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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Wednesday, 27 July 2016
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Pikpilot4:58 PM
The multiplex and programme list errors have not been corrected for a while. The most obvious is that LOX is actually on channel 29 (538 MHz), not as shown on channel 51. And some programmes shown do not exist or have moved (?). Any chance the data can be corrected?
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Monday, 8 August 2016
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Pam Lindsay1:00 PM
Why has the signal strength been reduced to about 60% and the quality to 75% since last Thursday 4th August 2016? I have the misfortune to live on the outskirts of your region, but the Oxon & Bucks transmitter service is the best I can get. Apart from the time it was affected by the big fire, the reception is normally very good, so why has it changed now, just as the Olympics start?
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Tuesday, 9 August 2016
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nicholas mugford7:01 PM
Dear Richard,you might interested to know that the swindon station is part of the wartime broadcasting
network in case of nuclear war
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nicholas mugford7:18 PM
Dear Pam,this is probaly due to fading where the signal field outside the primary service area,the secondary
and shallow fringe areas are affected by random cancellation of the signal level ,in VHF days fading
was a chronic problem from the wenvoe trnasmitter on ch5.Basically as the signal hits physical objects,it
will either cause a cancellation or doubling of the signal field,hence you have fading.The UHF band is
one of the worst frequency bands for tv.
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Wednesday, 10 August 2016
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Richard Cooper8:20 AM
Nicholas Mugford: Hi, Nicholas. Yes, I believe somebody mentioned it on Mike Brown's tx-list. Richard, Norwich.
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Wednesday, 17 August 2016
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Jack Owens9:26 PM
Channel 59 has extremely poor or non existent reception (MUX 5 ?) on our TV. Other channels from the Oxford transmitter are fine ( other MUX )
Is there an explanation for this please?
Aerial is on the chimney
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MikeB10:24 PM
Jack Owens: Its looks like Com6, if you look at the list above. Most common problem - dodgy wire somewhere, hence a rubbsih signal (try swapping out the arial lead), or you've suddenly got a cracking signal and over loading the tuner. 3rd option is the weather - temp inversion messing up reception.
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Thursday, 18 August 2016
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Richard Cooper9:56 AM
Jack Owens: Hi, Jack. If it's channel 59, the most likely issue is 4G interference. Do you have a 4G filter fitted? A filter is free from at800, the organisation set up to make sure viewers who rely only on Freeview for TV continue to receive it when 4G services arrive in their area. Its web address is:-
at800 | 4G & Freeview | 4G interference | 4G Filters | 800 MHz
Hope this may help, Richard, Norwich.
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Jack Owens10:18 AM
MikeB
Hi Mike, Thanks for your response, actually the problem is with the channels on the Com 5 group above, ie PICK,Dave, Sky News etc but I guess the suggested solution should apply equally to this group so I'll check out cabling and leads further. What I don't fully understand is why this particular group should suffer poor reception if all other aspects are equal with other COM groups especially if the transmitting power is the same. Rather odd that Dave cannot be received but Dave ja vu on the other COM can! Have to watch Dave an hour after everyone else! Don't know much about technical aspects but is it possible that transmissions are "spread" and a physical barrier ie a tree, could block only one COM's channels?
Thanks for your comment and I'll look at the aeria
lead etc again
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Jack Owens10:25 AM
Richard Cooper:
Hi Richard, thanks for your comment. I have checked with the 4G people at the 800 site and they confirmed that 4g interference at my location is not an issue but they were helpful in pointing me back to this site for further investigation.
Cheers Jack
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