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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter._______
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, 31 October 2016
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Debby1:05 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
11:12 AM
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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Debby10:23 AM
MikeP: Many thanks for advice Mike. harmony now fully restored to Faringdon !
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MikeP
2:20 PM
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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Richard8:21 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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MikeB11:21 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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Nick12:22 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
2:18 PM
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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Nick2:29 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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MikeP
4:09 PM
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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