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 |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Oxford transmitter area
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Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Colin: So, why don't you diagnoise and fix your reception problem?
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Colin 10:50 AM
We don't have a problem, state of the art equipment. It's a transmiiter issue or maybe Brize Norton?? Always suspected they can influence our reception. No way a little smattering of ground mist can cause this loss of a digital signal.Can it? Anyway, HD recorded a blank screen of 'Episodes'.It's back now, so here's to the next time a fluffy cloud rolls across west Oxfordshire.
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Colin: OK, if you do not want any help, I won't provide any. Thanks.
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Oddly without any repairs, replacements etc, we have had a stable Mux 2 for 10 days. What's the betting it goes tonight.
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Robert's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 3 February 2011
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John10:51 PM
Whats going on? For the passed week now,we have got our pictures back. The signal all of a sudden seems to be really good with not even a hint of freezing. We have had a terrible time of it from Beckley, so this is very welcome. My neighbours are saying exactly the same thing. Have you done something up there at Beckley, and is it going to last?
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Friday, 4 February 2011
Monday, 7 February 2011
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Tony Mallett11:28 AM
We had perfect freeview reception prior to the "fire", now we have intermittent reception on ITV1, channel4, channel5, it's a ludicrous situation and we are expected to replace our aerial. Our opinion is that the Oxford transmitter services have got it wrong, and should pay for the necessary changes. Can we have a reply from "them" please?
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Tony Mallett: I would see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
You are responsible for your reception, the transmission company is only responsible for the transmission.
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Tuesday, 8 February 2011
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Mike Dimmick12:05 PM
Reading
Tony Mallett: some viewers in the area have found that the new transmission aerial produces higher signal strength than the old, and that causes problems with amplifiers. If you have an amplifier or booster, I suggest removing it to see if that improves matters. If not, try adding an attenuator to reduce the signal strength.
If you could provide your postcode, we can look at the prediction and the distance to the mast to see if your problems are more likely to be too much or too little signal strength, or other types of interference.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
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Paul1:03 PM
I have just heard that, pror to the fire, MUX2 ( which carried ITV1, C4, Five, etc. ) was transmiited from its own aerial above the main antenna. Transmission of that MUX has now moved down to the main antenna.
So we're not all going mad, the receved signal strength of those channels really has dropped.
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