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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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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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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Friday, 3 August 2012
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Sue7:38 AM
Thanks jb38 and Stephen P - I'll check the Scart next time I'm there, and then I'll suggest he contacts the DSO people (although the person that came to install his box didn't actually connect up the Scart cable properly, I had to do that myself!).
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Monday, 6 August 2012
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Rob1:23 PM
Reading
I been having problems with bbc and itv from oxford transmitter in the mornings from 6am to 8 am i get very bad break ups.. but only happens this time of the day.. and again at midnight... i have good high gain areial wired up with 26dB booster and the whole thing is brand new... since last september... but i have noticed i am getting transmissions from hannington as well as crystal place... from one arieal pointing to oxford.. this didnt happen untill the switchover.... its giving me a major headache... but my dad wants southern bbc and itv.. not london... please help! many thanks
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Rob1:25 PM
Reading
ps i am in RG8 8DB sorry i forgot to include my postcode... sorry
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Monday, 3 September 2012
What on earth is going on with digital via Freeview from the Oxford transmitter?
After months of being normal, the last two days/two nights has seen absolutely awful reception in OX28.
BBC1 and BBC2 are now completely uwatchable. I don't even switch to those channels any more.
This is a really fantastic technological upgrade, from 'something' to 'absolutely nothing at all'.
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