Full Freeview on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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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Tuesday, 4 June 2019
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StevensOnln19:12 AM
Stephen: The loss of signal you are seeing is almost certainly caused by electrical interference, as the transmitters do not reduce their broadcaster power (except during a fault or engineering work). It is most likely being caused by something operating on a timer, either in your home or somewhere close by.
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Sunday, 30 June 2019
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Daz8:02 AM
All my HD channels are breaking up again over the last couple of days. :(
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MikeP
8:19 PM
8:19 PM
Daz:
It could well be the hot weather causing it, DO NOT RETUNE.
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Tuesday, 2 July 2019
MikeP
8:25 PM
8:25 PM
Daz:
The hot spell has passed but the forecast is for more hot weather later in the week, so the probloems may return.
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Friday, 23 August 2019
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Paul Whelan8:08 PM
Having problem with all BBC channels, all other channels good. Witney area Oxon.
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Sunday, 6 October 2019
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Chris8:52 PM
I have repositioned my aerial into numerous directions, and as high as I can get it, and the best signal I can get oscillates between 0 and 45; the only channels that constantly work are the BBC ones, and there is nothing there I want to see
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Chris8:54 PM
Brackley
oh should have said: I am in the Brackley area - NN13 5TD
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Chris's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 7 October 2019
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Chris.SE12:35 AM
Chris:
Putting your postcode into DigitalUK's checker About us | Freeview shows that predicted coverage at your location should be very good from the Oxford transmitter unless you have some very local obstructions etc. see About us | Freeview
The aerial should be pointing 10deg W of S with the rods horizontal.
Putting your postcode AND house number into the checker, as well as ensuring Detailed view is ticked might give a more accurate prediction.
Because of the channel changes/retune last year, problems with reception of the COMs 4/5 & 6 multiplexes, now on the lower UHF channels, may be due to having an old C/D group aerial. Ideally you may now need a group T (wideband) aerial to get all the multiplexes satisfactorily.
BUT have you checked all your internal coax connections? Unplug them all, check that they are clean and correctly connected. Whilst the aerial is unplugged, do an automatic retune, this will clear all previous and any incorrect tuning.
Plug the aerial back in and do an automatic tune. In your TV's tuning section, check that you are in fact tuned to the correct UHF channels for Oxford.
If you are still missing channels and if you have access to your aerial, check it's connections. Also check your coax for continuity etc., there may be a break in it or it may be damaged allowing water ingress.
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Sunday, 29 December 2019
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Bob8:39 AM
SN66DN
Problems with HD channels since Saturday 28th December 2019.
Signal test
UHF CH47 (682000kHz) sig 95% quality 38 to 84% fluctuating MOD 256 QAM
UHF CH55 (746000kHz) sig 78% quality 100% MOD 256 QAM
UHF CH56 (754000kHz) sig 74% quality 100% MOD 256 QAM
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