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 |
Local transmitter maps
Oxford Freeview Oxford DAB 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
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Tuesday, 4 June 2024
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StevensOnln15:14 PM
Jill F3nemore: This is an independent technical help website, nobody here has anything to do with any engineering work. Unfortunately Arqiva (the company who operate the transmitter) don't usually give any details of what works they are carrying out or when they are due to be completed.
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Jill Fenemore5:20 PM
StevensOnln1: sorry to have bothered you .I posted here before and someone called Chris was very helpful. I will just have to contact Freeview see if they can help.
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StevensOnln17:41 PM
Jill Fenemore: Chris is another volunteer contributor. The transmitter engineering post you replied to comes from an automated feed provided by BBC Engineering. The Freeview helpline don't have access to any detailed engineering information, they're just a call centre who read from a script.
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Chris.SE11:02 PM
Jill Fenemore:
StevensOnln1 may have missed your previous post(s) but in essence he's given the same answer as I gave you. Unfortunately you will not get any useful information from Freeview helpline.
Believe you me, several of us have tried before, they don't have detailed technical information (even when the local manager has been pressed), they only have access to the same information that's come from an automated feed.
That said however, there's one point I mentioned to you in Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | free and easy for 21 years
This IS important because interference from new/upgraded phone masts can make your reception worse which may not have the same severe effects when there is no engineering.
Have you been in touch with Restore TV?
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Friday, 7 June 2024
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Chris.SE1:36 PM
StevensOnln1:
Well it looks like Jill Fenemore isn't going to return (yet again) and let us know if she ever contacted RestoreTV when advised many weeks ago, never mind provide the additional information requested at that time so that we could give her some more free help.
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Monday, 10 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
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10:47 AM
Oxford transmitter - Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 10/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Jill Fenemore12:40 PM
Bicester
Chris.SE: Hi I did go into the link that Chris kindly gave me but it was of no help. I will now telephone Restore TV as I am still having problems and the Oxford transmitter is STILL being worked on some 9 weeks later. My view is that they purposely dont want viewers to have any information so they make them selves uncontactable. Thank you for your help.
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Chris.SE1:07 PM
Jill Fenemore:
You should not have any problem getting a free Filter from Restore TV, your postcode should have been sent postcards according to their checker.
Please note that the filter should be connected between the aerial and any amp/splitter you may have for feeding more than one TV (that may be in your loft - and of course check that the amp/splitter still has power!).
I don't think they deliberately withhold information, sometimes the work is complex and weather dependent and predicted duration may not be something that can easily be done. Even engineers don't have ready access to what work is being done.
It is almost impossible to diagnose a problem with reception without sufficient detail when not at someone's premises, so when asked for additional information it's helpful when it's provided, as sometimes initial information is not sufficient or clear enough.
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Jill Fenemore3:16 PM
Bicester
Chris.SE: Thank you very much for all your help, we didnt have a card from Restore TV. I have spoken to them this afternoon and they have been very helpful and are going to send out two filters which hopefully will sort the problem. Thank you again for your help.
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Chris.SE3:49 PM
Jill Fenemore:
Thanks for the update, let us know how it goes.
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