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 22/04/2024 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, 20 January 2014
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Rob Griffiths10:31 PM
Live in South Oxfordshire. Both my DAB Radios were receiving perfectly until Yesterday, now only receiving Classic FM and a couple of others. Is the Transmitter down? In particular No Radio4 or 4Extra
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Rob Griffiths10:38 PM
Just seen comment above about Oxford disruption - Many Thanks
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Rob Griffiths10:41 PM
Re - read disruption post - Says Digital Radio not affected, guess this should read IS affected !
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Tuesday, 21 January 2014
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rob4:39 PM
Kidlington
Well update neighbors do have a tv and a phone and base station next to the wall, however they have said they cannot move the base as the wires for it are now under there new floor so looks like i am stuck with this issue if this is the issue. They have stated they can remove the phone from the base and move it bit i don't think that will help if it is this interference I am seeing as when the phone talks with the base it will come back.
maybe i will have to buy a freeview box and keep it low like the one i borrowed, or is there any easy way of shielding the the coax and the back of the tv, i would have thought they should already be shielded anyway for these kinds of issues, the tv is Sony so i would expect a high standard of shielding.
cheers again for any advice you can give.
regards
Rob
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jb387:10 PM
rob: Base stations are capable of causing interference to certain types of receiving devices irrespective of whether or not the base station is being communicated with, albeit that the level of interference usually always increases during the times that it is.
However, although the source of your problem is most likely to be that of your neighbours base station it would still have been beneficial to have had this 100% verified "if" your neighbours were agreeable to killing the base stations power supply for about a minute whilst you are witnessing the interference refered to, the outcome of hopefully elimating any doubts that might exist as to the source of the problem.
You can though try a test of your own by switching your TV over to "analogue" mode and then carrying out an auto-tune, paying particular attention if the scanning operation hessitates (or stops) on reaching channel 60, analogue being a better mode for sniffing out some types of interference.
By the way, although not absolutely necessary, but its best to carry out the test using a short length of wire (about 24") connected into the aerial socket of your Sony.
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rob7:49 PM
Kidlington
Jb38, thanks again for your help on this matter, i have borrowed a freeview hd box an alba stb300hd, the one which says do not buy. However i have plugged in the hdml and my Ariel lead at a lower level on top of my dvd recorder.
now i have all the channels and all are working fine, when i tried my Sony dvd as a set top box as it has one inbuilt it suggested a very low signal and only picked up 5 stations.
Very puzzling, and the alba stb seems to suggest the signal is 100 % and the quality is 10 on some channels and 40 on others, however the picture seems fine to me and if anything better than the Sony.
little worried if a buy one to replace the borrowed the problem will return.
regards Rob
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jb389:48 PM
rob: If the Alba is only indicating a quality reading of 10 on some channels and 40 on others then you should check what the indications are when connected into your bedroom TV outlet, because "if" you are referring to this reading being seen on a scale of 100? then 75+ is more in line with what it should be as the quality should always be higher than the strength.
Further info dependant on the outcome of the test.
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rob10:33 PM
Kidlington
Yep thought the same jb, picture seems ok however at the moment, will try it out tomorrow on another ariel / tv. Not sure the figure can be right, 100% signal and 10 % quality would have glitching all over the place.
Rob.
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jb3810:53 PM
rob: Yes, I also had suspicions that the quality and strength readings might have been accidentally reversed.
Anyway, you can maybe give an update if you manage to try the box out on another aerial.
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rob11:23 PM
Kidlington
I will do jb, however i still would not expect 100% signal with 10% signal, all seems a little strange that said when i plugged the logic 19 inch flat screen into the Ariel socket i had 100% quality and 0% signal on the screen and how in hell would that work and it did not name the region. However when i plugged it in at the Ariel point (run from point on wall under floor to Sony tv) showed signal at 60% and quality at 80 or higher and it identified the region.
Not sure what's going on there, is something strange happening in the cable under the floor?
All very weird.
regards Rob
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