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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) mast?
Oxford transmitter - Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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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Monday, 13 January 2014
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Rob 8:54 PM
Kidlington
Cheers David,
Was thinking the same after reading a few things on the internet. Just really weird it has started to happen now after having the same set up for some time.
Have ordered one tonight on the internet so will give it a go when it gets here.
Thanks for the advice David lets hope it works.
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Tuesday, 14 January 2014
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David Pinfold8:04 PM
Banbury
Rob: hopefully that will sort the problem out. Keep us posted how you get on.
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Wednesday, 15 January 2014
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Rob5:04 PM
Kidlington
Hi David and All,
Got the Attenuator today, popped it into the back of the TV and attached ariel cable, went to 3 (ITV) which is one of the channels i am having trouble with and turned the knob on the attenuator whilst watching the signal strength. Turned it all the way up and the signal did not seem to reduce at all, so i was thinking it must be a dud. However changed to bbc 1 which is perfect reception even with high on the strengh meter and did the same, this time it reduced the signal, i could wind it up until the signal was lost.
So how do i deal with the one MUX of channels on channel 60 being really high in signal without effecting the others.
If i recude the signal on bbc 1 to good i then loose entirly all of the channels from the channel 50 like quest and the signal on channel 60 still not being any better and still blocky.
Do i need to move the Ariel in the loft somehow to solve the problem?
Really anoying as this was not happening before xmas and my daughters tv which runs off the same ariel through unamped splitter seems to deal with the signal saying the strength on signal is 60 and quality is 90 (cheap 100 pound flat screen TV). However on my sony down stairs i can only see the signal strengh in a bar form which states it is high 100% of the bar.
Please help!!!!
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Rob5:25 PM
Kidlington
I think this is my ariel by the way, is this suitable do you think, Used to bloody be!!!!
SLx Digital Aerial CAI 32 Element
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jb386:24 PM
Rob: Being located at only 4.7 miles away from the Oxford transmitter and with a clear line-of-sight from same then I would be inclined to carry out a test on the ITV1 mux using either a non-powered set top aerial or alternatively a short length of wire (about 6 feet or so) connected into the TV's aerial socket, because if the signal received on C60 is indeed grossly excessive then it should be possible to obtain a reasonable picture of sorts using an improvised aerial, this of course being done purely for test purposes.
As far as your main aerial is concerned, something such as a Log 36 would be ideal for your situation as this has an element of protection against 4G transmissions, that is should you ever be affected by same.
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jb386:34 PM
Rob : I would also follow David Pinfold's advice as far as temporarily bypassing any powered splitters should you be using same? although before doing so I would try a test by connecting the attenuator between the aerial and the input to the distribution amplifier just in case the high signal level being received is triggering instability in the amplifiers circuitry.
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rob7:26 PM
Kidlington
Thanks again for the advice, no powered splitters at all or amplifiers on the system. Also my daughter had no issues with her tv in her room which come from the same Ariel. Only seems to be an issue on the Sony but only recently. Really confusing, if i turn the signal down with an attenuator in the back of the tv to get around 75 % on the effected channels i then loose bbc 1 and quest and lots of other channels. The interference seems to be ok when you first turn over to the effected channels but then starts to get blocky again.
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rob7:33 PM
Kidlington
Jb38 just plugged in unpowered set top Ariel as suggested and 100 % on the effected channels still. However like i say how do i turn this signal down without effecting the other channels
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rob7:59 PM
Kidlington
Have also noticed the signal on one of the effected channel go's from high to nothing then straight back on. Is this the signal clipping because its too high? So confused on this one.
thanks for the help so far but more required unfortunately.
regards
Rob
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David Pinfold8:24 PM
Banbury
I would say yes this is probably signal clipping. Just one suggestion take your daughters TV down to where your sony is just to see how that works. I know it is unlikely but there may be a fault with your sony tv if it has been working ok til now.
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