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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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) mast?

Oxford transmitter - Oxford transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Oxford transmitter broadcast?

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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C41+ (634.2MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South (Oxford), 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C44- (657.8MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)295mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South (Oxford), 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)295mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C37- (601.8MHz)319mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C31 (554.0MHz)319mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LOX
 H -10dB
C46 (674.0MHz)295mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Oxford,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
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
regional news image
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-80s1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-1723 May 2018
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TW TW T
C2BBCtvwaves
C29SDN
C31com7com7
C37com8com8
C41BBCA
C44D3+4
C46_local
C47BBCB
C49tv_offC5wavesC5waves
C50tv_off SDNSDN
C51tv_offLOXLOX
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCA+BBCA+BBCA
C55tv_offArqBArqBArqBcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off
C57tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C59tv_off-ArqA-ArqA-ArqA
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-D3+4-D3+4-D3+4
C62SDN
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Dec 2006Central Independent Television
Dec 2006-Feb 2009ITV Thames Valley
Feb 2009-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Oxford was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Thursday, 18 August 2016
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Richard Cooper
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9:56 AM

Jack Owens: Hi, Jack. If it's channel 59, the most likely issue is 4G interference. Do you have a 4G filter fitted? A filter is free from at800, the organisation set up to make sure viewers who rely only on Freeview for TV continue to receive it when 4G services arrive in their area. Its web address is:-

at800 | 4G & Freeview | 4G interference | 4G Filters | 800 MHz

Hope this may help, Richard, Norwich.

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Jack Owens
10:18 AM

MikeB

Hi Mike, Thanks for your response, actually the problem is with the channels on the Com 5 group above, ie PICK,Dave, Sky News etc but I guess the suggested solution should apply equally to this group so I'll check out cabling and leads further. What I don't fully understand is why this particular group should suffer poor reception if all other aspects are equal with other COM groups especially if the transmitting power is the same. Rather odd that Dave cannot be received but Dave ja vu on the other COM can! Have to watch Dave an hour after everyone else! Don't know much about technical aspects but is it possible that transmissions are "spread" and a physical barrier ie a tree, could block only one COM's channels?
Thanks for your comment and I'll look at the aeria
lead etc again

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Jack Owens
10:25 AM

Richard Cooper:
Hi Richard, thanks for your comment. I have checked with the 4G people at the 800 site and they confirmed that 4g interference at my location is not an issue but they were helpful in pointing me back to this site for further investigation.
Cheers Jack

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Richard Cooper
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12:00 PM

Jack Owens: Hi again, Jack. I'm sorry that it wasn't as simple as a 4G issue! Looks like it's back to the suggestions made by Mike B. Remember that something as simple as a small group of frayed strands of wire in the braiding of the outer copper of the aerial lead or fly-lead can prevent just one multiplex from being received properly! Good Luck! Richard, Norwich. PS High pressure could be the other option, which means waiting a day or so for it to lower!

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MikeP
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1:58 PM

Jack Owens:

When signals are affected by temparature inversions, such as could be prevalent currently in some areas of the UK, the effects vary dependant on the frequncies of the signals. The COMs are transmitted on different frequencies, as shown at the top of this page, so some are more likely to suffer than others - hence the selective effect on programmes. There is no way of predicting what signals are likely to be affected and it can vary throughout the day too.



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Jack Owens
7:57 PM

Richard Cooper:
Richard/Mike, I hardly dare to believe it but having taken your advice and after deleting all stations on my Humax box and re tuning on automatic search, all the previously unusable stations now seem to be watchable.
Your advice re the cabling seems to be the answer after months of frustration. Having previously only done a cursory inspection of cabling, I took the co axial plug off the lead and ruffled up the screen wire on the cable and tightened and replaced the plug and hey presto, new channels from the previously errant MUX!.
However, The weather conditions today are very Muggy and I only hope that it's not just freak atmospheric conditions that are allowing only a temporary respite!
The stations captured appear to be from a variety of transmitters : London / Oxford and Sandy Heath which does not matter - BBC and ITV now have alternative news channels to select.
So, steady as she goes and I will report back if things are proved to be only temporary.
Meantime, thanks for your advice - very much appreciated.

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Jack Owens
8:00 PM

MikeP:
Thanks your comment. See my reply to RichardC and Mike B too. Hopefully atmospheric conditions are not responsible !

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Jack Owens
8:05 PM

MikeB:
Hi Mike, I took the liberty to combine an answer to You and Richard Cooper on the same reply which I posted earlier this evening.
Thanks again.
Jack

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Friday, 19 August 2016
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MikeB
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4:34 PM

Jack Owens: Glad it seemed to work. Its always worth swapping out the old coax lead - they are really cheap, even for a decently shielded one, and it can sometimes make a surprising difference.

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Thursday, 15 September 2016
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Ian
12:22 AM

All itv, channel 60, TV signal off line for swindon, from Oxford tx
11.30 September 14, 2016.

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