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 04/11/2024 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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Saturday, 17 September 2011
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jb389:03 PM
John: Are you referring to analogue from Oxford? as if you are all analogue channels will be getting switched off on the 28th of this month.
The only reason I ask is because of you distinguishing between BBC1 and BBC2, as on digital they are on the same multiplex and as as such have to be the same strength, whereas on analogue they are on separate transmitters.
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Sunday, 18 September 2011
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Mr Angry6:51 AM
I tried contacting the 'switchover' people who were unhelpful and just make me think it is one big con to get us to spend money on new equipment - like Watchdog, selling you things you shouldn't need.
I too can't get ITV1, C4, C5 and all the other stations I couldn't get for SIX months last year. Then I got them back, now the switchover has wiped them out again. I think they should be providing a stronger signal, not us having to change equipment that was fine ('coincidentally') up to their switchover date.
I might take my box over to my parent's house, retune there if they have a signal strong enough. If it was working fine pre-14th then WHY did they have to change anything?!?!?! They make such a big fuss about it with TV ads etc, to me it's like celebrating someone else's misfortune which is about to happen and they know it is.
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marie 10:41 AM
Chipping Norton
I have asked before about my reception. For weeks we have hardly had any channels , then at the first switch over date 14th, we now have some of the channles back but itv, channel 4 channel 5 none of these will work at all. I have tried everything in the book and nothing, can you tell me if after the 2nd part of switchover 28th! will I have my missing channels please????? I live in Chipping Norton, OX7 area. Thank you Marie x
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Kathleen11:31 AM
Didcot
I knew it wouldn't last - after having ITV1 last night this morning nothing, can anyone tell us what's going on ??
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KMJ,Derby11:50 AM
Kathleen: You should have excellent reception of Mux2 from Oxford on C68. Check that you have not stored the channels from Hannington on C43+ instead, as these appear first in the scan. Another possibility is interference from a Sky box is blocking reception of Mux2. C68 is used as the default frequency for the RF modulator on some Sky boxes.
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KMJ,Derby12:00 PM
marie: You are currently predicted to have variable reception of Mux2 (ITV1, C4 etc) and MuxD (Film4, ITV4 etc) After switchover you should have excellent reception of the high power Mux D3=4 which replaces Mux2. The COM muxes will unfortunately start off at reduced power and show various changes to reception over time as switchover progresses in other areas.
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Kathleen2:32 PM
Didcot
Hello KMJ, thanks for the assistance but I'm not very clued up on the jargon, how do I know if I have stored the channels from Hannington C43+, Shall I just do another channel scan, I don't have a sky box just Freeview.
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KMJ,Derby3:43 PM
Kathleen: Pressing the "display" or "info" button on the remote will on some boxes show the transmitter channel or frequency of the mux being viewed. This should be C68 or 850.0MHz when tuned to ITV1. If the box has no facility to display this information when viewing a channel or looking at the channel list, at least when doing a rescan it will display the channel/frequency that it has reached in the scan and list any channels that it has found. As C68 is right at the end of the scan you should not have ITV1, ITV2 C4, C5, more4 etc found until the end of the scan is reached. If these are found near the beginning of the scan (Sandy Heath) or in the middle (Hannington) it would explain why reception is poor. If you are receiving interference on the signal it could be from a neighbour's Sky box as the output signal is quite strong. Are you able to do a manual tune on C68? If you are, it make sure that the correct frequency is being searched for channels and it will be possible to see the strength and quality of the available signal.
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Kathleen6:32 PM
Didcot
Hello KMJ - thanks for all the info, will give it a try but in the meantime I have ITV again tonight, the signal seems to be stronger in the evenings, I am keeping my fingers crossed all will be good after the the next switchover on the 28th
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Monday, 19 September 2011
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shirley evans10:46 AM
I have lost BBC south and meridan local news and now get look east and anglia.!!!! I don't want them! and also I cannot get BBC 1 2 &3 on my digital dvd recorder. What is going on?
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