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 |
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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, 14 September 2011
John J: You should have an excellent signal already from Oxford or Sandy Heath, if you have a rooftop aerial.
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Tigminor11:31 PM
Having commented earlier that I had virtually no reception on any of the ITV and related channels (except ITV3), (I live in Faringdon, 17 miles from Oxford and am served by the Oxford transmitter) I did get some reception tonight, though a bit iffy and bitty and it died again eventually. I was surprised though by the local ITV news, as instead of getting Meridian as usual, I got West Country!! I thought the ITV streams had not been dealt with yet until 28th, so why the change??
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Thursday, 15 September 2011
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Mike Dimmick12:07 AM
Tigminor: If you're getting ITV1 West, your box is one of the stupid designs that stores the first version of the channels that it finds, rather than best quality and/or asking you which region to store. You probably haven't retuned fully since Mendip switched over. Mendip D3&4 is on a lower frequency than Oxford Mux 2.
See Digital Region Overlap for ideas. Oxford D3&4 after switchover will still be a higher frequency than Mendip, and you may also have other multiplexes from Mendip both now and after switchover completes.
Alternatively it could be the 'Ridge Hill West' service - this is a lower frequency still (C29) and its coverage will increase with a power-up on the 28th of September.
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Jon Abbott7:13 AM
Bampton
We lost our "main" BBC channels yesterday (needing a reset), and looking at the above we'll lose the rest of them on the 28th. We're away that week, so would I be right in thinking that anything I set up to record off those channels won't be able to do so?
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Jon Abbott7:16 AM
Bampton
Just thinking, as an alternative we do pick up some of those channels (ITV & C4) from another transmitter (not sure which) which I normally have to delete and then manually retune from C68. If I set to record from these might it still work? It probably depends on which transmitter they are picked up from...
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Jon Abbott: As your most likely other transmitter is Mendip, the answer is probably "no", because as Oxford changes there are changes at Mendip at the same time.
To be honest, if you have "lost channels" yesterday you probably have equipment problems or Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Penny10:29 AM
Aylesbury
We have two TV's that required clearance of channels and replacing yesterday. The smaller TV (digital)no problem.
The main TV is not digital but has Freeview box, booster and Video/DVD player linked to it. It has picked up same channels as the digital TV but has omitted ITV1, Channel 4 and 5. Both TVs are working from the same roof top aerial. Any suggestions please.
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Mark Lunnon11:03 AM
Faringdon
Tigminor: I also live in Faringdon. I did a complete retune on my Humax last night and every channel is correct.I have noticed though that the BBC signal strength is still only 80%, and I thought it was at full power now??.
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KMJ,Derby11:15 AM
Jon Abbott: If you tune to MuxD3+4 from Mendip this will not change frequency so recordings can be set for ITV1&2, C4, C5 etc; also MuxBBCA at both Oxford and Mendip will continue to use their current frequencies. All other muxes at Oxford and the COM muxes at Mendip will however all change frequencies on 28th September 2011.
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Mark Lunnon: 80% is just fine - see Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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