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 22/04/2024 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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Monday, 20 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Oxford transmitter - Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 20/11/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 27 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Oxford transmitter - Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/11/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Oxford transmitter - Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/11/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 4 December 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Oxford transmitter - Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/12/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Oxford transmitter - Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/12/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 11 December 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:25 AM
10:25 AM
Oxford transmitter - Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/12/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 24 December 2023
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Adrian Crafer 9:33 AM
Oxford appears to have been off since 16.40 yesterday Saturday 23rd December.
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Chris.SE5:45 PM
Adrian Crafer :
It's highly improbable that Oxford has been off-air at all. I can't find any reports of faults or any Planned Engineering in the last 5 days, apart from which the place would be littered with posts if it were off-air.
Are you still in the same location as in 2015. If so, check your aerial is still pointing at compass bearing 56 degrees, that's 11 degrees E of NE.
If not, a full postcode is needed to check predicted reception.
Do check all obvious things such as your coax downlead not flapping in the wind, that all accessible coax connections are free of corrosion and water and are connected properly.
If you have an amp/splitter to feed more than one TV, check it's still powered etc.
There's always a possibility you could be suffering interference from a new/upgraded mobile phone mast. Check if you should have had a postcard from Restore TV, we know some should have but haven't!
https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/
If it says yes, you need to contact them for a free filter. If you have an external mast-head amp, you need to tell them that, as they need to send an engineer to fit an outdoor weatherproof one free of charge.
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Monday, 25 December 2023
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Adrian Crafer 11:43 PM
Chris.SE: I had already done all the checks in so far as I can. Could be a failed masthead amplifier. However an enquiry on the next door app had a number of people confirming no reception. The Web site istheservicedown.co.uk has been red flagged Oxford most of the Christmas weekend, indicating a fault on the transmitter.
That website relies on people logging a fault, and when there are enough complaints it seems to automatically represents that as a fault.
Arqiva don't appear to have a status page. There switchboard does not have a clue and put me through to the office that arranges access to transmitter sites, so no help there.
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Tuesday, 26 December 2023
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Steve Donaldson1:02 AM
Adrian Crafer : If you are still in Walcot then you and your neighbours using Oxford may benefit by switching to Seagry Court. As a relay of Mendip, Seagry Court's regions are BBC West and ITV West, so unless you prefer Oxford's, then change transmitter. I can see on Street View that some houses on what may still be your road have made the switch.
In February 2018, TV reception in Swindon was improved. Seagry Court got a 10x power boost and became a full-service transmitter, with the COMs added. At the same time, the Wroughton transmitter opened, also a full-service transmitter, this to serve an area not reached by Seagry Court.
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