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.
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 
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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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Saturday, 13 April 2013
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Keith Evans7:50 PM
Tring
Thanks jb38. I did have a DVD recorder with a digital tuner, which I connected to the analogue arial, but this was while both free view and analogue were being transmitted. The result was absolutely nothing. The digital tuner found no watchable channels. So does this mean I am stuck with Sky?
It would be good if the broadcast authorities could do something for us on the very edge of several TV regions.
Thanks
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jb388:12 PM
Keith Evans: The factor you have to remember is that during the period that you have mentioned the transmitters were operating on very low power of approximately 20Kw for the BBC / ITV channels but only half of that on the commercial channels such as the ones you are seeking, and if you were residing in the same locality as you presently are then I am not surprised that you did not receive anything, whereas now the station is operating on full power with the PSB's being on 180Kw and the commercials on 170Kw, a massive difference!
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jb388:26 PM
Keith Evans: By the way the power levels mentioned was with reference to the Sandy transmitters which are located at 30 miles away / 36 degrees and is the only station indicated as providing a reasonable level of reception, whereas Oxford although being nearly 10 miles closer @ 21 miles / 268 degrees is not indicated as being able to give a satisfactory level reception, at least in theory anyway as nothing is exact when dealing with RF signals.
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Monday, 22 April 2013
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Pete Jelliss11:56 AM
Swindon
Can anyone tell me if they are having problems with their EPG. Lately it does not tell me the full information or in some cases it does not say anything. I am on the Oxford transmitter.
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Pete Jelliss11:59 AM
Swindon
Can anyone tell me why the 7 day EPG is not working correctly. Sometimes it has no information and other times it is very slow.
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Tuesday, 23 April 2013
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Bill9:21 AM
I think it depends on your model of Freeview TV.
I have an AOC that takes ages to pick up EPG and others, BUSH, Tekniks?(TESCO) that are quite quick to display the current channel's programmes and other channels too.
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Tuesday, 30 April 2013
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Small Dog12:12 PM
Not thrilled with the prospect of another retune on 29 May because of 4G. It would be nice if they sorted out one thing at a time, as although my reception is pretty good, I still lose channels in certain atmospheric conditions occasionally. Not being technically minded, quite frankly if I lose this, that and the other channel, I would not know where to start! Bring back the days when you could call in an engineer to sort it out for you instead of being expected to understand it and sort it out yourself! I suppose this is a way of getting people to pay for Sky or cable as opposed to watching Freeview. I do appreciate that there are people here doing their best to help with other people's reception problems, but am I alone in not understanding what they are talking about???
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Michael12:41 PM
Small Dog: Can you explain what's stopping you from calling in an engineer to sort it out?
And yeah you're right it's all a big conspiracy so that everyone gets a satellite dish and receiver and pays for Freesat, whoops, you don't have to pay any subscription fees for that, silly me!
If you don't understand something, then ask for a simpler explanation, it's hardly rocket surgery.
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Wednesday, 1 May 2013
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Small Dog11:55 AM
Michael: Try finding one!! Not so easy - they're mostly Sky engineers or aerial fitters.
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Michael12:36 PM
Small Dog: Try putting your postcode into Home | Get Me Digital - I did it for a Oxford postcode and got quite a few results.
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