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?
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| 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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Sunday, 25 September 2011
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andrew12:57 PM
Yes Mr Angry, this whole digital switch over has been handled very badly, a combination of poor planning and poor communication. First the planning- whoever decided to spread the digital channels so thinly to make room for masses of pornography and shopping channels? It would have been better to limit the channels to, say, 25 good ones that could be broadcast at a decent power level.
Then the communication- the whole business has not been explained at all well, and people have been encouraged to spend money unnecessarily on new aerials and equipment.
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Spartan3:11 PM
The whole point of digital is to provide more channels and make more money for the people who control those channels. And of course for the government who take it upon themselves to sell off vast chunks of the frequency spectrum.
Most of us don't need or want 100+ channels, many of which are just pure rubbish or repeats. But of course as fee payers and customers, little regard is taken of our requirements for a watchable TV service.
I, too, am waiting to see if D-day provides anything like a watchable service after having to juggle between didgital and analogue for the past couple of years. If not, perhaps we should all lobby our local councils to allow us planning permission to erect our aerials on the top of 100ft masts!
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Kathleen4:17 PM
Didcot
What's going on today - just switched my TV on and it's completeley dead, I have no channels.
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Kathleen's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Duncan Page9:07 PM
I have a high gain digital specific aerial and masthead amplifier installed in my loft pointing at Oxford transmitter. I have never wanted to move the aerial externally to the roof and have never had a reason to with strong signals on both analogue and digital services. Despite several manual and auto retuning efforts the digital switchover has left me with no channels on Mux 2 - itv1 etc. I have all other channels fine including those with supposed lower signal strength.
Has anyone else seen this pattern?
My current approach is to view this as a mid-switchover cock-up and try again after 28th Sept.
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Monday, 26 September 2011
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Bill8:31 AM
Leighton Buzzard
I have had NO signal from Mux2 (Chan.68) since the 14th September changes. They must be on even lower power than before. BBCA on Chan. 53 is a high signal with good quality. Other MUXs are very weak and are unwatchable. Still, only 2 days to go to analogue switch-off. Pity some of the MUXs left will only be a quarter of the final switch-over power. I hope that's good enough to get some sort of watchable TV.
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Bill's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Bill8:39 AM
Leighton Buzzard
Briantist: this switchover events list says that Hemel Hempstead has moved one of its MUXs to Chan 68, still the same as MUX 2 from Oxford. Is this why I cannot get a MUX2 signal at all from Oxford? What time on Wednesday will analogue be switched off, and all the current digital MUXs move please?
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Bill's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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paulsmith5:50 PM
The multiplex on ch68 is running at low power until second stage switch at which time will be moved to ch60.
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Bill: All multiplexes, other than the BBCA one, are on the same power level they have been since 2003.
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Mr Roberts9:56 PM
My freeview channels are variable by the hour. Sometimes a good signal and sometimes too weak to provide a picture. One time I can see the BBC channels then the commercial channels, seldom both at the same time. What is going on?
Rooftop arial pointing at Oxford/
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