Freeview Light on the Skirmett (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Skirmett (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Skirmett (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Skirmett (Oxfordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Skirmett 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C33 (570.0MHz) | 89m | DTG- | 25W |
 1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 89m | DTG- | 25W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 89m | DTG- | 25W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Skirmett (Oxfordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Skirmett transmitter?
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 54km east (98°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Skirmett (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | K T | |||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 126W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 25W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Friday, 14 June 2024
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Charles Hussey4:02 PM
Skirmett transmitter currently has a fault (as of 08:30 14th June 2024)
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Chris.SE4:50 PM
Charles Hussey:
Indeed it has. The BBC are reporting a fault but it hasn't been picked up here yet.
From 8:30am on 14th Jun 2024 BBC A & BBCB HD Off the air due to a fault.
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Steve Donaldson5:27 PM
Charles Hussey: SSEN reported a power outage at the transmitter site, reference NY0093. This was shown on SSEN's map ten minutes or so ago, although now I have refreshed it is no long visible, so I assume power is back on again. The power cut was reported at 09:29 today and there is/was an aim to restore power by 16:00 today.
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Chris.SE6:21 PM
Steve Donaldson:
BBC Report says it was restored at 4.32pm
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Steve Donaldson6:40 PM
Chris.SE: I wonder if the time given by the BBC is an hour behind, it still on GMT.
The reason I say this is because the time the BBC say the transmitter went off was 59 minutes before the power cut was said to have begun. This might actually be 1 hour difference, the seconds not being the same for both clocks.
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Chris.SE11:33 PM
Steve Donaldson:
I'm not thinking so, as the BBC report stated it started at 0830, the same as Charles Hussey's comment.
I expect it will have taken a little while before it was realised to be power failure and reported to SSEN.
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