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 (183°)
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 |
Local transmitter maps
Oxford Freeview Oxford DAB Oxford TV region BBC South (Oxford) Meridian/Central (Thames Valley micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Oxford transmitter area
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
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JD12:44 AM
Wantage
Hi just lost all channels at bang on midnight -something to do with the switchover?
I've rescanned several times & just getting the BBC group back.
Tried doing a scan with no ariel to wipe the channels & rescanned - still nothing.
We have a loft ariel (but don't know what sort -but we've never had any reception problems except for when the transmitter went down).
Any ideas whats going on?
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JD8:44 AM
Wantage
Just to update : all channels back this morning.So assume it was something to do with the switchover.
Really annoying to loose most of the channels last night mid-programme. Was there any warning transmission might be off-line from midnight or is it like last time - no information to customers at all?
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JD: Yes, as per the plan, the transmitter was off air from midnight to 6am. As per my posting above, as per Oxford sees the end of analogue TV as high power digital starts | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Stuart9:11 AM
Swindon
Just retuned to the new MUXs after switchover, but I cannot tune to C57, which is the HD channel. I know I need an HD tuner to get the HD channels, but do I need an HD tuner to even find the channel? I was about to buy one but clearly do not want to if I can't receive the signal.
I have a roof aerial and digital reception is fine otherwise
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Stuart: Yes, the DVB-T2 service is invisible to DVB-T equipment.
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Howie B9:33 AM
My Sony bravia quietly retuned itself this morning - quite how or why I don't know but all is well touch wood, including the four HD channels 50,51,52,54. Was Freeview HD worth waiting for? Definitely! Couple of minor quibbles. No red button on 50 or 51 - is that a fault? No local optouts on 50, just a caption card. Also ch1 showed BBC London not South Today. Switching problem?
Howie B at OX9 3JE; freeview always trouble free even in ondigital era. Goodbye analogue, you did us pround - I saw the first clour tx's from Winter Hill way back in 69. We've come a long way since then.
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Tricia9:41 AM
Oxford
I live in Central Oxford and have retuned my TV this mornng 28/9 and have lost EVERY channel! I have no channels whatsoever now?
Before the switchover I couldn't get 3,4 and 5 but could get some digital channels. Then when we first switched I lost 1 and 2 but still got some digital channels and now nothing.
Please can someone help me?
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