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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.

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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
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:28 PM

LOX
Do not use a wideband Yagi, it will be far better to use a LogPeriodic, which give more even reception across all Muxes now and in the foreseeable future, so only one aerial contractor visit.

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MikeP's 3,056 posts GB flag
Monday, 14 July 2014
Q
Quinnicus
12:33 PM
Swindon

Hi all

Is there anything going on with the Oxford transmitter today - lost/broken picture across the multiplexes

Cheers

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Quinnicus
1:01 PM
Swindon

Scratch that - Its all back - Minor blip I guess

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Tuesday, 15 July 2014
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MikeB
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:05 PM

Quinnicus: If you had bad weather at the time, check your system, might be moisture getting in.

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Friday, 18 July 2014
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Pikpilot
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

6:02 PM
Swindon

Quinnicus,
I had a small blip too on Monday but put it down the fact I am currently using a C/D aerial and trying to watch channel 31 (Com 7) programmes when it happened. What group aerial are you using?
Must buy a wideband or log periodic aerial soon as more of the lower frequencies will come into use.

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Saturday, 23 August 2014
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Lori
12:04 PM
Luton

When I first tuned into free view when the switch over started my TV picked up the London transmitter and the local itv and bbc news was London which was great BUT for the past 8 months my TV pics up the Meridian transmitter even though I live in North Luton, which is annoying as local news and weather is the south coast!
No matter how many times I reinstall and retune it only picks up Meridian, how can I solve this problem?

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MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:35 PM

Lori
If you click on the "L's DigitalUK tradeview" link to the right of your name above you will see that the main transmitter for your area is Oxford, which uses a Group C/D aerial mounted with bars horizontal. That transmits ITV Meridian, which is why you are getting Meridian programmes. it is just south of west from your location at 252 degrees.

If you prefer the London services you will need a different aerial mounted with the bars horizontal and pointing in a different direction (on a bearing of 152 degrees, roughly south-east) to receive services from the Crystal Palace transmitter and to retune making sure you get the programmes from the lower frequency multiplexes only. The aerial will need to be a Group A type or alternatively a Log-Periodic type which will be suitable for correct reception in the foreseeable future.

Hope that helps?

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Sunday, 19 October 2014
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David Whitty
5:09 PM

Hi I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH PICTURE BREAK UP MAINLY ON ITV AND SOME OF THE FREE VIEW CHANNELS. THIS IS A ON GOING PROBLEM, BBC CHANNELS ARE FINE. I HAVE A NEW TV WHICH I BROUGHT LAST WEEK ( THE OLD TV HAD THE SAME PROBLEM) . I HAVE TRIED A BOOSTER ON THE ARIEL BUT THIS HAS NOT WORKED OR MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. BUT I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY AIERAL IS'NT AS HIGH AS MOST IN THE CLOSE WHERE I LIVE ALSO I LIVE IN A BUNGALOW. COULD THIS BE THE PROBLEM ? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA'S.

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MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:14 PM

David Whitty

To be able to help with this problem we really need a post code (or that of a nearby shop) so we can examine which transmitter you should be using and any obstructions between you and the transmitter in use.

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MikeP's 3,056 posts GB flag
Monday, 20 October 2014
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mmm
9:06 AM

Oxford local mux now live on C29 Oxford - local mux - Freeview - Digital Spy Forums ...

currently broadcasting QVC Extra (#57) and POP (#125)

digitaluk notes a change, presumably the launch, on 14th Oct, but still has incorrect C51

(OX27SW)

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