Full Freeview on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 51.790,-1.179 or 51°47'25"N 1°10'46"W | OX3 9SS |
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.
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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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Friday, 30 September 2011
Steve: The best first step is to try doing a "first time scan" with the two television sets connected directly to the rooftop aerial. A 1 year old device shouldn't have any problems at all.
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Steve9:21 AM
@Brian
*Update* 1 year old TV working fine now after new service install, The older TV just wiped it as if was first switch on, fingers crossed.
Thanks for all your help.
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Rick Mock11:43 AM
Brian
Thanks for your help.
All sorted and working as you said it would.
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Steve: No problem, always happy to help. I hope the other TV works.
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Cathy7:51 PM
Hi,
We're in Oxford, OX3 at the top of the hill and not far from Beckley transmitter. We had great terrestrial reception (din't actually need an aerial at all!) and reasonable digital reception through an indoor area (at roof height on top of the wardrobe). We couldn't get ITV very well so we switched to terrestrial for that.
At the first stage of switchover, most of the BBC channels disappeared, then 2 weeks later at the second stage, BBC4 and Sky news also disappeared - leaving us with just Yesterday, Al Jazeera and some home shopping channels!! We've retuned many times, with and without the aerial connected, new installation option, tried removing power etc as advised but haven't got the BBC channels back (I think we got ITV4 - why 4 ? What happened to ITV1, 2 and 3?)
We have another TV downstairs connected to an external aerial and that is fine, so I presume it's not an issue with the signal being too strong.
Is it worth buying another indoor aerial to try? We are so disappointed - we thought things would improve not get worse!
Or do we need a second outdoor aerial to run a second TV?
Any help much appreciated
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Ian8:23 PM
Hi Cathy
1st of all have you tried moving the tv from upstairs to downstairs and doing a re-tune. If all channels appear then you know it's a problem with upstairs signal.
Then figure out how the signal goes upstairs. If there is a booster take it out you will not need it in ox3
I work round headington all the time and a lot of people are having problems just because they are not retuning properly or because the signal power has increased
I hope all goes well
Ian 123 aerials
Oxford
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lisa steward9:33 PM
i have lost all my digital channels i live in aylesbury hp197re and have tried to re tune the sets they are both flat screen hd tvs all i have is no signal on the screen can you please advise why this is. i have checked with my neighbours and they are the same. is it a signal problem with the oxford transmitter
thanks
lisa
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Saturday, 1 October 2011
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Steve P11:22 AM
lisa steward: No reported faults, and you should have a strong signal.
It is possible to have TOO STRONG a signal. Are you using any amplifier? Try without if so.
You could phone a LOCAL aerial fitter, who would know any local issue
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Chris.SE11:34 AM
Hi Lisa: as Steve P has already said you may have too strong a signal and should take any booster/amplifier out of circuit.
But the other thing you ought to do is a complete new installation/factory reset first with the aerial unplugged - this clears ALL previous settings, & then repeat that with the aerial plugged in.
If you and your neighbours are in a block of flats using a communial aerial you will probably need to get onto the landlords to get it sorted.
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