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, 14 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
OXFORD transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
OXFORD transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Thursday, 24 March 2016
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Harry Hyams3:36 PM
Can anyone explain why on our main tv with Freesat new channels appear automatically but
on our other tv with Freeview I have to retune everytime? It is all a bit confusing to me.
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MikeP
10:24 PM
10:24 PM
Harry Hyams:
It all depends on the design of the TV set. My LG does not automatically update either Freeview or Freesat, it has both. So some TV sets will automatically update Freesat if they are designed to do that. I don't know of any set that is designed to automatically update Freeview.
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Friday, 25 March 2016
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MikeB12:24 AM
MikeP: My Sony PVR does - it just scans twice a day, and then gives a message along the lines of 'new channel added'. I suspect its an automatic feature on most TV's, but its not always enabled. On the other hand, the Manhattan HD box doesn't seem to. I can't speak about my LG TV, since its a little older, and since we tend to use the HD box with it, I havn't noticed if it updates itself or not.
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MikeB's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
10:13 PM
Trowbridge
10:13 PM
Trowbridge
MikeB
As stated, my LG does not automatically update either Freeview or Freesat services so I have to do an update when the TV detects changes. It gives me a notice to that effect. I understand from others that this is more the norm than TVs automatically updating, which could be quite annoying if it happens while you are watchoing an interesting programme - a bit like the default behaviour of Windows 10 updates unless you change the default settings.
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MikeP's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
OXFORD transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 19 April 2016
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Mike Jenkins10:03 AM
My ITV (and all PSB2) channels have lost power since yesterday, and these channels are not viewable. My neighbours report the same problem. All other channels are fine. Resetting channels has no effect. The transmitter at Beckley (Oxford) reports no faults. What now?
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LOX3:21 PM
The D3&4 mux on C60 is the most sensitive to 4G interference -
To check for possible 4G interference see at800 | 4G & Freeview | 4G Disruption | 4G Filters | at 800 MHz
but it is also the highest frequency which tends to suffer attenuation from aerial condition, leaves on trees, moisture in downlead etc...
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Friday, 27 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
OXFORD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:59 today. [BBC]
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