Full Freeview on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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51.790,-1.179 or 51°47'25"N 1°10'46"W

OX3 9SS

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.

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Which Freeview channels does the Oxford transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C41+ (634.2MHz)	295m	DTG-	100,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) South (Oxford), 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C44- (657.8MHz)	295m	DTG-	100,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C47 (682.0MHz)	295m	DTG-	100,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South (Oxford), 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C29 (538.0MHz)	295m	DTG-8	50,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 35 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C37- (601.8MHz)	319m	DTG-8	50,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C31 (554.0MHz)	319m	DTG-8	50,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 others
LOX	H -10dB	C46 (674.0MHz)	295m	DTG-12	10,000W
	from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Oxford,

DTG-8 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	BBCtv_waves
C29								SDN
C31							com7	com7
C37							com8	com8
C41								BBCA
C44								D3+4
C46								_local
C47								BBCB
C49_{tv_off}			C5_waves	C5_waves
C50_{tv_off}						SDN	SDN
C51_{tv_off}							LOX	LOX
C53_{tv_off}		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	+BBCA	+BBCA	+BBCA
C55_{tv_off}					ArqB	ArqB	ArqB	com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}								COM8_{tv_off}
C57_{tv_off}		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
C59_{tv_off}					-ArqA	-ArqA	-ArqA
C60_{tv_off}		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	-D3+4	-D3+4	-D3+4
C62					SDN
C63		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves

_{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

Local transmitter maps

Oxford Freeview Oxford DAB Oxford AM/FM Oxford TV region BBC South (Oxford) Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Oxford transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Dec 2006	Central Independent Television
Dec 2006-Feb 2009	ITV Thames Valley
Feb 2009-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Oxford was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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- Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV week commencing 20/09/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all [DUK]

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- Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV week commencing 27/09/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all [DUK]

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- Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV week commencing 04/10/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all [DUK]

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- Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV week commencing 04/10/2021 Pixelation or flickering on some or all [DUK]

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J.Holbrooke
1:48 PM

At 9.30 this morning my TV disappeared and it said 'The is not receiving a or the signal is too weak'. It is not the TV - but the . I have a Humax box for . I obviously cannot retune - even if it was necessary. I rang Freeview - recorded message - gone home for the w.e.. Tried the 0800 number given by the gone home number - although it said they work 7 days a week 24 hours a day - a recorded message and no one to speak to. So no TV and do not know who to contact or what to do. Has the local been affected by the transmitter fire in the North....... It's not that my Freeview reception has changed - there isn't any to change!

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J.Holbrooke:

As per the post immediately before yours, the is currently listed for Planned . The listed possible effect often means possible reduced or interruptions.
If you are in an area that doesn't have a very strong signal, reduced power could mean you don't get a signal. As you haven't given a full postcode I'm unable to advise on that.
In any event, you should never retune if you have or badly pixellated signals as this usually just clears the correct tuning and you might need several attempt to retune correctly when signals are normal.
(The fire at has absolutely no bearing on from Oxford).

Also note that the list of frequencies used by Oxford at the top of the page is not fully up-to-date as the site owner has not had time to make all the changes after the Clearance programme.
The column dated 23rd May 2018 incorrectly lists COMs7&8 & LOX. The entries at the very top of the page apart from "LOX" which no longer uses are correct.
The Local (LOX) uses two at Oxford, beamed in roughly a SW direction and beamed more easterly. Which you may receive (if either) will depend on your location.

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- Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV week commencing 11/10/2021 Pixelation or flickering on some or all [DUK]

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Vilma Knight
8:42 AM
Swindon

SN6 7PT and SN6 7PR
Television went off last evening approx 9.30pm. Screen went black.

Village of Coleshill (postcodes as above) is on a community provided by the National Trust and served by the . Several of our Tenants have already called in this morning to report no TV

Any idea how long the transmitter will be off please?

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Vilma Knight: There are no reports of any faults or work affecting the . If the problem is affecting everyone using the communal , you should report it to whoever is responsible for maintaining the system and ask them to send somebody to investigate.

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