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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 Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Oxford transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C41+ (634.2MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South (Oxford), 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C44- (657.8MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South (Oxford), 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)295mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C37- (601.8MHz)319mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C31 (554.0MHz)319mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LOX
 H -10dB
C46 (674.0MHz)295mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Oxford,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
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
regional news image
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-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-1723 May 2018
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TW TW T
C2BBCtvwaves
C29SDN
C31com7com7
C37com8com8
C41BBCA
C44D3+4
C46_local
C47BBCB
C49tv_offC5wavesC5waves
C50tv_off SDNSDN
C51tv_offLOXLOX
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCA+BBCA+BBCA
C55tv_offArqBArqBArqBcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off
C57tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C59tv_off-ArqA-ArqA-ArqA
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-D3+4-D3+4-D3+4
C62SDN
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Dec 2006Central Independent Television
Dec 2006-Feb 2009ITV Thames Valley
Feb 2009-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Oxford was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Monday, 31 October 2016
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Debby
1:05 PM

Many problems yesterday 30-10-16 with signal in Faringdon, Oxfordshire! Retuned (automatically) several times and now have 4 versions of BBC (one with no town after it, Oxford, South W, and London!!!) and cannot get a good number of the channels between FV 31 and 121. Anyone any suggestions as to how we can restore harmony please?

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Tuesday, 1 November 2016
MikeP
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11:12 AM

Debby:

I'm afraid that you should not have retuned your equipment as you will have lost some of the channels you still would have had. The problem is likely due to atmospherics affect signal transmission, it has been affecting many areas in the west, south and central areas of the UK.

You best solution now is to wait until the weather pattern changes and the high pressure moves away from the UK. It is predicted that this natural phenomenon may be clearing from about Thursday - hopefully. (It is affecting my reception at present as well so I have not retuned.)



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Wednesday, 16 November 2016
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Debby
10:23 AM

MikeP: Many thanks for advice Mike. harmony now fully restored to Faringdon !

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MikeP
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2:20 PM

Debby:

Thanks for the feedback. It's always a pleasure to hear 'normal service' has been restored and the household is happy again. Have a great day.



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Friday, 25 November 2016
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Richard
8:21 PM

As i was getting very poor reception on Freeview this evening, i tried a retune. My local transmitter is Oxford. My TV pulled in 50 odd stations from the East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire transmitter! There never ever seems to be any problems with the Oxford transmitter - surely my experience indicates a tad slightly wrong with it?!

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MikeB
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11:21 PM

Richard: No, it just shows you shouldn't retune if you lose signal, because you lose the correct transmitter as well. You havn't given a postcode, but its likely in your retune that you've just found a transmitter in much the same bearing as the Oxford one.

Your problem is unlikely to be the Oxford transmitter, since there seems to be no problems with it. But its highly likely that there is a problem somewhere in your system - a frayed cable, loose connection, etc. Check signal strength - if its low, check the signal path.

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Saturday, 26 November 2016
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Nick
12:22 PM

Hi

Freeview is integrated into my TV. I can no longer access the HD channels. All others are fine. I have retuned a couple of times but to no avail.

Any idea how I can get the HD channels back!?

Thanks

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MikeP
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2:18 PM

Nick:

To help you we need a full post code for your location and details of what television you have. It is also worth checking all your cables and connections. Then you should check the signal strength for each multiplex used by the transmitter you are using. Note that signal strengths between 65% and 85% are acceptable but anything greater is likely to give you problems.



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Nick
2:29 PM
Aylesbury

MikeP: Thanks Mike. I'm in HP18 0BS. Apologies, I'm not familiar with the terminology - how do I check a multiplex? Cables and connections are all fine.

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4:09 PM

Nick:

A mulitplex is a signal that carries several programmes at the same time, one of the key advantages of digital TV. Now that you have given your post code, you will see a number of blue boxes below your post. The one title 'digitaluk trade' shows your should be using the Oxford transmitter. It also shows the channel numbers used by that transmitter. To check the signal strength of each one, going into your television's manual tuning mode and enter one of the channel numbers given - but do NOT perform a retune! Note the strength quoted and then do the same for all the other signals from Oxford. Ideally they should all be between 65% and 85%, lower is too weak and higher generally causes the tuner to overload and picture breakup.



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