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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Wednesday, 9 October 2013
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Michael1:40 PM
Algernon Black: "End situation: Dec 13" shows up on every postcode, except at the Oxford transmitter, where there seems to be a reception change for the SDN mux. No idea why, but it's not a retune event as you mentioned previously.
You could try contacting Digital UK and see what they have to say.
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Michael2:33 PM
rob: Did you notice the part where I said "it's not a retune event"?
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KMJ,Derby2:34 PM
rob: There is no scheduled re-tune for the remainder of this year. Unless there are technical changes to the configuration of the multiplexes you only need to re-tune if a new service is added to an existing mux (and you wish to view it) or a new mux is introduced which you wish to receive. 2014 will see local TV and/or additional HD muxes added to a number of masts, but your existing services are expected to continue on the current frequencies until around 2018 before frequencies could once again be shuffled about.
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rob10:56 PM
oh i see i must have got myself confused...... mustn't use the internet when on strong painkillers... opps.. sorry folks
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Saturday, 12 October 2013
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Algernon Black10:28 AM
Thanks to all for the relevant info. I have tried contacting Digital TV and Arquiver all to no avail.
I have now asked my MP to ask Arquiver and OFCOM why Oxford has such poor and unacceptable transmissions, pointing out that the advertisers could be upset that very few people are seeing their ads after they have paid so much money!
If we get no better transmissions I shall write to the newspapers to get people to stop paying their license fees.
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Sunday, 13 October 2013
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David Clover8:57 AM
We are having a lot of problems tuning our Sony Bravia to the Oxford Freeview channels. One night only BBC and now only ITV and porn channels. Something bad is happening on this transmitter. We have a very good signal.
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MikeB6:49 PM
David Clover: Whats your postcode, it will really help in getting to the cause of the problem.
The same goes for Algernon Black - if you want help, we need to know where you are, to check signal path, etc.
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hieu6:58 PM
Kettering
MikeB: we have lost signal in all BBC channels since 3pm today. All working fine this morning but now there is no signal . Is there are problem due to the bad weather? Post code nn156bn
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hieu's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MikeB7:44 PM
hieu: Firstly, thanks for the postcode (makes life so much easier!).
Secondly - why are you using Oxford? The Digital UK tradeview shows your 73km from the Oxford transmitter (its doesn't even show up on the terrain plot), whereas Sandy Heath and Waltham are much closer, and give a good signal path.
OK - if your are using Oxford, there (according th the R +T investigation) no problems with the transmitter, so I suspect the problems in your house. Check back from the TV - is there a cable loose? If your aerial is in the loft, check that its connected properly, and if you have some sort of distribution system, make sure that verything works properly. If its only the roof, again much the same.
Even if a transmitter is off, unless its some sort of emergency, its seldom very long, and enginnering work tends to mean a reduced signal, rather than nothing at all.
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mason10:54 PM
Tim: We have been struggling to maintain a decent reception on most channels for over a month now (previously all were good). Sometimes the HD channels were fine, other times normal digital were better. Finally I have given up and reset factory settings on my Bravia tv. Now i have only about a dozen channels and all are completely unwatchable (due to reception quality, not content).
I have used an aerial and booster in the loft for the past 3 years with no issues and haven't changed anything regarding cables or other electrical/electronics.
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