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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Thursday, 8 September 2011
MH: Have you seen the above "Transmitter engineering" notes?
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MH10:39 PM
Abingdon
Thanks for feedback. Transmitter engineering notes appear to indicate TV digital working normally but analogue liable to interruption. Am I msiing something re freeview (digital?)?
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MH's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 9 September 2011
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andrzej7:15 PM
Banbury
Dear Friends,
I have a problem with digital television/non satelite/.My location is OX16 1 QF. I connect my old television with digital tv receiver model Durabrand and connect with Boosted Indoor Antenna and effect is "No signal" in my screen information.Please to help me.
Very best wishes
Andrzej
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andrzej's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 10 September 2011
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John J6:48 AM
I live in HP21 area and the Mux A channels have been unwatchable for the last few days. I'm not going to re-tune or do anything until the switchover has finished. Just thought I'd post this so others can see they are not alone in losing channels at the moment.
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andrzej: Indoor aerials are poor for Freeview reception, and in an ideal world you should switch to using a rooftop aerial.
However, as switchover on the Oxford transmitter starts on Wednesday, you might want to wait.
For general advice, see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice please.
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Monday, 12 September 2011
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John J6:18 AM
Aylesbury
Briantist. My postcode is HP21 9TZ. It's mainly ITV3 which is unwatchable and even sometimes shows no signal at all. It used to be fine so I have to assume it's something to do with the switchover as all my other channels are ok. I've got a new aerial, leads etc. I'll wait until the switchover is finished before I try anything else. Thanks for your response.
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick12:32 PM
John J: Looking back across your old posts I think you may have gone overboard on the aerial, and something's overloading. If you have a booster, take it out. Try adding an attenuator.
If this *is* your problem it's about to get a whole lot worse, starting with Wednesday's power-up of the BBC multiplex.
Do also check that your box hasn't selected Sandy Heath on C31 rather than Oxford C51. Some boxes have an automatic overnight retune feature that happily overwrites a careful manual tuning of the correct channels!
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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Nicholas3:41 PM
Luton
Hello Brian,
You used to show potential conflicts for co-channel interference, but this has now gone. I am in a multi-transmitter area and have two wideband aerials, one pointing towards Oxford, and the other to Sandy Heath. When Oxford switches tomorrow and later this month, I can see several conflicts as follows (some are existing, which already block signals from both the relevant transmitters):
14th September:
ch29: ArqB Oxford / D London
ch31: SDN Sandy / HD London
ch34: BBCA Oxford / C London
ch48: ArqA Oxford / ArqB Sandy
ch68: 2 Oxford / A Hemel
28th September:
ch55: ArqB Oxford / 2 Hemel
ch59: ArqA Oxford / B Hemel / D3+4 Luton
ch62: SDN Oxford / C Hemel
Could you please restore this facility, as it's really useful to see which signal is the strongest; for example both the Hemel and London signals are strong enough to cancel out Oxford at the moment, even though I have no aerial for London.
Talking of signal strength, both the London and Sandy signals are strong enough on BBCA / 1 and D3+4 / 2 to be picked up on the Oxford aerial, without signal break up!
Regards,
Nicholas
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Nicholas's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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