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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Wednesday, 10 June 2015
S
Stephen4:49 PM
Brackley
Hi
I've lost MUX 2 (ITV, C4, C5, etc.) on my TV and Freeview box, but not from the tuners on a PC that I use for recording. They all use the same aerial and an amplifier that is supposed to handle 4G transmissions.
I mention the 4G because an answer to a previous post suggests that this might be a problem with channel 60, I'm unclear how 4G might affect reception, is it possible that I could have problems with one device and not another.
The post code is NN13 6JG
Many thanks
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Thursday, 11 June 2015
J
jb3812:35 AM
Stephen: Regarding the latter query in your posting, yes! its entirely possible for one device to play up whilst another connected into the same aerial system doesn't, the reason for being purely down to the design of the tuner, as wide variations can be found across a range of tuners as far as their sensitivity and stability levels are concerned.
On the subject of 4G, transmissions from this source can affect freeview reception by swamping / desensitising the tuner, the effect of making it insensitive to picking up freeview transmissions, however judging by what you have said, I more inclined to think that the tuner used by the PC has the edge on the ones fitted into your TV and freeview box.
If you wish to find out if any 4G transmitter equipment is operating (or being tested) in your area, a company set up for this purpose called AT800 are the people to ask, details available via the link.
Contact us | Advice or general enquiries | at800
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Saturday, 27 June 2015
A
AlgernonBlack6:20 PM
Just noticed that we now have some programmes on the "That's Oxford" channel.
Hardly worth waiting for, very amateur and seemingly only covers music talk.
The right hand side of the screen shows mainly out of date information.
I doubt it will last long!
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Monday, 20 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
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OXFORD transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Monday, 27 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
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OXFORD transmitter - MainPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 7 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
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OXFORD transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 12 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
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OXFORD transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
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OXFORD transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Wednesday, 21 October 2015
M
M Cleal8:57 PM
Cant get HD channels, programmes during the day went of, all channels now back but still no HD.
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Thursday, 22 October 2015
M
MikeP11:12 AM
Trowbridge
M Cleal:
Is your television a Full HD type or just an HD Ready version? The former should be able to get all the available HD channels, subject to your location relative to the transmitter but as you have not given a post code we cannot determine whethger you are receioving fro m the main Oxford transmitter or a 'Freeview Lite' one. If the TV is an HD Ready type, they cannot normally get HD channels unless you use an exteranl box that is equipped for HD reception, again with the proviso about your location.
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