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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Thursday, 14 June 2012
Algernon Black: You haven't provided a link to the said page.
As a test, I entered the post code of The Sherborne Arms into the Digital UK Tradeview predictor:
Postcode Checker - Trade View
The retune in October of next year is because SDN is moving from C62 to C50. At this location the predictor considers the current channel "good" and the future channel "variable".
The predictor, as with any predictor, in no way suggests that anyone "will" or "will not" receive anything. It should merely be taken as a guide, being mindful that there are many many variables, not least that a post code is a massive space where signals vary and of course the fact that Royal Mail does not deliver television signals.
All I would suspect here is that C50 is used by another transmitter and that it has calculated that it may act to degrade reception. That does not mean that it will.
I wouldn't be concerned about what the predictor says; I would just be mindful of it. What matters is what actually happens.
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Saturday, 7 July 2012
After lots of instability my systems seem to be behaving fine now (all crossed). However I have recently noticed another issue. Some of the stations seem to be transmitting in different picture modes, which can be altered with the handset, but it is certainly a new event.
Any thoughts. Having checked each set the set up is as per correct screen mode.
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Tuesday, 10 July 2012
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WB1:57 PM
Lost my TV signal and all stations this morning. I live in Cassington near Eynsham Witney. any others with the same problem?
Regards
WB
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Saturday, 14 July 2012
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Dawn Bowsher5:59 PM
Buckingham
I have been having trouble with Samsung Smart TV dropping its channels repeatedly. I have a Humax Fox T2 connected to it and the powersave on standby was set on Humax. I had to call out someone in the end who told me to take the powersave off as this was causing the problem. I did that and have had no problems since. Just thought this tip might help others
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Dawn's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 16 July 2012
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Sue9:19 PM
Abingdon
My elderly uncle lives in Appleton . He got a Freeview box via the DSO help scheme when the digital switchover happened. In recent months he has been complaining that sometimes the sound all but disappears for several hours at a time before returning (gradually, not suddenly). I have been assuming that the problem was probably due to his very old TV and/or aerial, but he says that several people in the same village have been complaining of the same problem. Does anyone know what the problem might be, (in non-technical terms)please?
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Sue's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 20 July 2012
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Paul7:43 AM
Sue, has your uncle noticed any pattern to this? If he could note which channel(s) and time(s) this happens, you could compare retults with other viewers.
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Thursday, 26 July 2012
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Sue10:20 PM
Paul, sorry for delay in replying. It's all channels (which is why I initially thought it was his TV at fault) and it does seem to happen at the same time every day (although I can't remember when). He's convinced tthat someone somewhere is flicking a switch and turning his signal down at the same time every day!
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jb3811:19 PM
Sue: I realise that is what you been told, but your Uncle will be receiving from the Oxford transmitter at only 10 miles away and I haven't as yet seen anyone else having reported a problem of that nature, and so the next time you visit your Uncle check that the the scart cable installed between the Freeview box and the TV is fully seated.
Its a pity though that you cant arrange to be there around the time that this problem happens.
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Stephen P11:53 PM
Sue your uncle should call the DSO people and tell them to come and resolve his problem.
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Sunday, 29 July 2012
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vp1:10 PM
Steven - yes I noticed loss of signal strength yesterday, I got back much of it by turning up the signal boost, but things are still not quite right.
Ox14
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