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 04/12/2023 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, 22 April 2013
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Pete Jelliss11:59 AM
Swindon
Can anyone tell me why the 7 day EPG is not working correctly. Sometimes it has no information and other times it is very slow.
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Tuesday, 23 April 2013
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Bill9:21 AM
I think it depends on your model of Freeview TV.
I have an AOC that takes ages to pick up EPG and others, BUSH, Tekniks?(TESCO) that are quite quick to display the current channel's programmes and other channels too.
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Tuesday, 30 April 2013
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Small Dog12:12 PM
Not thrilled with the prospect of another retune on 29 May because of 4G. It would be nice if they sorted out one thing at a time, as although my reception is pretty good, I still lose channels in certain atmospheric conditions occasionally. Not being technically minded, quite frankly if I lose this, that and the other channel, I would not know where to start! Bring back the days when you could call in an engineer to sort it out for you instead of being expected to understand it and sort it out yourself! I suppose this is a way of getting people to pay for Sky or cable as opposed to watching Freeview. I do appreciate that there are people here doing their best to help with other people's reception problems, but am I alone in not understanding what they are talking about???
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Michael12:41 PM
Small Dog: Can you explain what's stopping you from calling in an engineer to sort it out?
And yeah you're right it's all a big conspiracy so that everyone gets a satellite dish and receiver and pays for Freesat, whoops, you don't have to pay any subscription fees for that, silly me!
If you don't understand something, then ask for a simpler explanation, it's hardly rocket surgery.
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Wednesday, 1 May 2013
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Small Dog11:55 AM
Michael: Try finding one!! Not so easy - they're mostly Sky engineers or aerial fitters.
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Michael12:36 PM
Small Dog: Try putting your postcode into Home | Get Me Digital - I did it for a Oxford postcode and got quite a few results.
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jb388:44 PM
Small Dog: As far as the retune on the 29th is concerned when Oxfords SDN mux (ITV3 etc) changes from Ch62 down to Ch50, that should be a relatively straightforward standard retune, although with this preferably being carried out as a "first time installation" on whatever you are using should that be an option in the set up menu.
But though as far as intermittent reception problems now and again are concerned, before seeking any outside assistance it would be advisable to enquire if any other residents in your area are also experiencing similar problems to yourself, and with my reason for saying this being, that although atmospheric conditions can cause this type of problem there is also another more common reason closer to home that can be responsible for reception problems, and I explain.
I decided to carry out a signal path check from your location heading towards the Oxford transmitter, this revealing that you don't have to travel very far along the signal path before coming across one of the main things responsible for causing the type of problem that you complain of, namely trees, as the signal from the transmitter was seen to sweep across a number of tree lined areas before reaching your location, trees being responsible for partial signal blocking as well as signal scattering, these always having a greater effect on a signal when they are located nearer to the receiving end of the signal.
Needless to say that in situations where trees are responsible the weather will always play a large part in just how much the signal is affected, windy days usually resulting in erratic signal quality being seen when viewed on the receivers signal check screen, and with the situation usually being worse dependant on other weather conditions, rain etc, and although this state of affairs is not really 100% curable as such, however a "slight" improvement in signal stability can sometimes be found in situations where a high gain aerial has been fitted, and being by removing same and fitting a lower gain and wider angle pick up type (Log Periods types ideal) used in conjunction with a booster, lower gain aerials always having a wider pick up angle hence capture more of a deviating signal.
I am of course not talking about a night and day difference, just an improvement!
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Thursday, 2 May 2013
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Small Dog8:47 PM
jb38: Thank you very much for your help on this.
We shall see what happens on the retune (which I can do as new installation) but the ITV3 band (or mux, or whatever it is called) is the one that I tend to have problems with, so we shall wait and see.
I note your comments about the aerial. Not sure what type it is, but that can be easily checked if necessary. Many thanks again.
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jb389:30 PM
Small Dog: Yes, maybe you could give an update on the outcome of your retuning exercise on the 29th and when further advice can then be given should it prove to be necessary, basically because Ch62 dropping to Ch50 is not necessarily a plus point "if" you have a group C/D aerial fitted as the channel will then be received at near to the bottom end of the aerials lower operating range of Ch's 48 - 68, efficiency generally always starting to drop off a few channels before each end of an aerials operating range but more so where the lower end is concerned.
By the way, a C/D group aerial is identified by a green blanking plug on the end of the horizontal bar that holds all the elements.
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Tuesday, 7 May 2013
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Small Dog5:58 PM
jb38: I can certainly report back after 29th.
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