Full Freeview on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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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Thursday, 30 May 2013
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David Pinfold7:32 PM
Banbury
Dennis West: You did run a retune your TV/freeview box/recorder after 6am on Wednesday didn't you ? The multiplex that carries ITV3 (SDN) moved from UHF Channel 62 to UHF Channel 50 to allow for 4g mobile phone. The best method is to do a factory reset on your TV then retune from scratch. In fact if anything ITV3 now seems to have a slightly better signal than it did before.
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Friday, 31 May 2013
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Paul8:33 AM
On equipment which allows manual retuning, I manually tuned to UHF channel 50 and stored the search results. This avoids the problem of accidentally tuning to an unwanted transmitters.
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Algernon Black8:46 AM
From the wilds of the Cotswold hills near Norhleach the Oxford retune worked perfectly.
Can we hope that this is the last time we will have to retune our sets?
Algy.
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Dennis West12:25 PM
Brackley
Yes I have reset a number of times. Ch1-9 &11-20 all OK NOT 10 ITV3
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Dennis West: do a scan with the aerial unplugged and when it finds nothing so a full scan again.
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Dennis West: As stated to you above, and to others, if you are using a communal aerial system, it may require adjustment. For this you will have to get in touch with the party responsible.
Your postcode resolves to a large block of flats which suggests that you may not be using your own aerial.
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Small Dog6:03 PM
jb38: Reporting back after 29th as requested! Have only just retuned as have been away. All channels seem fine, and I appear to have all channels that I should have, both upstairs and down.
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Dennis West7:47 PM
Brackley
I live in apartment of 62 others with common aerial. Cannot receive Ch20 ITV3, can receive Chs1-9 & 11-20 all O.K.
TV eng informs me that this is the same all over Brackley. What can be done and what is the reason for this fault.
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Paul11:39 PM
You need to do a manual return to UHF channel 50 or a full retune.
This is true for anyone using the Oxford transmitter. Brackley is no different from anywhere else.
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Paul11:43 PM
"TV eng informs me that this is the same all over Brackley".
It isn't.
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