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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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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Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Brenning same problem from SN3 4ST, for most of the morning yesterday we couldn't get itv and no bbc intermittently, but strangely only on two of our highest aerials, those about 20 feet lower had good reception.
We were also experiencing colour distortion with everything greener than normal
Now they appear back to normal.
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nickwilcock8:37 PM
Well,I live in OX28 and I'm seeing 'Very Good' reported for Freeview Chan 53, 55, 59, 60 and 62...
However, I've noticed a lot of birds beginning to roost on some of the taller aerials hereabouts....and the little beggars sometimes peck at the cables.
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Wednesday, 5 September 2012
It happened again last night about 10pm, couldn't get any itv at all, and 31 and 30 were popping in and out. This was on 2 different aerials and I tried 3 different freeview boxes, that I know work fine.
I do wish the powers that be would be honest about this. As a commercial user with a Motel I have to be able to tell my guests something other than, I don't know.
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KMJ,Derby9:25 AM
Robert: It is possible that you were receiving out of area signals, due to the inversion effect, which were causing interference to your normal reception. If this was the problem it makes sense that the highest aerials were picking up the unwanted signals, but those mounted lower down were possibly shielded from them. Another point worth checking is whether the Oxford frequencies had been tuned in by all receivers. I say this because Mendip is also predicted to be available at your location. As the two transmitters are 180 degrees apart your aerial is likely to pick up both sets of signals. In the case of ITV1 you could have ITV1 West at position 3 in the channel list, with Meridian in the 800s. If Mendip on C54 has been stored the other channels on D3+4 from Mendip are likely to be in the LCN (normal) positions of the channel list. In the case of the SDN mux for 5* and 5USA, if C48 from Mendip was stored, the Oxford signal on C62 could have been ignored completely.
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bernard styles12:18 PM
Stroud
AREA GL5 2PR
No signal received for ITV 1, 2 &3 since monday am 3/9. TVs Re tuned to receive digital channels, no change. Picture seen occasionally
but very distorted. TVs and Arial in good working order, not the problem
This is not the first time this problem has been experienced,OXFORD transmitter needs sorting
Look forward to your comments
Bernard Styles
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Thursday, 6 September 2012
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MH8:15 PM
Abingdon
Channels on mux55 unwatchable at ox14 4ax. All ok earlier in week. No problems shown for Oxford transmitter but we normally receive good signal strength and quality for all freeview. Confused.
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