Full Freeview on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 51.790,-1.179 or 51°47'25"N 1°10'46"W | OX3 9SS |
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.
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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, 28 April 2018
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Tuesday, 8 May 2018
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Matthew Crowther12:42 AM
Not having much like with ITV freeview of late, recordings are finishing ahead of schedule, the signal either mildly interrupted or massively (audio skips ahead of image, recording skipping right to end in seconds). Channel 4 sometimes the same. Not sure if the transmitter (nothing seems wrong from the googling I've done) or the weather. Been going on a few days (though after my last retune in September, I lost a bunch of channels and so didn't retune back in March).
reached a point where recordings are not worth the effort.
Live in Aylesbury, so would be Oxford transmitter.
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MikeP
12:25 PM
12:25 PM
Mathew Crouther:
Please provide a full post code so that we can see the predicted reception for you location.
Also check all the aerial cables, unplugging nad refitting any connections. Could you also check with your neighbours who use Freeview to see if they have the same problems.
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Matthew Crowther3:50 PM
Aylesbury
Hello, it's HP19 7QW
looks like the signal was as bad coming from the freeview on mty tv as well as freeview. I then did a channel retune and first time installation. I've now lost all my channels but the BBC ones. So now more than up the creek as before.
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Wednesday, 9 May 2018
MikeP
12:31 PM
12:31 PM
Mathew Crowther:
You should be getting good reception on all 8 multiplexes from Oxford as you areo nly 24km away.
I suggest you unplug your aerial from the TV and perform a full retune. Then refit the aerial plug and do another full retune. That should restore all your channels. If not, then perform a manual tune using the channels shown as current at Coverage Checker - Detailed View which is correct for yopu location.
Note that you should have a wideband aerial as the original Group C/D aerial does not cover all the available channels. If you do not have cable or satellite you may get a wideband aerial installed free if you contact www.freeview.co.uk/tvchanges and look in the FAQ section. Or ring 0808 100 0288.
Note also that there is another retune event scheduled for 23rd May 2018 and you will definitely need a wideband aerial to get all the available channels then. The listing at Coverage Checker - Detailed View shows what the new channels will be after than retune.
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Bjorn12:37 PM
Muxes are up and down like a, well, you know the rest. Wait for May retune and see what's where. Currently I am missing 4 of 9.
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MikeP
12:43 PM
12:43 PM
Bjorn:
Please check your aerial cables and connections. They are the usual cause of the symptoms you describe. There is no reported problem at the transmitter - if there were thousands would be complaining but they are not.
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Wednesday, 23 May 2018
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Will1:11 AM
No channels currently in OX3 (I can see the mast from my house). Digital UK site mentions possible service interruptions
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Karen2:39 AM
Sky news went blank at 00.10hrs.
Retuning from Aylesbury HP19 resulted in NO channels from Oxford transmitter but had some from Cambridge. Unfortunately, Sky news too weak from Cambridge so unwatchable via PVR, unavailable on Sony TV with built in Youview.
Tried again at 02.00hrs - nothing from Oxford. Will try again later.
Oh for the old days of analogue when one didn't have to do these things...
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