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 27/11/2023 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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Friday, 31 May 2013
Dennis West: do a scan with the aerial unplugged and when it finds nothing so a full scan again.
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Dennis West: As stated to you above, and to others, if you are using a communal aerial system, it may require adjustment. For this you will have to get in touch with the party responsible.
Your postcode resolves to a large block of flats which suggests that you may not be using your own aerial.
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Small Dog6:03 PM
jb38: Reporting back after 29th as requested! Have only just retuned as have been away. All channels seem fine, and I appear to have all channels that I should have, both upstairs and down.
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Dennis West7:47 PM
Brackley
I live in apartment of 62 others with common aerial. Cannot receive Ch20 ITV3, can receive Chs1-9 & 11-20 all O.K.
TV eng informs me that this is the same all over Brackley. What can be done and what is the reason for this fault.
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Dennis's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Paul11:39 PM
You need to do a manual return to UHF channel 50 or a full retune.
This is true for anyone using the Oxford transmitter. Brackley is no different from anywhere else.
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Paul11:43 PM
"TV eng informs me that this is the same all over Brackley".
It isn't.
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Saturday, 1 June 2013
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jb3810:07 AM
Small Dog: Thanks for your update on the situation and pleased to hear that all is OK after the retune, however I do have to say that the improvement in reception from the hitherto problems mentioned could simply be down to the result of the rapidly occurring seasonal changes that have taken place over the last few weeks, as the effect of is always experienced to a greater degree where a person is located in a non line-of-sight situation such as applies in your case and where reception is always via an element of signal diffraction, (bending etc) as the direct signal path from Oxford is according to the terrain checker being obstructed from approximately 4 miles out from you, this of course is only referring to the land and excluding the effects such as from trees on the land, these adding to the problem
However, your aerial as far as its response to the lower channels is concerned would appear to be OK, although the SDN signal should be fractionally better by the fact of it having moved downwards in frequency, as lower frequencies are always better at getting over obstructions caused by such as trees etc, because other than that aspect nothing else has really changed with any of the other channels.
By the way, what I mentioned about seasonal changes being a factor connected with your reception problems is down to the fact that of your postings having been centred around the months of the year where the main changes are liable to be experienced, e.g: May 2010 / September - October 2011 / March to May 2012 / and of course May 2013.
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Monday, 3 June 2013
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Paul7:45 AM
Why does "Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Oxford transmitter?" above state that Oxford transmits Central news?
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Paul: That's because that is what the ITV site says it does - www.itvmedia.co.uk/platforms/itv-regions .
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and also this PDF shows it too http://www.itvmedia.co.uk….pdf .
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