trade View

The retune in October of next year is because SDN is moving from C62 to C50. At this location the predictor considers the current channel "good" and the future channel "variable".

The predictor, as with any predictor, in no way suggests that anyone "will" or "will not" receive anything. It should merely be taken as a guide, being mindful that there are many many variables, not least that a post code is a massive space where signals vary and of course the fact that Royal Mail does not deliver television signals.

All I would suspect here is that C50 is used by another transmitter and that it has calculated that it may act to degrade reception. That does not mean that it will.

I wouldn't be concerned about what the predictor says; I would just be mindful of it. What matters is what actually happens.

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Dave Lindsay's 5,724 posts GB flag
Saturday, 7 July 2012
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Robert
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

7:15 AM

After lots of instability my systems seem to be behaving fine now (all crossed). However I have recently noticed another issue. Some of the stations seem to be transmitting in different picture modes, which can be altered with the handset, but it is certainly a new event.

Any thoughts. Having checked each set the set up is as per correct screen mode.

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Robert's 75 posts GB flag
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
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WB
1:57 PM

Lost my TV signal and all stations this morning. I live in Cassington near Eynsham Witney. any others with the same problem?

Regards

WB

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Saturday, 14 July 2012
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Dawn Bowsher
5:59 PM
Buckingham

I have been having trouble with Samsung Smart TV dropping its channels repeatedly. I have a Humax Fox T2 connected to it and the powersave on standby was set on Humax. I had to call out someone in the end who told me to take the powersave off as this was causing the problem. I did that and have had no problems since. Just thought this tip might help others

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Monday, 16 July 2012
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Sue
9:19 PM
Abingdon

My elderly uncle lives in Appleton . He got a Freeview box via the DSO help scheme when the digital switchover happened. In recent months he has been complaining that sometimes the sound all but disappears for several hours at a time before returning (gradually, not suddenly). I have been assuming that the problem was probably due to his very old TV and/or aerial, but he says that several people in the same village have been complaining of the same problem. Does anyone know what the problem might be, (in non-technical terms)please?

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Friday, 20 July 2012
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Paul
7:43 AM

Sue, has your uncle noticed any pattern to this? If he could note which channel(s) and time(s) this happens, you could compare retults with other viewers.

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Thursday, 26 July 2012
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Sue
10:20 PM

Paul, sorry for delay in replying. It's all channels (which is why I initially thought it was his TV at fault) and it does seem to happen at the same time every day (although I can't remember when). He's convinced tthat someone somewhere is flicking a switch and turning his signal down at the same time every day!

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:19 PM

Sue: I realise that is what you been told, but your Uncle will be receiving from the Oxford transmitter at only 10 miles away and I haven't as yet seen anyone else having reported a problem of that nature, and so the next time you visit your Uncle check that the the scart cable installed between the Freeview box and the TV is fully seated.

Its a pity though that you cant arrange to be there around the time that this problem happens.

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Stephen P
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11:53 PM

Sue your uncle should call the DSO people and tell them to come and resolve his problem.

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Sunday, 29 July 2012
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vp
1:10 PM

Steven - yes I noticed loss of signal strength yesterday, I got back much of it by turning up the signal boost, but things are still not quite right.

Ox14

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