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, 5 January 2011
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will1:20 PM
Thame
update (including me feeling very silly)i disconnected the booster rather than just turn it off and hey presto all channels
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OXFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:24 today to 11:33 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:39 today to 11:52 today [BBC] Over the next week Oxford main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Liable to interruption, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
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OXFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:24 today to 11:33 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:39 today to 11:52 today [BBC] Over the next week Oxford main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Liable to interruption, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
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Ian Meader6:48 PM
Swindon
Hi - Thanks for info at present ive got Sky on ch69 main vcr/dvd combo on ch32 daisy chained to dist amp with another vcr/dvd combo on ch36
So keepin my fingers crossed that the minimal pixalation etc that i get from time to time will not get any worse! hope disapear after switch over!!
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Thursday, 6 January 2011
OXFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:24 yesterday to 11:33 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:39 yesterday to 11:52 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Oxford main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Liable to interruption, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
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OXFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 11:24 yesterday to 11:33 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:39 yesterday to 11:52 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Oxford main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Liable to interruption, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
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OXFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:52 yesterday to 11:11 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:39 yesterday to 11:52 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Oxford main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Liable to interruption, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
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OXFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:52 yesterday to 11:11 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:39 yesterday to 11:52 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Oxford main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Liable to interruption, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
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OXFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:52 yesterday to 11:11 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:13 yesterday to 11:24 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Oxford main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Liable to interruption, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
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OXFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:52 yesterday to 11:11 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:13 yesterday to 11:24 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Oxford main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Liable to interruption, Radio (digital) Liable to interruption. [DUK]
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