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 |
Local transmitter maps
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Saturday, 7 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:03 AM
12:03 AM
OXFORD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 18:08 today to 21:07 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:05 today to 18:07 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
OXFORD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 18:08 yesterday to 21:07 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:05 yesterday to 18:07 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 8 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:03 AM
12:03 AM
OXFORD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:05 yesterday to 18:07 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 18:08 yesterday to 21:07 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
OXFORD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 18:08 on 06 Jul to 21:07 on 06 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:05 on 06 Jul to 18:07 on 06 Jul. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:03 AM
9:03 AM
OXFORD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:05 on 06 Jul to 18:07 on 06 Jul, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 18:08 on 06 Jul to 21:07 on 06 Jul. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 31 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:08 AM
9:08 AM
OXFORD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:29 today to 05:31 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:29 today to 05:31 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
OXFORD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:29 yesterday to 05:31 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:29 yesterday to 05:31 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 2 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
OXFORD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:29 on 31 Jul to 05:31 on 31 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:29 on 31 Jul to 05:31 on 31 Jul. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:07 PM
12:07 PM
OXFORD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:43 today to 10:52 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
OXFORD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:43 yesterday to 10:52 yesterday. [BBC]
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