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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Thursday, 21 April 2011
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MH12:38 PM
I ran through problem troubleshooter which indicated probably due to weather - high pressure. Rescanned TV again this morning and channels back again, albeit with usual poor signal and pixelation on ITV, Ch 5 etc. Reception on other freeview boxes we have also poorer than normal.
When power levels are eventually increased at switchover, will this solve my poor signal problems on ITV etc and reduce likelihood of weather related problems?
I hope so as watching ITV on analogure will no longer be an option!
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MH12:50 PM
Have just turned TV on again and no signal, no ITV1, Ch4 or Ch 5 etc after rescan. Worked ok at circa 8 o/c this morning so presumably weather causing this problem again. Very frustrating.
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Mike Dimmick1:33 PM
MH: Check that the TV is actually tuning in C68 and not a distant version on a lower channel. The switchovers at Sandy Heath, Ridge Hill, Lark Stoke, Bromsgrove and The Wrekin mean there are now some pretty loud transmissions off to the sides, and if the weather conditions are right, the signal could be strong enough to be detectable, but not usable.
There should be a 'signal detection' menu somewhere which shows the UHF channel being used. If it's not C68, delete all the Mux 2 channels and do a manual retune on C68.
You are pretty close to the Oxford transmitter. An amplifier or booster will likely cause too much signal. Some people have found that the switch to the new aerial increased the signal levels and caused problems - if you don't have a booster, or removing it doesn't help, try adding an attenuator. 'Herringbone' patterns on analogue are an indication of having too much signal. All analogue channels should be perfectly clear at your location (certainly the first four), unless there is a problem with terrain, buildings or trees.
At switchover, the ITV1/C4 digital multiplex moves to C60, currently occupied by ITV1 analogue. There should be fewer problems.
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MH2:20 PM
Mike, thanks for your feedback. I have just rescanned and TV is tuning to C68 with ITV1 & Ch5 etc now found but usual poor signal & fairly constant pixelation. Not using booster, and had new roof aerial fitted circa 2 years ago. Analogue channels very good. Just have to hope that things improve at switchover on C60. Fingers crossed.
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Sunday, 24 April 2011
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Mat Brennan12:14 PM
I'm in Swindon, and receive my freeview from the Oxford transmitter.
Reception has recently become almost unwatchable for most of the day, on most channels. No end of retuning will return reception to the channels that were previously crystal clear ..... How can I tell if I have a wideband aerial? The aerial on my house is likely to be 10-15 years old.
Do I need to change my aerial?
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Mat Brennan: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for some suggestions.
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Saturday, 30 April 2011
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N J Wilcock7:24 AM
Witney
I guess the trees must have come out in leaf now and are attenuating high channel signal strength - my latest reception at OX28, East Witney with a very old Group C/D antenna, is:
Ch 29 (MuxD) - Very good
Ch 34 (Mux1) - Very good
Ch 48 (MuxC) - Good
Ch 51 (MuxA) - Medium/Good (was Good)
Ch 52 (MuxB) - Good
Ch 68 (Mux2) - Poor/Medium (was Medium)
Fortunately the picture quality doesn't seem any worse than before though - it's just the reported signal quality.
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Sunday, 1 May 2011
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Steve Bryan8:53 AM
Hello - I have re set my digital TV yesterday and ended up with less chanels than before! All I can receive on all TV's is BBC. What is happening? I have recently switched to the Oxford site. My post code is OX17.
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Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Sunday, 8 May 2011
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Ian10:11 AM
Hey steve
Hope the problem is sorted for you now if not have you tried a simple signal booster.
Banbury has a lot of weak signal area's
I hope the aerial is not loft mounted where you are as this can make it worse
Best of luck
Ian 123aerials ox
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