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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Tuesday, 18 January 2011
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N J Wilcock2:49 PM
Witney
andy, the signal strength on most Freeview channels from Oxford is currently well below the value it will be after 28 Sep 2011. The power on some multiplexes will increase by a factor of about 900% on 28 Sep 2011.
So yes, atmospheric vagaries could well cause intermittent reception until then. Higher frequencies (e.g. Ch 68 as used for ITV1, Chan 4 etc) are also attenuated rather more than lower frequencies (e.g. Ch 29 as used for Yesterday, Film 4 etc.) and your antenna must be suitable for all the channels you wish to receive.
But after 28 Sep 2011, things should be much better!
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N's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Andy also being in Swindon I share your frustration, never a week goes by without ITV disappearing. I re-tune after half and hour or so usually gets it back, until the next time.
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Robert's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jason8:20 PM
Tring
bbc 1 bbc 2 bbc 3 and bbc news etc basically mux 1 i believe, have all dissappeared as of 2 weeks ago,they all worked fine till then, i have tried every posibble fix that i have found on this site and others, cables rescans etc etc only thing i have not tried is getting on roof and looking at aerial, HP23 5DD oxford transmitter, i am at a loss as to what is problem, like i said they all worked fine till 2weeks ago
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jason's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Saturday, 29 January 2011
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Pete8:06 PM
Pete Hale : Now ITV2+1 is on a different MUX your wife may be able to catch the Corrie repeats on that ?
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Monday, 31 January 2011
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Jason G6:51 PM
can't get channel 4 , itv 1 or 2 , 5 and a few others in summer town now for a few weeks , is this just how its going to be now or is there a fault ? or do i have to buy new equipment ?
thanx in advance for any help
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Jason G: There is no fault, please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Colin 11:19 PM
Here in GL7 Cirencester borders we have NO Freeview BBC channels or very intermittent signal today and currently, anyone else in the area? The BS of atmospherics or bounce back blah blah will no doubt be the automated answer.I'm gonna miss good old analogue for sure.
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Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Colin: So, why don't you diagnoise and fix your reception problem?
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Colin 10:50 AM
We don't have a problem, state of the art equipment. It's a transmiiter issue or maybe Brize Norton?? Always suspected they can influence our reception. No way a little smattering of ground mist can cause this loss of a digital signal.Can it? Anyway, HD recorded a blank screen of 'Episodes'.It's back now, so here's to the next time a fluffy cloud rolls across west Oxfordshire.
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