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.
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 
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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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Wednesday, 7 September 2011
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Rupert Anson5:22 PM
Sir,
I live just outside Aylesbury (at a geographically higher altitude than the town) and I am currently unable to receive any TV stations on UHF Channel 29; this includes Yesterday, ITV4 and Film4 to name but three that I frequently like to watch.
I have retuned all my Freeview devices for good measure (two Freeview TVs and one DVD recorder with integral Freeview tuner) and can confirm that the problem is not specific to any one device .. none of them currently shows anything transmitted on UHF Channel 29.
Will things return to normal after 28th September when the analogue transmissions are turned off?
Regards,
Rupert Anson
(Bierton, Aylesbury)
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Rupert Anson: Hard to say without a full postcode, I would see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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LDM: Loft aerials are poor for reliable Freeview reception, if you want to have Freeview working well, a rooftop aerial is essential.
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Thursday, 8 September 2011
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Peter Walton9:33 AM
Buckingham
For the past two weeks or so I have been unbale to get a proper reception on channels 4,5,6 & others; it seems to be only Channel 4, 4+1, More4, and Channel 5 and ITV+1.Up until two weeks ago it was fine; I have tried re-tuning but it does not help. Anyone know why this service has deteriorated?
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Peter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Peter Walton: Please can you see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice and possibly Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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MH2:00 PM
Abingdon
Like Del the Freeview "service", particularly on ITV etc has been poor for a long, long time. Today, no freeview watchable on any channel, even BBC 1 which is usually fine. Hopefully just another "teething" problem before switchover and full power transmission that will, hopefully, lead to a completely watcheable freeview service.
Live in Sutton Courtenay OX14 4AX
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MH's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MH: Yes, the whole point of digital switchover is to get rid of the high power analogue system and replace it with a high power digital one. The low power systembefore was a compromise.
However, if you have specifc problems today you might just want to check the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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MH2:39 PM
Additional info following previous post. Having following the freeview reset procedure, no freeview channels at all detected, Analogue channels all have thick white band moving dowe the screen. Would assume that there must be some problem with transmitter/work going on as analogue was ok earlier today! Oh well, looks like the radio rather than TV for a while......
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MH10:02 PM
Abingdon
No change in freeview since my post at 2.00 and analogue also unwatchable. Just wondered if freeview transmission power reduced to even lower levels than recently. Until today BBC etc has always been ok with poor signal/pixelation on ITV etc? Digital TV ceratnly not "working mormally" for me today.
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MH's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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