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The symbol shows the location of the Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmitter which serves 470,000 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 Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Hannington 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
C45 (666.0MHz)362mDTG-50,000W
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1 BBC One (SD) South, 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
C42 (642.0MHz)362mDTG-50,000W
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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 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C39+ (618.2MHz)362mDTG-50,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 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
C40 (626.0MHz)362mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C43 (650.0MHz)359mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C46 (674.0MHz)359mDTG-825,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Hannington transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 46km south-southwest (194°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 48km south (179°)
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 Hannington (Hampshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1318 Apr 2018
EEEB E TW T
C32com7
C34com8
C35C5wavesC5waves
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCBBBCB
C40SDN
C41SDN
C42ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C43ArqA
C44ArqA
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C46ArqB
C47ArqB
C51tv_off_local
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off
C66C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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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 8 Feb 12 and 22 Feb 12.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 250kW
Analogue 5(-6.2dB) 60kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 50kW
com7(-8.3dB) 36.7kW
com8(-9.8dB) 26.2kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 25kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-11dB) 20kW
Mux C*, Mux D*(-14dB) 10kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Hannington transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Dec 2006Meridian
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. Hannington 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
Saturday, 21 April 2012
Dave Lindsay
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4:34 PM

Malcolm H: Trees can cause issues with reception.

The signal being received may vary when the branches move, when leaves are on the tree or when they are wet. They may affect some channels and not others.

If it is BBC standard definition services that you are having difficulty with, then these are on C45. BBC Two analogue used to be on that channel, so did you suffer from intermittently poor reception on that channel?

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Sunday, 22 April 2012
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Dennis
7:31 PM

Thank you guys.
Small problem this afternnon and evening - intermittent glitching on ITV1 Ch.3. Occurs at least once-per-minute, sometimesd 2-3 times in quick succession. All other channels fine. Hope this isn't going to be the norm.

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Monday, 23 April 2012
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tim
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1:44 AM
Fleet

Is switch over pretty much complete? I am living in fleet , and am restricted to PBS1 (just bbc channels).

I dont get any of the channels on Mux 2,3 which the info claims go out at the same power (50,000).

Briefly a couple of weeks ago I got coms 6- poor quality but it came through. This has now disappeared even though according to the information provided, it is being broadcast at 5 times more power now.

What are peoples thoughts? is this it? will coms 6 come back- I am baffled why it would appear for a while and then disappear again. According to more general predictions we should be able to get the whole range (I realize that these are often not reliable). Should we be looking into attunators or amplifiers or is there still some sort of improvement to come (and does anyone think that either of these things would make any difference anyway)

Any thoughts or explanations would be appreciated

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Adrian
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10:12 AM
Wokingham

Tim

DSO is complete for Hannington.
What broadcast channel are you receiving PSB1 on? It should be 45 for Hannington.
What signal strenght/quality does your TV or digibox show for broadcast channnels 41, 42, 44 and 47?

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Adrian's 56 posts SE flag
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tim
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11:19 AM
Fleet

I have had a look and yes PSB1 (PBS1?) is coming through on channel 45 though only with a low percentage (in the few seconds I watched it was between 16 and 31) which means it is quite good these channels break down so little.

41,42,44,47 all come through as 0% (so not a suprise I cant see them), though 44 briefly flashed 18% before showing 0 (none of the others did this). Is this flash significant? It seams odd, surely either it can get signal or it cant.

What I dont understand is why PBS2,3 dont come through at all if they are at the same strength as Pbs1- though I do realize the explanation coould be extremely simple- the signal strength data is wrong.

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Dave Lindsay
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11:53 AM

tim: Sounds like the signal strength could be too high which is overwhelming your receiver:

Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

Try connecting a set-top aerial. Or if the aerial plug is a screwed together one (i.e. not a moulded on type) then unscrew and remove the outer part of the plug and insert only the centre pin into the aerial socket. See if these improve matters.

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Adrian
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12:22 PM
Wokingham

Tim,

Prior to the start of DSO for Hannington in early Feburary, were you able to receive all multiplexes? PSB2 is broadcast on channel 42, at the same level as PSB1 on channel 45, so if you can receive PSB1, you should be able to get PSB2.

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tim
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12:51 PM
Fleet

Adrian, prior to switchover no I didnt receive any digital mux at all. As to your comment about PBS2 that is exactly what I thought, hence the question. If the signal strengths are identical why does one come in perfect and the other not at all.

Dave, I will see if we have a set top ariel to try out, though I find this rather hard to believe it could be the case. Before switchover there was definitely no signal (all the internet signal checkers agreed). In the past we have been in areas which did have good signal and we never had the problem we are currently faceing

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Dave Lindsay
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1:08 PM

tim: The likely reason that you were in an area with no signal is not because you have poor line of sight to the transmitter, but because the transmitter was not radiating an omnidirectionally. That is it was outputting a much weaker signal to its east side.

Now the signals are omnidirectional. So you have gone from being in a "very very low/non-existant" to "very high" signal area. This is quite an increase.

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