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.
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 September 2012
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MH9:18 PM
Abingdon
MH: All channels on Ch59 (Sky news etc) breaking up and just watcheable but still nothing on Ch55..... Ox14 4ax.
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Friday, 7 September 2012
It seems the wonders of digital are not that wonderful, perhaps it's a ploy to get us all over to Murdochs SKY.
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Rob9:49 AM
Oxford
Hello,
New to posting here so go easy on me. We have moved to Faringdon a new build in Folly Park View. One day various web post code searches will find us but that is another moan.
This morning I can not get anything on c60 so ITV, Channel4 etc. All were fine last night and today dead on all sets. BBC and other channels are all fine and I can not see any mention of problems save this one by Robert.
Is it weather conditions or a problem with the ITV Channel 4 transmissions?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks another 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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MH5:33 PM
Abingdon
Programmes on Ch55 and Ch59 remain unwatchable. Why is it that these channels are ALWAYS the ones that give rise to problems? Ox14 4ax
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Saturday, 8 September 2012
More problems about the same time last night. Rob we have been told various things over the last few years, one would have thought by now there would be a trouble free system.
I have been told variously that it's my equipment, my TV's, the location of my aerials, the weather, occasionally a transmitter problem (but apparently that's a rarity).
If this life after analogue can we have it back please. Better to have just 5 channels than at times none at all.
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Sunday, 9 September 2012
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Simon12:20 AM
Hi,
We live in the Newbury area and this past week watching tv has been unbearable. All BBC & ITV channels keep coming up saying "No Signal" programme unavailable, and tonight has been the worst of all. What's happening with the Oxford transmitter seems like they have faulty equiptment that urgently needs attention. Thought moving on to digital was supposed to be an improvement ..... Obviously not!
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KMJ,Derby10:55 AM
Simon: It is difficult to do a reception check for your location without more precise information, such as a postcode. Generally speaking however, the Oxford transmitter gives very patchy coverage in the Newbury area, Hannington in many parts delivering a much stronger (and more reliable) signal.
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Monday, 10 September 2012
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Paul7:47 AM
Now that the high pressure air has moved away, is reception getting back to normal?
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Paul if you are suggeting it's weather conditions then we are indeed all doomed to a rubbish service. The UK weather is total unstable at the best of times.
As for last night mostly OK but attempts at break up on BBC1, and without warning whilst watching Gentley it switched all on it's own to BBC3. I had to switch it back.
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Paul10:14 AM
You might want to check that the equipment is still tuned to the Oxford transmitter.
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